Sooner or later, you're gonna want it. And the second — the second — that happens, you know I'll be there. I'll slip in, have myself a real good day.

Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Pix - May 19, 2008 8:08:50 pm PDT #9752 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

DH always says if we want a clean house, all we need to do is throw a party! Nothing motivates like not wanting your friends to see how you actually live.

So very true. We're going to have a BBQ for ND's CalArts students in a couple of weeks, which is the perfect way to be sure we get the house and back yard in decent shape.


Vortex - May 19, 2008 8:09:15 pm PDT #9753 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Frankly, I'm a little skeptical of the "certified by the secy of the treasury" bit.


meara - May 19, 2008 8:11:49 pm PDT #9754 of 10001

DH always says if we want a clean house, all we need to do is throw a party! Nothing motivates like not wanting your friends to see how you actually live.

I feel like this is a reason to have people over on a regular basis, so I am guilted into cleaning.

I would love for someone to help me cut out a bunch of junk. I'm not a huge hoarder, but I still feel like I have too much crap I really don't need. I'd like to be less cluttery.


javachik - May 19, 2008 9:03:23 pm PDT #9755 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

My problem with clutter is that I am a Gemini. I have 20,324 interests/hobbies. I've gotten a bit better. I found some pictures of my bedroom from when I was a teenager and they're a crack up. I especially love the tattered copy of Leon Uris's "Exodus" lying right next to a stack of Soap Opera Digest (couldn't get enough of Greg and Jenny!).

The other thing is that I am terribly sentimental. I still have the empty wine bottle commemorating the night I was no longah a fair maiden. That suckers old but it's been through multiple purges.

And over the weekend I found a scrapbook I made when I was twelve that outlined the entire life of Henry Fonda. On the last page, I taped the card I got from his family when he died (I had sent a condolence note). The front is a picture of Fonda as Tom Joad, and the inside has that wonderful (practically Socialist) monologue about how he'll "be there where there are kids who are laughing because they're hungry and they know supper's ready..." and then it's signed by Jane.

I'll likely heave the scrapbook. And keep the card.


NoiseDesign - May 19, 2008 10:08:20 pm PDT #9756 of 10001
Our wings are not tired

ND, DH would be very proud of you for reading the policy. Lots of people don't. He makes me read our insurance policies once a year so we know what's covered. Covered perils should be outlined carefully and there are definitions in print. Sounds like it's another way of making money on people's fears. What company is offering the coverage (if you don't mind saying)?

The insurer is Colony Insurance. The terrorist clause is apparently a government requirement now as part of the Terrorism Insurance Act so it's not all that suspect, it's more just comedy. All of this is for general liability insurance for my business.


Jars - May 20, 2008 1:03:10 am PDT #9757 of 10001

I'm so sorry Raq. He was a well-travelled, cultured fellow, as kitties go, wasn't he?


Volans - May 20, 2008 1:21:32 am PDT #9758 of 10001
move out and draw fire

Yes he was. He circumnavigated the globe. And spoke several languages (including Duck).


hippocampus - May 20, 2008 1:42:09 am PDT #9759 of 10001
not your mom's socks.

{{{Raq and DH and Mallory}}} Our condolences. He knew he was a well loved kitty. ... Duck?


Sophia Brooks - May 20, 2008 1:56:33 am PDT #9760 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Raq, I am so sorry for your loss.


vw bug - May 20, 2008 2:08:46 am PDT #9761 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

Oh, Raq. I am so sorry. Much love to you all.