work email is down. Of course I can still get emails via my BlackBerry, but it is annoying.
I like money better than people. People can so rarely be exchanged for goods and/or services!
Willow ,'Showtime'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - May 08, 2008 10:33:28 am PDT #5656 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Jessica - May 08, 2008 10:35:08 am PDT #5657 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Moreover, I think the final implication that society will change to allow earlier motherhood is bullshit.
Oh yes, that was some lovely fantasyland wishful thinking right there. Because modern society has done so much to accomodate parenthood so far!
On a completely unrelated note, Here is a replica of San Francisco made entirely out of stainless steel cookware.
megan walker - May 08, 2008 10:37:42 am PDT #5658 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Here is a replica of San Francisco made entirely out of stainless steel cookware.
OMG, that is awesome! Does anyone want to go see that this weekend?
amych - May 08, 2008 10:39:48 am PDT #5659 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
The radio version of the fertility story made me want to punch things, and the print version not so much at all; sounds like it wasn't just me having a cooler head when I went back to look.
Kat - May 08, 2008 10:41:12 am PDT #5660 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Amych, it may also have been the self-satisfied smugness of the one mother who was all, "of course I stay at home! They are my responsibility!"
msbelle - May 08, 2008 10:42:52 am PDT #5661 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
earlier motherhood
Two things I tell the college seniors in this group I am a part of is to seriously think about and work at meeting mates in college and to not dismiss having children early. Most of them give me the fisheye, but those are still two of my core pieces of advice.
P.M. Marc - May 08, 2008 10:45:19 am PDT #5662 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Amych, it may also have been the self-satisfied smugness of the one mother who was all, "of course I stay at home! They are my responsibility!"
The Mothering(dotcommune) Kool-Aid makes me want to choke people.
A lot.
hippocampus - May 08, 2008 10:45:53 am PDT #5663 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
Amych, it may also have been the self-satisfied smugness of the one mother who was all, "of course I stay at home! They are my responsibility!"
that - especially if there was a certain kind of tone to it - would have made me nuts.
"meandered into motherhood" didn't exactly set me up to be happy with the article. In fact, I'm pretty darn steamed about it.
even though I'm steamed about a lot today.
everything but the word "shitweasel", in fact.
Kat - May 08, 2008 10:46:08 am PDT #5664 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
For me, attempts at earlier motherhood wouldn't have made conception easier or more successful. And, in fact, it would have meant that I wouldn't have had access to the fabulous health insurance that paid for the millions of dollars in healthcare necessary to keep my children alive.
Jessica - May 08, 2008 10:46:41 am PDT #5665 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
it may also have been the self-satisfied smugness of the one mother who was all, "of course I stay at home! They are my responsibility!"
Ah. Yeah, that wasn't in the print version.
"Of course I work out of the home! Having money for food and shelter is my responsibility!"