I did it once, o_a. It was actaully pretty boring. I don't even remember what I did anymore, just that it made for a long evening.
Jayne: That's a good idea. Good idea. Tell us where the stuff's at so I can shoot you. Mal: Point of interest? Offering to shoot us might not work so well as an incentive as you might imagine.
'Out Of Gas'
Spike's Bitches 42: Which question do you want me to answer first?
[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.
SailAweigh - Oct 09, 2008 7:08:38 pm PDT #7921 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Hil R. - Oct 09, 2008 7:08:56 pm PDT #7922 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Sorry, omnis, I don't have any experience with that.
I just replied to my mother. (Her email was titled "nice Jewish guy.") My reply:
1. I don't think that's the same guy.
2. How do you conclude he's "nice"?
3. No.
billytea - Oct 09, 2008 7:50:27 pm PDT #7923 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
question for the group. Has anyone ever been a poll worker?
My mother did some survey work once, though it wasn't for an election. It was to find out more about people's birth control practices. The highlight was an Eastern European guy with a rather browbeaten wife.
"Do you use any birth control?"
"Yes, yes. We use the Pill."
"Ok, and how often does your wife take the Pill?"
"My wife is a very stupid woman. She cannot be trusted with things like this. I take the Pill!"
NoiseDesign - Oct 09, 2008 7:58:40 pm PDT #7924 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
ND just perked up
I wondered what that was all about. I was doing the haunted house thing by the way.
beth b - Oct 09, 2008 8:25:51 pm PDT #7925 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I've done the poll worker thing. Not exciting,but cool to do in your neighborhood. I wouldn't skip work to do it,but it was good when I was unemployed. And sadly, or happily, my neighborhood is fully staffed.
Pix - Oct 09, 2008 8:37:32 pm PDT #7926 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I have no polling advice. I do want to wish Omnis a belated Buffista birthday, however. I called him on his actual birthday yesterday, but it ocurred to me that he propbably hadn't gotten a proper Buffista celebration. So happy happies here, Omnis, one day late!
Hil R. - Oct 09, 2008 8:40:09 pm PDT #7927 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Happy Birthday, Omnis!
Nope, still not asleep. (This always happens when I need to wake up early. I get worried that I'll sleep through my alarm, and then that worry makes me too tense to sleep.)
omnis_audis - Oct 09, 2008 8:52:57 pm PDT #7928 of 10001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Hil, your response to your mother is awesome. Maybe your mom and Polter-Cow mom should team up, or would that be too much of a culture clash?
"My wife is a very stupid woman. She cannot be trusted with things like this. I take the Pill!Um. I wonder how many kids they had? Either way. HILARIOUS!
Thanks for the belated wishes. :)
And yes, being the sound geek that I am, I did indeed buy today's Shirt Woot [link]
billytea - Oct 09, 2008 9:25:32 pm PDT #7929 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Um. I wonder how many kids they had? Either way. HILARIOUS!
I don't remember if it was four or five. But not none.
Fay - Oct 09, 2008 9:26:25 pm PDT #7930 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
There is a guy who sits near my cube who LOVES to randomly sing bits of songs at full voice. Today it is Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name. He has a decent voice, but still, kinda startling.
Um. I pretty much do that ALL DAY.
Every day.
Um.
...yeah, there's a reason that I thought it would be a good idea to have a Sing Along A Sound Of Music evening.
Anyhoo...vw, seconding the James and the Giant Peach suggestion - I'm reading it to my kids at the moment (they're seven and eight years old) and they're thoroughly enjoying it. I'd also suggest The Wizard of Oz or other Oz books for classic American kidlit fun, if that's not too obvious? The Spiderwick Chronicles are also pretty good for that age range?
"My wife is a very stupid woman. She cannot be trusted with things like this. I take the Pill!
rolls eyes forever.
My new favourite song? "Oh yeah it's FRIday, it's the WEEKend, oh yeah it's FRIday, it's the WEEKend!" (repeated indefinitely, while doing various victory dance moves of joy. As demonstrated by Year 1 in their assembly this morning, and then taught to all the school. Best. Song. EVAH.)