Ten most stressful cities to live in: [link]
Yay! Chicago wins!
We gotta go to the crappy town where I'm the hero!
Wash ,'Jaynestown'
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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.
tommyrot - Sep 24, 2008 8:22:30 am PDT #296 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 24, 2008 8:25:01 am PDT #297 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
That's fucking insane. And it makes me recall a temp job I once had in a county office where a line would form in front of the time clock starting about 20 minutes ahead.
At least people can do this on their computers! If there was a timeclock it would be impossible.
Now a want a little zebra car!!!! So cute!!!
Steph L. - Sep 24, 2008 8:25:35 am PDT #298 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
At my job, they are telling all hourly employees they have to clock in and clock out instead of just typing in their hours. Which makes perfect sense. But they still also need to work exactly 40 hours, not one minute more or less!
Sophia, you work at the weirdest, most sadistic workplace EVER. And I include my own in that comparison.
javachik - Sep 24, 2008 8:31:41 am PDT #299 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
My real name is Nanita and I like that it's uncommon. I don't know what kind of names I'll give any kids I might have. Thank goodness I didn't have them when I was a teenager though. They would have been named Hazel, Fiver, and Bigwig. And a little later I went through a period inspired by Gatsby where I started off with Jordan, which is fine, but then I kept going, with India and China.
So many many reasons to be thankful I wasn't a teen mommy.
Barb - Sep 24, 2008 8:34:02 am PDT #300 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
So many many reasons to be thankful I wasn't a teen mommy.
I shudder to think of how many poor babies in the next few years are going to be saddled with Reneesme
Frankenbuddha - Sep 24, 2008 8:37:16 am PDT #301 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yay! Chicago wins!
That surprised me a little, for some reason.
Hil R. - Sep 24, 2008 8:41:12 am PDT #302 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I think that the only thing I'm sure of for my kids' names would be that I'll name them something that has only one standard spelling. Giving my name as "Hillary-with-two-Ls" gets old really fast. Especially when combined with a last name that people spell wrong even when I spell it out for them.
(I kind of love the name Elinor, spelled that way. But this is why I could never name a kid that.)
Connie Neil - Sep 24, 2008 8:44:12 am PDT #303 of 10001
brillig
I'll name them something that has only one standard spelling
Don't bet on it. I've been asked how I spell Connie. I blinked at the person and said, "How many ways can you spell Connie other than the obvious?" She said, "Well, you might have a K, or a Y, or only one N."
brenda m - Sep 24, 2008 8:45:03 am PDT #304 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
My siblings (Hilary and Geoffrey) sympathize, for sure.
Hil R. - Sep 24, 2008 8:49:57 am PDT #305 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Right now, my hypothetical future children's names are Esther Basia and Isaac Henry. Which actually violate several of my rules for children's names (Basia is too difficult to spell, and I've always said I won't name my kids any names that have sounds I have trouble saying, which means no S, Sh, Ch, Z, or J.)