This reminds me that I should get a bigger box for my ornaments, so I can get more ornaments! The question there is, if I wait until after Christmas, will the storage items go on sale, or will I forget to do it? Hmmm.
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
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.
Jesse - Dec 04, 2008 6:35:00 am PST #4224 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
flea - Dec 04, 2008 6:39:54 am PST #4225 of 10002
information libertarian
People with too many ornaments, I could send you my two year old. That would result in a fair amount of loss. At least, two down this year already, here.
Barb - Dec 04, 2008 6:43:33 am PST #4226 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”
Okay, here's today's Stoopit People award:
Apparently, a writer faked a request for a partial from an agent, without realizing that said agent only asks for full manuscripts to save time. Even better-- he said she'd requested chapters 4-6 which is just mind-bogglingly stupid. No agent, ever, in the history of publishing, has ever only requested a partial from the middle of a book.
Gudanov - Dec 04, 2008 6:43:45 am PST #4227 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
I have ornament attrition issues as well. Between two kids and two dogs who like to play around the tree, the ornaments are always in jeopardy.
Hil R. - Dec 04, 2008 6:45:45 am PST #4228 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Considering that many people with Christmas trees have small kids, why don't they make ornaments out of stronger material?
tommyrot - Dec 04, 2008 6:47:03 am PST #4229 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I've never had a tree since I left home (except for that two-dimensional tree I drew on paper and taped to the wall, with electric lights taped on). But I'm tempted to, because I'm curious if it'd become a cat toy. Oh, and then I could put a cat nest in it....
Gudanov - Dec 04, 2008 6:47:03 am PST #4230 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Come to think of it though, the kids also generate ornaments so maybe it's a wash. The dogs though, NSM.
Jesse - Dec 04, 2008 6:47:22 am PST #4231 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't have many breakable ornaments, myself. I don't go for the balls, and have a lot of crafty or metal ornaments.
P.M. Marc - Dec 04, 2008 6:47:35 am PST #4232 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
My ornaments have been carefully selected to survive cats and kid. Loss is minimal.
Lee - Dec 04, 2008 6:50:29 am PST #4233 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Non-breakability and cheapness are definitely key factors in my ornament selection, due to cats.