This is the first tree we've had in this house!
Yay! We're getting ours this afternoon.
Spike: At least give me Wesley's office since he's gone. Angel: He's not gone. He's on a leave of absence. Spike: Yeah, right. Boo-hoo. Thought he killed his bloody father. Try staking your mother when she's coming on to you! Harmony: Well…that explains a lot.
'Destiny'
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.
DavidS - Dec 06, 2008 10:44:09 am PST #4641 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
brenda m - Dec 06, 2008 10:52:35 am PST #4642 of 10002
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
Well this is new. I was chopping onions and it didn't bother my eyes at all but instead has sent me into sneezing fits.
dcp - Dec 06, 2008 11:01:55 am PST #4643 of 10002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
ita, I think that's a Bottle episode.
Typo Boy - Dec 06, 2008 11:02:07 am PST #4644 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
What exactly was a "gentleman" in 17th century England? Not a noble, right? But you could be prosperous, and still "no gentleman", true?
Shir - Dec 06, 2008 11:03:34 am PST #4645 of 10002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
True, Typo Boy.
msbelle - Dec 06, 2008 11:20:37 am PST #4646 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
we have a tree. mac was enticed by the larger girth but less full trees. The Douglas Firs were clearly better looking, tight and dense, but thanks fully - what he chose was $10 cheaper. Now I have to do the dance of getting it in the stand and up - always tricky with a 7 footer by myself.
In fact just getting it home is probably something that should be filmed and shown for comic relief somewhere. me in a hot pink puffy coat, swerving on the sidewalk with the tree in a granny cart. mac walking beside carrying a large plastic tub.
§ ita § - Dec 06, 2008 11:21:06 am PST #4647 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks, dcp. That's exactly what I was thinking of.
Typo Boy - Dec 06, 2008 11:35:38 am PST #4648 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Can anyone guide to further readings. I'd like to be able identify social and economic class in the 17th century, how they intersected, and the grey areas. That is I'd like to figure out what would put someone in a position where there could be doubts and disputes over whether they were a gentleman. Alternatively what would make someone a gentleman, but barely so that other gentleman would think of him as "one of us, but not quite". Or what would make someone "not a gentleman, but almost". In other words what could put people close to the line, on either side, and what would put people in a gray area where you really were not sure which side of the line they were on.
brenda m - Dec 06, 2008 11:36:16 am PST #4649 of 10002
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
New contender in the easy bread sweepstakes: [link] This was linked in Suela's lj the other day. I think the flavor is better than that NY Times one, but what really got me is you mix up the dough but then can do the final rise and bake loaf by loaf over a few days - so, more fresh bread and less of it thrown away stale. Win!
shrift - Dec 06, 2008 11:52:58 am PST #4650 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Instead of writing, I have sorted through mail, filed paperwork, paid bills, written checks for charity, added a bunch of stuff to my Amazon shopping list while waiting to hear back from my family on what they've already purchased for Christmas, and I think cleaning the bathroom is next up on the list.
Edit: Oh, and I did the dishes.