psst - Jesse is out of touch with what a 7yo will think is lame, pass it on.
Hmph. You just tell him about how on the frontier there were no oranges, and he's sure to come around.
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
Book ,'Serenity'
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 22, 2008 6:08:57 am PST #7456 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 22, 2008 6:11:09 am PST #7457 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I like snow much better than winter rain despite the extra inconvenience—it's pretty, and clean, and takes me back to my childhood when we had actual snowdrifts in the South. Ice, on the other hand, (particularly highway black ice) has earned my undying hatred.
flea - Dec 22, 2008 6:16:26 am PST #7458 of 10002
information libertarian
I vote Pavlova, just because I love the name. We are either going to have an apple pie, or chocolate cake from Big City Bread. Possibly both.
For stocking stuffers, I have new markers (both), a small 100-piece puzzle (box will fit in stocking) and a Tinkerbell fairy 3-inch doll (for Casper), and bupkis else for Dillo. I wanted to get some good small (3-4 inch) digger trucks, but have not been able to find any, and time is almost run out.
Allyson - Dec 22, 2008 6:25:26 am PST #7459 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I found a pencil sharpener that is a hippo, and you put the pencil in his mouth and wind his tail to sharpen it. It is made of awesome. And plastic.
tommyrot - Dec 22, 2008 6:27:51 am PST #7460 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.
OK, my present to myself is a theremin kit. It comes with an unfinished wood case, so I'll have to paint or stain it. I think I want to stain it some weird color (bright red?) so it'll look freakish and unnatural, but will still show the pretty wood grain underneath. Any ideas?
I don't know what kind of wood the case is.
msbelle - Dec 22, 2008 6:33:39 am PST #7461 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
my gift to myself is debt reduction which is LAME! Sensible, but lame.
tommyrot - Dec 22, 2008 6:37:41 am PST #7462 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.
my gift to myself is debt reduction which is LAME! Sensible, but lame.
That was gonna be my gift to myself. But I decided to invoke the "theremin exception" to the rule of "debt reduction only".
Kat - Dec 22, 2008 6:47:49 am PST #7463 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
psst - Jesse is out of touch with what a 7yo will think is lame, pass it on.
HAHAHAHA. So true.
ita, we're gonna be there around lunching time.
This morning, we've been to Lowe's, Target and Starbucks. I've replaced the switchplate I broke in a fit of temper and now we are getting ready to go see Grace. WOOT. No yoga, apparently.
Ginger - Dec 22, 2008 6:49:46 am PST #7464 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The most easily available unnatural wood stains are probably MinWax's water-based stains: [link] Using their wood conditioner first keeps you from having unnatural and blotchy wood colors.
sumi - Dec 22, 2008 6:50:25 am PST #7465 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Tommy - temperature has gone UP!
To -3.
Woo hoo.