at Marshalls... several months ago in Lawrenceville, NJ
My friend who lives there swears by that Marshall's! And actually, I'm going to be out there this week -- I should make her take me.
Saffron: You're a good man. Mal: You clearly haven't been talking to anyone else on this boat.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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 29, 2008 6:07:31 pm PST #8484 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
JenP - Dec 29, 2008 6:08:03 pm PST #8485 of 10002
Or perhaps I need to channel the magical powers of Burrell's little naturalist...
JenP - Dec 29, 2008 6:12:51 pm PST #8486 of 10002
Ha! That's so funny, Jesse. It was a good Marshalls - my boss, another manager, and I made an after-work visit there. Sadly, I will probably not be in Lawrenceville for work for a long, long time. Happily, we have a decent Marshalls here. There was another good store right near the Marshalls, too - many, many awesome purses/bags. Can't remember the name, though.
Burrell - Dec 29, 2008 6:13:29 pm PST #8487 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Now they are both dinosaurs. One says her name is Happy, the other goes by Chip.
I'm thinking my kids could totally name the next Palin kid, if'n there's a need.
JenP - Dec 29, 2008 6:16:25 pm PST #8488 of 10002
Now they are both dinosaurs.
Damn. I was too slow with the channeling.
Happy and Chip sound like they'd be amiable dinos.
msbelle - Dec 29, 2008 6:27:11 pm PST #8489 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
it took me the better part of 4 hours, but I found receipts for my childcare and will, in fact, use up all my FSA money. YAY getting my own money back.
mutters: monthly filing, monthly filing to self.
Steph L. - Dec 29, 2008 6:46:55 pm PST #8490 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Wikipedia on Chuck Mangione and King of the Hill: [link]
Another excellent point this priest made was that overnight shepards were probably shady characters, so what must THAT have been like, these random guys showing up in the shed where you've just had a baby??
But what's also cool about it is that the angel of God appeared to these shifty dudes, not the heads of state. That's fucking awesome. Like Jesus eating and hanging out with whores and tax collectors (who were very much NOT like the IRS of 2008 -- they were more like loan sharks and extortionists who would be happy to rape your daughter as "payment" if you couldn't pay them back; not very nice people).
This is one of the reasons I love The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. The wrong side of the tracks girl was all like "Leave Mary alone! She just had a Baby in a BARN!!!!" Plus the wise men brough baby Jesus the food from their church christmas basket!
I love that book! I think I have it on my shelves somewhere -- maybe I can extricate it and read it as I fall asleep (after I finish my mac n' cheese -- Annie's microwaveable white cheddar mac n' cheese, praise be Annie).
msbelle - Dec 29, 2008 6:48:35 pm PST #8491 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Dude, Jesus was WAY cool.
Jesse - Dec 29, 2008 6:56:42 pm PST #8492 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
But what's also cool about it is that the angel of God appeared to these shifty dudes, not the heads of state. That's fucking awesome.
Oh, totally. It's just that the whole story is so ritualized, it's easy to forget the real deal. Manger, shepherds, sounds cute, right? NSM.
Steph L. - Dec 29, 2008 6:58:19 pm PST #8493 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Dude, Jesus was WAY cool.
Right? With the hanging with and healing the downtrodden, and busting the Pharisees, and putting up with the apostles' being generally annoying and bickering among themselves about which one of them was the greatest (srsly? I'm not surprised Jesus went up on the Mount of Olives to get a break from them).