Damn, that was stylin', Barb!
Hippo Birdies, Susan!
I find I am FUll OF New Year's resolution-feeling today, more so than I can remember any other year. Strange!
You do well to flee, townspeople! I will pillage your lands and dwellings! I will burn your crops and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters! Ha ha ha! Mark my words! Ooh! Ale! I smell delicious ale!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
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.
Theodosia - Jan 01, 2009 5:03:17 am PST #8960 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Jesse - Jan 01, 2009 5:04:03 am PST #8961 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Happy New Year, everyone! And Happy Birthday, Susan!
So, my cunning plan was to go to Trader Joe's today, but it occurs to me that they will not have re-stocked from yesterday, and therefore will probably not have the mushroom turnovers I love. Not that that is all I'm planning to buy. Hmmmm.
Theodosia - Jan 01, 2009 5:20:47 am PST #8962 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
TJ's let me down and didn't have any Snapea Crisps when I went there last week. Usually I stock up on a couple bags, because they usually price them at $1.49 (1.99 at Whole Paycheck!).
It's hard to describe Snapea Crisps -- sort of like if you made Cheez Doodles out of peas, but left out the Cheeze? Anyway, they're yummy, crisp, and chock full of goodness, and I bless the impulse that made me buy a random bag for a party on the basis that if I didn't like them, somebody else would.
brenda m - Jan 01, 2009 5:33:00 am PST #8963 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
Are they even open today?
2008 got one last kick in when the power cable on my laptop crapped out last night. Feh.
Jesse - Jan 01, 2009 5:35:18 am PST #8964 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Are they even open today?
Ooh, interesting question. It never occurs to me that things will be closed ever. And after checking, they are indeed closed. Tomorrow, then! Thanks for mentioning it, because that would have been annoying.
Jesse - Jan 01, 2009 5:42:18 am PST #8965 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, and if anyone was wondering, I do apparently still have the disputed cable channels on my Time Warner cable.
Theodosia - Jan 01, 2009 5:44:32 am PST #8966 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Jesse, I saw an item that said that the dispute had been resolved, so disaster averted.
Back when we had TW here instead of Comcast, we actually had really great service, but then Somerville is a rare 2-cable-system town, which did indeed mean they tried harder.
Burrell - Jan 01, 2009 5:49:14 am PST #8967 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I neeeed cofffeeeeee!
Ginger - Jan 01, 2009 5:50:40 am PST #8968 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I love the snap pea crisps. I wish TJs was closer.
It never occurs to me that things will be closed ever.
There was a near riot at the post office yesterday, because it had closed at 2 p.m. without any particular notice AND the stamp/package machine was broken. The website and the printed notice on the building said it would be open, but there was a handwritten "will close at 2" sign and it was 2:30. About 20 of us were milling about and begging answers from the one unfortunate postal employee who came out into the lobby. I wanted to get a proof of mailing certificate for a payment I wanted counted on '08 taxes. Most of the other people were also slackers who had something that needed to postmarked by the end of the year. A very nice woman who couldn't mail her package gave me a stamp (I tried to pay for it, but she said, "Merry Christmas.") and the poor postal employee swore it would be postmarked yesterday.
Burrell - Jan 01, 2009 6:04:24 am PST #8969 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ah, coffee is had. Now I have the kids here with me to watch the Rose Parade on tv.
Every so often I have these moments of kind of uncanny memory when I do something with my kids that I did a gazillion times when I was a kid growing up. It's hard to explain, but it is as if I can feel the presence of me and my siblings there alongside my own kids. It is a good feeling. Plus Stefanie Edwards is back.
Oh, happy birthday Susan!