It's entirely possible to live car free in Seattle, depending on where she ends up working/living. Also entirely possible to have a studio under $1000, even in popular neighborhoods.
Can't drink, smoke, diddle my willy. Doesn't leave much to do other than watch you blokes stumble around playing Agatha Christie.
Spike ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
meara - Sep 25, 2009 1:46:01 pm PDT #11023 of 30001
P.M. Marc - Sep 25, 2009 1:59:08 pm PDT #11024 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I am pretty sure families of four live on $38,000 a year in Seattle. It all depends on what your priorities are.
Difficult, however. And usually not without aid. (For which, it being at around the twice the federal poverty level cut off for a family of four, the theoretical family would qualify.)
flea - Sep 25, 2009 2:27:00 pm PDT #11025 of 30001
information libertarian
I am just feeling grumpy about privilege.
sarameg - Sep 25, 2009 2:55:55 pm PDT #11026 of 30001
My condolences, Fred.
I'm eating an avocado for dinner. Sometimes I wonder about my choices.
I still love being able to throw in a load of laundry on a whim.
quester - Sep 25, 2009 3:07:44 pm PDT #11027 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I was 500 post behind when I got in here! So I've skipped ahead before I go back and catch up to ask for a hive-mind favor!
I have a baby shower next Sunday for a niece and she and her hubs announce a couple of months ago that they intend to raise their daughter as a Pirate!
So I'm putting together a Pirate Baby Book for her. I want to make a treasure map with a picture of my niece as the "island" where the treasure is buried, on a flap that reveals one of her sonagram pics. Then after the baby is born they can replace the picture with a new one.
What I need help with are the names of locations on the map. I want to create pregnancy milestone/pirate names for places. But, I can't come up with anything.
You guys are the most inventive, articulate, creative and funny people I know, so any suggestions would be very much appreciated!
Now, back to catch up!
EpicTangent - Sep 25, 2009 3:12:45 pm PDT #11028 of 30001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
First Steps (off the plank)
::not really here::
Amy - Sep 25, 2009 3:22:49 pm PDT #11029 of 30001
Because books.
You want *pregnancy* milestones, quester? I'm not sure there are a lot that are catchy, you know? Except maybe, like, Hemorrhoid Hill or something.
Other milestones are hearing the baby's heartbeat, sonogram pictures, discovering the sex. Most of the other ones take place in utero, really.
tommyrot - Sep 25, 2009 3:24:42 pm PDT #11030 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Baby's first kick?
Amy - Sep 25, 2009 3:33:12 pm PDT #11031 of 30001
Because books.
Oooh, good one. Also if the baby has the hiccups. First contraction, too, I guess.
Hil R. - Sep 25, 2009 3:39:28 pm PDT #11032 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
From a NY Times Magazine article about prayer in America. [link]
And a predominantly gay synagogue in San Francisco, Congregation Sha’ar Zahav, has composed its own prayer to be said after anonymous sex. “In the dark, in a strange place, our father Jacob encountered a stranger with whom he grappled all night,” a reference to the Biblical story of Jacob wrestling with an angel. “He never knew the stranger’s name, yet their encounter was a blessing which turned Jacob into Israel and made him realize, I have seen God face to face.” The prayer asks God — “who created passion and wove it throughout creation” — to bless casual sex and turn it into a blessing “that allows us to both touch and see the Divine.”