Happy birthday Deena!
You can't open the book of my life and jump in the middle. Like woman, I'm a mystery.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Shir - Aug 02, 2009 10:54:56 pm PDT #1828 of 30001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Calli - Aug 03, 2009 1:32:16 am PDT #1829 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Happy Birthday, Deena!
Shir - Aug 03, 2009 1:38:00 am PDT #1830 of 30001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Calling all hiveminders!
(Yes, just got back, and already need you. See how my life work?)
There's a Talmudic quote that says "we don't see things the way they are, but the way we are". I already asked some people about it, including our wonderful Nilly, but nobody seems to know exactly where it's from. And I googled and I googled till I couldn't google anymore. Now, can any one of you give me the reference to this quote? Anyone with Jewish orthodox relatives, by any chance?
amych - Aug 03, 2009 2:13:42 am PDT #1831 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
My google says that quote's not Talmud, but Anaïs Nin.
Laura - Aug 03, 2009 3:02:17 am PDT #1832 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Happy Birthday to Deena!
Barb - Aug 03, 2009 3:42:30 am PDT #1833 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
Happy birthday, Deena!
Barb - Aug 03, 2009 3:47:32 am PDT #1834 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
Shir, one of the sources I found is calling it a Kabbalist teaching/quote. It's got an attribution of sorts to the Maharal of Prague and it's got its origins in a Torah story about Joshua leading the Jews into battle.
sarameg - Aug 03, 2009 4:16:25 am PDT #1835 of 30001
No matter how awesome an email started the day, I still had to go to work and that sucks.
Sparky1 - Aug 03, 2009 4:21:43 am PDT #1836 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
Oh, Monday.
Today I have to leave work early to get my sister & family to the airport. I wanted to stay home this morning and yell at a contractor that "fixed" a drain that ran between the neighbor's house and ours - and flooded part of our yard. When he did the work I told him it would flood that part of the yard, but he gave me a lecture on how he had 35 years experience and knew what he was doing ("young lady," says he). I remained skeptical as I have 40 years experience as the daughter of a geotechnical engineer, and, frankly, any idiot knows that water runs downhill.
Anyway, it's up to my DH to tell him that there are only two fixes we'll approve (and he's not going to like either one of them, because neither are quick fixes), and my DH doesn't like these confrontations.
Gudanov - Aug 03, 2009 5:09:05 am PDT #1837 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Happy Birthday Deena!
It was a big weekend for the dogs. They killed a mole and kitten in our backyard. Our daughter discovered the kitten and got pretty upset about it for awhile. I guess the kitten (or smallish cat, it's hard to tell by the size) was sneaking into our yard and finally got caught.