No. And yes. It's always sudden.

Tara ,'Storyteller'


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.


javachik - Aug 15, 2009 10:38:19 am PDT #3978 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

(Dear Cashmere, that wasn't a PARENTFAIL. Your children are safe because you and your family were scrutinizing every inch of their play and, as children will, they tested you. You passed the test; they're alive. Please don't beat yourself up. You're one of the sanest, loving mommies I know.)


Liese S. - Aug 15, 2009 10:48:39 am PDT #3979 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

java is wise.

Also, I was really traumatized by swimming lessons when I was a kid. I don't know why. But seriously, screaming and crying and mom pushing me through the door and the whole bit. I'm sorry mom!

And then later, I was totally fine. And I was fine with water, and beaches and whatnot. It was just the actual lesson in the pool I objected to. No clue why.


Hil R. - Aug 15, 2009 10:51:38 am PDT #3980 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Bob Dylan detained by police who don't recognize him and think he might have wandered away from a psychiatric hospital. [link]


Calli - Aug 15, 2009 10:55:42 am PDT #3981 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Kids have an amazing talent for finding the one unseen drop-off around. Still, that's why we have grown-ups (well, that and paying for Ben & Jerry's visits)—as Cashmere and co. proved.

I grew up near Lake Huron. Beautiful sandy beaches and lake bottom in my area. I learned to swim fairly young, and I've loved it ever since. But yeah, the lakes around here are mud-bottomed puddles of orange water. Not too appealing.


msbelle - Aug 15, 2009 10:58:35 am PDT #3982 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I really only like pools, but rivers and creeks with a current will do ok if I stay on the edge or am in a tube. I'm really not a fan of living things in the water other than people.

It's hot. We've walked too much. And mac's playdate of bowling did not go on long enough, so despite my promise to myself, I have brought a friend of his here and they are watching tv for an hour. please no bugs on him, please please please.


Cass - Aug 15, 2009 10:59:12 am PDT #3983 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

ita's aquatic wildlife concern, iirc, is lake whales.

Freshwater-able sharks! Of course this doesn't explain how I still am sort of scared that there can be sharks in swimming pools. I'm not sure why I think that.


Sheryl - Aug 15, 2009 11:00:21 am PDT #3984 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Took my folk to Udvar-Hazy, the Air and Space Annex. Neat stuff, even if G and I were more interested in the space/rocket stuff than my folks were.


Trudy Booth - Aug 15, 2009 11:24:37 am PDT #3985 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Bob Dylan detained by police who don't recognize him and think he might have wandered away from a psychiatric hospital.

Sounds a lot better than, "he didn't look right in that neighborhood."


Trudy Booth - Aug 15, 2009 11:36:34 am PDT #3986 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Of course this doesn't explain how I still am sort of scared that there can be sharks in swimming pools. I'm not sure why I think that.

You're a desert dweller? All the water bewilders you a bit?


Atropa - Aug 15, 2009 11:39:29 am PDT #3987 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Of course this doesn't explain how I still am sort of scared that there can be sharks in swimming pools. I'm not sure why I think that.

Honey, you still occasionally worry that there could be sharks in bathtubs.