I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.

Fred ,'A Hole in the World'


Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


vw bug - Apr 29, 2010 7:39:19 am PDT #17530 of 30000
Mostly lurking...

vw, how's your mother doing?

She’s doing pretty well. Nothing is broken or pinched. She’s got some good painkillers, and she’s back at work today.

You guys! I am going to be on the radio, maybe, in 15 minutes to talk about immigration. I'm nervous I will sound dumb or worse, ineffectual.

You will be amazing, because you are amazing. Oh, and I see it went well. YAY!


tommyrot - Apr 29, 2010 7:45:05 am PDT #17531 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Yay Hil!


Dana - Apr 29, 2010 7:45:08 am PDT #17532 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

HIL! WOOT! DETAILS!


Hil R. - Apr 29, 2010 7:48:00 am PDT #17533 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

It's in Georgia, about 50 miles west of Atlanta. The pay is at the really low end of the scale, but it comes with benefits, and cost of living there is pretty cheap. I told them that I'd probably be working there for a year or two and then applying for a better job somewhere else, and they were fine with that. I've got to let them know by Monday, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to take it -- considering the state of the market, I really can't afford to bet on getting anything better. It's not my dream job, but it's a place to start.


vw bug - Apr 29, 2010 7:52:17 am PDT #17534 of 30000
Mostly lurking...

Hil, that's WONDERFUL news!!!


Ginger - Apr 29, 2010 7:54:10 am PDT #17535 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Congratulations, Hil!

The University of West Georgia?


Barb - Apr 29, 2010 7:54:28 am PDT #17536 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

Congrats, Hil.


Hil R. - Apr 29, 2010 7:54:59 am PDT #17537 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

The University of West Georgia?

Yep.


sj - Apr 29, 2010 7:56:53 am PDT #17538 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Yay, Hil!!! Congrats!!!


Hil R. - Apr 29, 2010 7:57:02 am PDT #17539 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

One of my officemates has a bottle of scotch in his desk drawer that he's been saying we'll open when I get a job offer. Of course, he's not in the office today.