Wow, askye, that photo is amazing.
Barb, I'm zmayhem on flickr. Pretty please?
Don't you have an elsewhere to be?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
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.
JZ - Jan 30, 2010 11:33:56 am PST #8475 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Barb - Jan 30, 2010 11:34:31 am PST #8476 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Awww... cuddly kitties!
Big brackets to all on coping with the financial dance. Until our house in Jacksonville sells, we're doing our own version of it, and it ain't fun.
ETA: Done, JZ!
meara - Jan 30, 2010 11:36:03 am PST #8477 of 30000
Hee. And I still recommend it, beth!
lcat, email incoming!!
Barb - Jan 30, 2010 11:37:16 am PST #8478 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
meara, re: your comment about the whitewashing, isn't it GREAT? I was so, so, so happy. There's just so much about the cover that immediately speaks to the story and gives a good indication about what lies beyond the cover.
Stephanie - Jan 30, 2010 11:54:01 am PST #8479 of 30000
Trust my rage
Yeah, we have our share of finance related stress these days. I know me trying to open a practice is the right thing but the lack of mine in the mean time freaks me out and adds a lot of stress to life.
JZ - Jan 30, 2010 11:56:28 am PST #8480 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Thanks! It's beautiful, intriguing, elegant, not whitewashed, all kinds of excellent.
And, askye, forgot to say that in addition to SIL being an incredible photographer, your nephew is quite the red-wagon-riding cutie.
Newsflash: Matilda doesn't like having her picture taken.
meara - Jan 30, 2010 12:06:52 pm PST #8481 of 30000
She has such pretty hair!
askye, that's a great picture! Very cool. Hee--it makes me want to start a Buffista's version of Angie's list, using only buffistas and their relatives and friends.
OK, I think I must go walk around the library and find books to read on my flight tomorrow. I am not going to be home during library hours for my next three trips, which are all long (SEA-HNL-SEA, SEA-BWI-SEA, and then SEA-OAK-SEA). Much time, must find reading material!
Trudy Booth - Jan 30, 2010 12:28:19 pm PST #8482 of 30000
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
This is cool. It's 14 sights you should see from the air. [link]
I think I've seen about half of them hanging out with you all.
Barb - Jan 30, 2010 12:40:47 pm PST #8483 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
That was really cool, Trudy-- I was sort of surprised to not see Las Vegas on the list since it's such an interesting sight during nighttime flights.
Strix - Jan 30, 2010 12:57:43 pm PST #8484 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
IOW, hello, Erin! I'll be in KC in April!
Hey, Sparky, that's great. We can haz gimlets! Let me know about when you'll be around.
Guys, I feel ya about the income stress. I've been unemployed since 10/1, moved in with Dan and got engaged, all without bringing in any income past November. It's been incredibly hard for me: just an uncomfortable LEECHING feeling. I have felt so off-balance and so not me. It's been really hard.
HOWEVER...I have an adjunct gig ( 1 course)firmly in the bag -- starts 2/17, AND I have a presentation to give on Wednesday for another adjunct gig. All English courses, one on-line and the other (it's not nailed down, but it's dependent on the presentation, which I am 99% confident on, so I feel really positive about it) in a classroom setting. And that would be two courses at that school. So I should have income coming in on 3/5. Not much, but I'm jazzed.
I can work partly at home, and I figure the more experience I add to my res, the more gigs I can get. I can work from home a lot, and be flexible this July, when my soon-to-be stepson is here for 5 weeks. This means he can be at day camp for 1/2 days instead of whole, which means more bonding time, and less $$ spent on day camps.
SO. Relieved, And happy, career-wise, because I will be much happier with a flex schedule and teaching college courses. I've been wanting to do this for a LONG time, but the lack of health bene's has really been an issue, especially with my surgeries. But when D and I get married, I can get health through his company, do the work I like to do, and the possibility of working on my Ph.D in the near future is a real possibility. If I should so decide.