Oh yeah, and I thought when I was on unemployment that it was based on 75% of my previous income (for some specific time period).
Spike: At least give me Wesley's office since he's gone. Angel: He's not gone. He's on a leave of absence. Spike: Yeah, right. Boo-hoo. Thought he killed his bloody father. Try staking your mother when she's coming on to you! Harmony: Well…that explains a lot.
'Destiny'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jul 09, 2010 9:12:21 am PDT #11438 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jessica - Jul 09, 2010 9:13:08 am PDT #11439 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
She said they can't even get the kids to wash the crop before they're wanting to eat what they've planted.
Kids will eat almost anything they've helped to create, even if it's something as simple as letting them hand you stuff out of the refrigerator. (Dylan loves kale now that he's started coming with me to our weekly CSA pickup.)
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but you need the parents to have the ability and the interest to continue that when they are food shopping for the family.
Oh yeah, I have no illusions about how priveliged I am to have (a) a weekly CSA pickup and (b) time to cook with my son.]
flea - Jul 09, 2010 9:13:45 am PDT #11440 of 30001
information libertarian
One cool thing King Arthur Flour does is travel to schools and teach kids to bake bread (free): [link]
Cooking is great for math skills, among other things. Especially since we use the wacky not-metric system of measurements!
Sophia Brooks - Jul 09, 2010 9:14:12 am PDT #11441 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
but you need the parents to have the ability and the interest to continue that when they are food shopping for the family.
And the energy. I barely have enough energy to cook and shop for healthy food in a food desert with no car, as a single person with a stable job.
Of course, riding the bus in a city where public transportation is not so good has made me a lot more sympathetic to this sort of issue. If I had kids I think it would be a full-time job, on the bus just to take them to and fro from school (in Rochester, you are pretty much expected to do that) and get food and clothing.
Jessica - Jul 09, 2010 9:15:06 am PDT #11442 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Cooking is great for math skills, among other things. Especially since we use the wacky not-metric system of measurements!
Bring back home-ec! For everyone, though, not just the girls.
flea - Jul 09, 2010 9:15:11 am PDT #11443 of 30001
information libertarian
Yeah, that NYT guy turned down a job that's $11,000 a year more than I make, and I'm 37 and have two Master's degrees. (I mean, if making money was my heart's desire, I could have chosen a different profession, but seriously, let me wipe away my tears with my PLASTIC HAND).
Daisy Jane - Jul 09, 2010 9:17:00 am PDT #11444 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I do kinda feel for that dude (admittedly I just skimmed the article). It sounds like his boomer parents were successful, and he knows he's supposed to be, but success (at least from my perspective) seems more elusive now. He is dreading the convo with his parents, so it doesn't sound like he expects to just loaf on their dime.
Kat - Jul 09, 2010 9:18:52 am PDT #11445 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
ita, I could share some of Grace's blend with you! This one is actually tasty if you like strawberries.... and it's 1.1 calorie per mL.
Kathy A - Jul 09, 2010 9:19:10 am PDT #11446 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I mean, if making money was my heart's desire, I could have chosen a different profession
At my MLS program orientation, the very first thing the dean said was, "If you're here because you think you'll be making big bucks as a librarian, you are seriously mistaken."
flea - Jul 09, 2010 9:19:28 am PDT #11447 of 30001
information libertarian
Except he has been doing exactly that - loafing on their dime - for two years already, and he expects to come right out of a (IMO second-tier) liberal arts school and get a job in finance making $75K a year like his brother did right away. His father and grandfather, the article notes, both worked their way up, they didn't expect a high level job when they were just starting.