I was wheezing a startling wheeze that sounded like a tiny penny whistle tune. I kept thinking it had to be coming from somewhere else.
Bar maid! Bring me stronger ale! And some plump, succulent babies to eat!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[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.
Ginger - May 26, 2011 3:59:22 pm PDT #22083 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
smonster - May 26, 2011 4:00:41 pm PDT #22084 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Damn, Ginger, I hope you feel better soon.
Seriously, healthcare for everyone -- including reproductive healthcare -- should NOT be something you have to wend through a labyrinth and fight a goddamn minotaur for.
Not enough WORD in the world.
billytea - May 26, 2011 4:27:44 pm PDT #22085 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
English is actually an easy language. It's not inflected and doesn't have grammatical gender. It just has some weird spellings left over from previous incarnations.
I think the greatest issue with learning English is the inconsistency. Spelling's a nightmare, and it seems every rule has its exceptions. Grammar's less complex than Romance languages, but substantially more complex than Chinese (for instance). Chinese, of course, has its own difficulties, especially written Chinese; and I think it's less forgiving of near misses.
In conclusion, Ryan now has a vocabulary of about 50 words in English, 40 in Chinese, is up to occasional three-word phrases ("up-and-down"), and combines the two languages on occasion (when he calls me "Qǐ’é (Penguin) Daddy!").
DavidS - May 26, 2011 5:52:34 pm PDT #22086 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
(when he calls me "Qǐ’é (Penguin) Daddy!").
Oh, billytea. You know we're going to call you Penguin Daddy from here on out. This is as inevitable and immutable as Jesse being a cowgirl or Holli being an Eskimo.
billytea - May 26, 2011 5:53:50 pm PDT #22087 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Oh, billytea. You know we're going to call you Penguin Daddy from here on out. This is as inevitable and immutable as Jesse being a cowgirl or Holli being an Eskimo.
Still beats Telehubby.
WindSparrow - May 26, 2011 6:17:35 pm PDT #22088 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Ginger, much getting-better~ma to you.
Ryan remains exceedingly cute. ION, the sun rises in the east.
DCJensen - May 26, 2011 6:37:38 pm PDT #22089 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.
Connie Neil - May 26, 2011 7:36:50 pm PDT #22090 of 30000
brillig
"They're digging in the wrong place."
Liese S. - May 26, 2011 9:07:45 pm PDT #22091 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yay Penguin Daddy!
Glad you got treatment, Ginger. I'm preetty happy with the marvels of "modern" medicine, as represented by amoxicillin. It's crazy that a person can be literally writhing in pain, unable to roll over, and then completely fine, just by eating a little mold.
Beverly - May 26, 2011 9:31:57 pm PDT #22092 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Aww, Penguin Daddy!
Askye, yay for getting your insurance straightened out!
Teppy, vibing hard things fall within the timelines for your insurance.
Ginger, so relieved for you you got treatment.
In conclusion: I'll take Alan Rickman in a shaft of sunlight (thank you, ita!).
