Anya: It's lovely! I wish it was mine! Oh like you weren't all thinking the same thing. Giles: I'm fairly certain I wasn't.

'The Killer In Me'


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.


Shir - Aug 29, 2010 2:17:54 am PDT #480 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

I'm sorry you don't feel like you can talk about what you think here, Shir.

Not without hurting people I care about. But hey, that's why I have a blog for. I can practice my wording and theories about Life as I See It there. This thread is for public discussion, and I accept it.


Connie Neil - Aug 29, 2010 3:43:47 am PDT #481 of 30000
brillig

re: PC and PC's Mom

I was taken by her remark about white people not attending Indian events. What is supposed to be the largest Krishna temple in America is not far from me, and the big Mormon school (Brigham Young University) has discovered how fun the festivals are, especially the one where they throw the dye powders around. Of course, the kids aren't there for anything religious, and the temple is kind of dismayed they treat the place like an amusement park and not a place of worship. So the whole thing may not be a good example of "white people appreciating Indian culture" and more of a "See? Evil white devil people don't mix well." So never mind.

But it is fun to see all the multi-colored white kids heading home with pink and blue and green and purple etc. splotches all over themselves.


Daisy Jane - Aug 29, 2010 3:47:42 am PDT #482 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Holi!


Connie Neil - Aug 29, 2010 3:51:32 am PDT #483 of 30000
brillig

The temple is very much overwhelmed now that the local college kids have discovered the festival. They had to get guards to keep the heathens from trampling the flower beds.


Daisy Jane - Aug 29, 2010 3:54:44 am PDT #484 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Had we not been able to hit our Nov. target date for India, we were going to aim for Holi.


Trudy Booth - Aug 29, 2010 4:24:24 am PDT #485 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

I was taken by her remark about white people not attending Indian events. What is supposed to be the largest Krishna temple in America is not far from me, and the big Mormon school (Brigham Young University) has discovered how fun the festivals are, especially the one where they throw the dye powders around. Of course, the kids aren't there for anything religious, and the temple is kind of dismayed they treat the place like an amusement park and not a place of worship. So the whole thing may not be a good example of "white people appreciating Indian culture" and more of a "See? Evil white devil people don't mix well." So never mind.

Krishnas are pretty evangelical to the non-Indian folk, their leader took some heat for it BitD. I'm sure there's some dismay because of the flower beds, but they consider even hearing the chanting a blessing so they're probably happy to have them even if they don't join in.

I can see how the Mormon kids would enjoy the festivals -- neither crowd drinks and the Krishnas are celibate.


billytea - Aug 29, 2010 5:47:53 am PDT #486 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.

Spent today feeling miserable. Ryan passed a sore throat on to both of us; this morning I woke to discover he'd decided his conjunctivitis would make a great gift with purchase.

Ryan, on the other hand, is over the conjunctivitis and feeling great. Yesterday he was an absolute joy, such a sweet, happy little boy. Observation: life is much better when I'm sick and he's well than the other way around.


beekaytee - Aug 29, 2010 6:05:45 am PDT #487 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant

Observation: life is much better when I'm sick and he's well than the other way around.

So sweet!

Sorry to hear about the gifts that keep on giving. I can relate. One of my clients came to see me last week after coming home from Africa with some sort of virus, which she graciously handed over through vicious coughing.

Swollen glands, icky lung feeling, etc. Blergh.

However, peroxide in my ears and liberal use of the Neti bottle have helped reduce the symptoms.


billytea - Aug 29, 2010 6:11:14 am PDT #488 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.

Sorry to hear about the gifts that keep on giving.

It's been a bad winter. He's brought home everything that's been going around. We've had maybe two weeks all winter when both he and I have been in good health. I'm quite ready for spring.


beekaytee - Aug 29, 2010 6:29:14 am PDT #489 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant

How exhausting!

This is the unsung part of parenting that really deserves more attention, credit and research.

Of course it is important for kids to develop strong immune systems by sharing every germ imaginable, but can't science find a way to limit the part of our lifespan that needs this kind of infiltration?

Oh wait, that's kind of Logan's Run.

Nevermind.

::sympathetically stuffs tissues through the intertube, towards Australia::