Good Darby! Me and my friends go camping quite a bit and when we bring the 3 dogs (a chihuahua, a beagle, and a pug) it always ends up looking like we were there to hunt for treasure. Sadly, have not found any treasure yet.
Wash: Well, I wash my hands of it. It's a hopeless case. I'll read a nice poem at the funeral. Something with imagery. Zoe: You could lock the door and keep the power-hungry maniac at bay. Wash: Oh, no, I'm starting to like this poetry idea now. Here lies my beloved Zoe, my autumn flower, somewhat less attractive now she's all corpsified and gross...
'Shindig'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Becky - Aug 08, 2011 7:36:54 am PDT #19744 of 30001
smonster - Aug 08, 2011 7:40:51 am PDT #19745 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Man, Tom, you take the most amazing pictures!
Allyson - Aug 08, 2011 7:41:44 am PDT #19746 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I wanted to put this story on the Something Good Tumblr, but I know not the way...
sarameg - Aug 08, 2011 7:43:53 am PDT #19747 of 30001
You don't have to itemize or price things unless you want to. They have tiers based on stuff like number of rooms, number of inhabitants. From there, you can increase your coverage. If you have an expensive shoe fetish and are a clotheshorse. Original artwork, vintage potholder collection, 8 computers? OK. They've got formulas and a checklist, that's their job, you don't have to figure it out.
Don't let that be a barrier.
§ ita § - Aug 08, 2011 8:03:07 am PDT #19748 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, the Geico associated insurance doesn't have anything to help me estimate. It expects me to know already.
shrift - Aug 08, 2011 8:03:53 am PDT #19749 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
So, my dad, under the influence of the local paper and my uncle, has joined the Tea Party. I told him they were extremists not living in a fact-based reality, and left it at that.
Oh, politics. Everywhere I turn, you make me HULK SMASH.
Consuela - Aug 08, 2011 8:08:07 am PDT #19750 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So, my dad, under the influence of the local paper and my uncle, has joined the Tea Party.
To misquote Jon Stewart: is he disappointed we still have traffic lights?
More seriously: I'm sorry, that has to suck. I discovered one of my old high school pals quoting Michele Bachmann favorably on FB a few weeks ago, and remembered why I disliked FB so much.
§ ita § - Aug 08, 2011 8:09:20 am PDT #19751 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That's remarkably civil of you, shrift.
Is it fair to think that half of the worth of my apartment is electronics? I really don't know how to estimate clothes and I forget the kitchen and the furniture...
How come they have an "extra silverware" option on the policy and not "extra electronics"?
Allyson - Aug 08, 2011 8:23:10 am PDT #19752 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
That was pretty civil, shrift. I'm impressed.
Hey, because you people know these kinds of things, has anyone ever run across Beastie Boys slash?
I come here because you all don't judge.
le nubian - Aug 08, 2011 8:33:31 am PDT #19753 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
So, I'm driving around, listening to the local radio, and they have "Erotic City" on. I was puzzled because that is not a radio-friendly song, certainly not at noon.
They masked out all the dirty bits, so it was literally: "we can BLANK until the dawn" etc. etc. Very weird.
This is not amenable to bleeping/editing, unlike "Dirty Motherfucker" where the bleeping actually contributes to my enjoyment of the song.