Maybe shrift or tommy or Kathy or other Chicagoistas need a cuddly chihuahua? It is sort of like a hairless cat....
Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.
Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'
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.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 17, 2011 3:04:04 pm PDT #20830 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Typo Boy - Aug 17, 2011 3:05:31 pm PDT #20831 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Well as I bitched in Write Way, my editor told me today that he considers the term "War budget" technically incorrect as a term for the U.S military budget. According to him the entire military budget before 911 was a "defense budget" and that baseline remains a "defense budget". Only spending above the pre-911 level can be described as a war budget.
Because the U.S. did not get involved in non-defensive wars or military actions before 911. And unused military capacity is by definition defensive since no one would ever built up military power and THEN use it aggressively.
Lee - Aug 17, 2011 3:05:37 pm PDT #20832 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Ugh Anne. I hope things get better soon.
Liese S. - Aug 17, 2011 3:07:08 pm PDT #20833 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
How are people?
I are good!
I am home, yay! House looks pretty good! Startlingly, the across the street neighbor has built a garage/outbuilding on his neighboring lot. It blocks a minimal amount of my view but works out well overall for me because it also blocks the two streets away neighbor's view of my house from their deck. So I have more privacy! Which, you know, I needed since I live in the middle of the desert with only one neighbor.
I walked in the door and then spend the next hour and a half doing domestic abuse counseling, though, ugh. And over the hour and a half we only got as far as "I think we might need to take a break." "Get out the first time you get hit" seems to have not taken. But I'll take what I can get if it gets her out of there. Sheesh.
Amy - Aug 17, 2011 3:08:07 pm PDT #20834 of 30001
Because books.
Anne, NO CATCHING FIRE. Argh.
Good job, brenda! That was hard to do, but very smart.
Burrell - Aug 17, 2011 3:10:16 pm PDT #20835 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Yeeps Liese, that's quite a welcome home. Uh, welcome home!
I am sitting here quite sure there's something I'm not taking care of. I don't like that feeling.
§ ita § - Aug 17, 2011 3:16:47 pm PDT #20836 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I got raked over the coals by the project team for the project from hell. I feel sick as a dog and I hate the world, so it was really not a good time.
And I'm *out* of Ambien, so the lack of sleep is just going to get worse.
On the other hand, I got a good author for my next big bang, even though it's going to be a tricky story to illustrate.
Anne W. - Aug 17, 2011 3:30:51 pm PDT #20837 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Anne, NO CATCHING FIRE. Argh.
At least I didn't actually catch fire. Also, I am in a position to be able to get a new car, even though it means postponing a few other things I had planned. So yeah, bad, but it could be much, much worse.
Amy - Aug 17, 2011 3:34:29 pm PDT #20838 of 30001
Because books.
At least I didn't actually catch fire.
Some days, that all you can ask.
smonster - Aug 17, 2011 3:42:57 pm PDT #20839 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Welcome home, Liese! And much ~ma to your counselee.