She'd sneak out at night and put her wine bottles in retired ministers' trash.
Awesome.
I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.
Simon ,'Out Of Gas'
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.
JenP - Aug 27, 2011 4:02:29 pm PDT #22627 of 30001
Hil R. - Aug 27, 2011 4:03:01 pm PDT #22628 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
My parents said that their town put in an 8 PM curfew for tonight -- no cars on the roads except for emergencies.
Hil R. - Aug 27, 2011 4:04:18 pm PDT #22629 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
My great-aunt lived in a Methodist retirement home. The residents put their trash outside their doors at night for pickup. She'd sneak out at night and put her wine bottles in retired ministers' trash.
There's a scene in one of the Great Brain books where they get a teacher fired by putting empty liquor bottles in his trash.
JenP - Aug 27, 2011 4:11:10 pm PDT #22630 of 30001
get a teacher fired by putting empty liquor bottles in his trash
Not awesome.
Hil R. - Aug 27, 2011 4:20:44 pm PDT #22631 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I don't remember the whole story from the book. I think there was some reason the teacher really should have been fired, but they couldn't prove it, or something like that. It's been a long while since I read that book.
Connie Neil - Aug 27, 2011 4:21:20 pm PDT #22632 of 30001
brillig
I'm going to place the order for the materials for this piece next, which I'm going to do for myself.
That is stunning, Kathy. On today's crawl through the craft stores, Hubby bought me a pair of magnifiers I can clip onto my glasses. The bifocals just weren't doing it for being able to do needlework and lace, but I feel so old for having to go with even more vision enhancement.
SailAweigh - Aug 27, 2011 4:41:23 pm PDT #22633 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Hubby bought me a pair of magnifiers I can clip onto my glasses.
I did not know they had any such beast. I think I need me a pair. I would love to get back into crochet and cross-stitch, but my trifocals don't cut it.
Kathy, those are awesome pieces of stitching. I hope you take pictures of them when they are done.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 27, 2011 4:46:29 pm PDT #22634 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I didn't realize Youtube could be as big a time-suck as TVTropes, but earlier this evening I went looking for a Darlene Love song off the Phil Spector Christmas album, and found links to Little Peggy March and Petula Clark and I blinked and it was an hour later.
Kathy A - Aug 27, 2011 5:12:37 pm PDT #22635 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
bifocals just weren't doing it
My bifocals are so out of whack (I am way overdue for my eye doctor appointment) that I just look over the top of my glasses for all of my stitching. By now, I'm so used to it that I don't know what I'd do if I could actually see my stitching clearly!
After I do that deco piece, I'm going to do this one, again for myself.
ETA: I was going through my bag of patterns, and maybe after I do those two, I'll finally get around to this Mucha Sarah Bernhardt poster before I do the Frank Lloyd Wright piece and the MacIntosh one, which are both very architectural but will make nice wall hangings.
Vortex - Aug 27, 2011 5:24:55 pm PDT #22636 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I don't remember the whole story from the book. I think there was some reason the teacher really should have been fired, but they couldn't prove it, or something like that. It's been a long while since I read that book.
No, they just didn't like him because he was very strict. His name was Mr. Standish. I have no idea why I remember that. Tom 'fessed up in the end, though.