I grew up with a fake tree, and I'm 46. My mother was deathly afraid of fires, so fake tree it was. I didn't get a real tree until I'd moved out of the house.
Congratulations to the class of 1999. You all proved more or less adequate.
Snyder ,'Chosen'
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.
Consuela - Sep 01, 2011 7:23:26 am PDT #23529 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
tommyrot - Sep 01, 2011 7:24:15 am PDT #23530 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Congrats, Kate!!
We had a silver x-mas tree when I was a kid--I think the last time we actually used it was in the late '60s. We only used real trees after that.
Zenkitty - Sep 01, 2011 7:27:10 am PDT #23531 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
When I was little we'd go into the woods and cut our tree and drag it home behind a tractor or a horse. We usually got a red cedar, which I believe is not actually a cedar, but it wasn't a pine.
Liese S. - Sep 01, 2011 7:29:24 am PDT #23532 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Okay, you can't just leave it like that, Gudanov. What's The Incident? Tell us a story!
Allyson - Sep 01, 2011 7:33:26 am PDT #23533 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
Given my current age-related panic, I should not have read the list.
I know it's irrational. I know.
Amy - Sep 01, 2011 7:39:56 am PDT #23534 of 30001
Because books.
Kids that age won't have John Bobbitt on their radar at all, much less think about him "sleeping with one eye open." That makes no sense.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 01, 2011 7:40:10 am PDT #23535 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Teppy, I'm so behind in bitches, but I just wanted to say how sorry I was to hear about The Alchemist.
tommyrot - Sep 01, 2011 7:42:17 am PDT #23536 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The Man Who Draws in His Sleep
Back in 2008, Alex reported on Lee Hadwin, an artist who only draws in his sleep. Hadwin’s had a bit of success since then, selling pieces for up to “six figures” and even one to The Donald himself.
While there are countless documented cases of sleep-walking, this is the first known case of sleep-drawing. Hadwin got started at age 4, when he scribbled on walls and furniture. Now some of his pieces fetch six-figure prices. Still, the North Wales native doesn’t want to make art his career. He never studied art, and is lousy at drawing when awake. “Art has never interested me at all,” says Hadwin, as quoted by the BBC. But just in case, he now prepares by leaving a sketchpad, brushes, and other art supplies in his bedroom.
Some of his work: [link]
That is both freaky and very cool. Plus "drawing in your sleep" has got the be the easiest way to make a six-figure income.
Gudanov - Sep 01, 2011 7:42:34 am PDT #23537 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
The Incident wasn't really that interesting. My parents went out to a national forest and cut down a tree to use, um legally. There were saw injuries, vehicular damage, and the tree seemed much smaller in a forest than in an apartment--guy wires were employed.
tommyrot - Sep 01, 2011 7:45:47 am PDT #23538 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The Incident wasn't really that interesting.
Yeah. I'm going to pretend the incident was you creating your own lights for the tree (maybe a Jacob's ladder) which set fire to the tree.