My mother retired at 70 and moved to a college town where they had a special school for retired people. She took classes, got out and socialized, even took some field trips.
Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.
'Get It Done'
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.
Toddson - Sep 08, 2011 11:28:34 am PDT #24881 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Strix - Sep 08, 2011 11:28:50 am PDT #24882 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
No, fuck no, no to the nth.
ETA that was to msbelle, not to developing hobbies.
Amy - Sep 08, 2011 11:28:52 am PDT #24883 of 30001
Because books.
I hate to use it even in a tweet.
Ginger - Sep 08, 2011 11:28:56 am PDT #24884 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
A thousand times no.
Allyson - Sep 08, 2011 11:30:33 am PDT #24885 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
people, develop hobbies!
I'm WRITING A BOOK.
oh god what more do you people want?
heh
Ha, I'm trying to imagine you as a teacher
I meant at JPL, where it's mostly writing for the website and giving tours.
Strix - Sep 08, 2011 11:31:19 am PDT #24886 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Ah. That would be fun, not explodey.
Allyson - Sep 08, 2011 11:31:27 am PDT #24887 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
Does anyone here write thru in their normal writing, like business writing?
Only if I'm describing a McDonald's Drive Thru.
msbelle - Sep 08, 2011 11:31:56 am PDT #24888 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
THANK YOU! I rewrite everything my bosses put together and I have never thought of myself as a very good writer, but good googaly moogaly, they are all over the place with composition and grammar and then that spelling which has been driving me bonkers. I just keep changing it. I need to work my way back through all of their business templates. I bet it is spelled that way on our proposals.
amych - Sep 08, 2011 11:38:32 am PDT #24889 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
people, develop hobbies!
My dad just started law school. But not as a hobby: with the intent of practicing some form of public service law when he gets out at 73.
(Of course it's not a hobby. He won't even admit that he retired from his old job -- he "decided not to go to that job any more" so he could do this instead.)
(I'm awfully proud of him, but someone shoot me if I'm this workaholic in 30 years, mmkay?)
Allyson - Sep 08, 2011 11:40:43 am PDT #24890 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
Oh good. Tim's assistant John managed to get my Q&A through to Shawn Ryan's assistant. The assistant's response?
"I'll get this to Shawn and MRJ. You can let this lady know I'll forward their replies when they answer"
A) "this lady"???OMGWTFBBQ how does he know I'm old?
B) "I'll forward the replies" usually means, "oh, she's probably batshit crazy and I need to protect my people from her emailing them all day."
And you know, I thought I was past that. Remind me to not do this kind of shit, again. What remains of my fragile ego is kind of bruised. I've been doing this shit for so long. I don't remember how long I've had Joss' personal email addie. I could have been spamming the fuck out of him for years. Not to mention home addresses and phone numbers during a time when fandom was super fandom. I'm ridiculous about respect and privacy. I hate this assumption. I'm a goddamned published author who worked really hard on the administrative end of LAUNCHING SPACE SHIPS TO THE MOON.
Fuck.