My work's illegal, but at least it's honest.

Mal ,'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.


Tom Scola - Apr 21, 2011 7:47:39 am PDT #4507 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

My friend is opening a store in Brooklyn next week. I'm going tonight to help her paint.


Jessica - Apr 21, 2011 7:48:25 am PDT #4508 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Oh hey, I'm following her on Facebook!


Hil R. - Apr 21, 2011 7:48:39 am PDT #4509 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

If I were independently wealthy, I think I'd open a bakery.


meara - Apr 21, 2011 7:49:18 am PDT #4510 of 30001

One of the few wealthy people I am friends with (I vaguely knew a few in college but not well) has done a lot of what I would were I her--she went to grad school and more grad school! All ofnit fairly relevant in terms of taking over for her dad someday (he's a real estate mogul and she went to law school and then got a historical preservation degree) but she works for him and sometimes has crappy jobs, but sometimes has lotsof free time.


tommyrot - Apr 21, 2011 7:52:22 am PDT #4511 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.

I don't know what I'd do if I were independently wealthy. I just don't think about it. I don't fantasize about winning the lottery or something because I know it's never going to happen. (OK, I don't play the lottery, but even if I did, I know I'd never win big, as the odds are too small.)


Sophia Brooks - Apr 21, 2011 7:54:46 am PDT #4512 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

If I were independently wealthy, I would fix up decaying buildings in my city and make them pretty again. I would probably run through my money pretty quickly that way, though.


Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 21, 2011 7:55:02 am PDT #4513 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

My one friend with millionaire parents is a pretty regular kind of guy, but they were self-made millionaires and sent him to public school with the rest of us riff-raff. He did do the college-forever-until-he-found-a-career-he-liked thing though.


Jesse - Apr 21, 2011 7:55:04 am PDT #4514 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

When I went to fancy college, I kind of assumed I would become friends with rich people who would take me on fancy vacations and stuff, but I never was. My richest friend, I could tell she was rich because they never qualified for any kind of financial aid until her third sibling was also in college, and her mother didn't work. Their house wasn't fancy, but the father did drive a Town Car with a phone in it....


lisah - Apr 21, 2011 7:57:05 am PDT #4515 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

I have no idea how I would have turned out if I'd been born into a very wealthy family. That's very hard to imagine. I'm pretty sure that if I suddenly came into enough money that I could live comfortably without earning an income I'd volunteer basically full time with the organization I do the big bike ride for every year. And travel a lot more.


msbelle - Apr 21, 2011 7:57:33 am PDT #4516 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Thanks for all the congrats yesterday. I kinda thought that pending responsibility would snap me out of my do nothing mood, but not really. I MADE myself write out a to-do list today because btw vbs and the job starting on monday, I kinda really need to get my head wrapped around having commitments and people other than mac depending on me. It's noon and I've only done 2 of the 9 things on the list. Guess I should eat something and get busy.