I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly is a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.

Early ,'Objects In Space'


Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Pix - Aug 27, 2012 6:31:08 pm PDT #19490 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.

I'm so sorry, Jilli and Pete.


Polter-Cow - Aug 27, 2012 9:39:51 pm PDT #19491 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I'm so sorry, Jilli and Pete.


Shir - Aug 28, 2012 3:29:43 am PDT #19492 of 30001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Jilli, I'm so sorry.

{{askye}} and {{Sean}}. I'm sorry these things are so hard.

Happy belated birthday, Strix!

I think he was encouraging me to watch guilty pleasure tv.

I think he's a keeper.

Stay safe~ma to those with a hurricane on their way. This is scary.

And thank you to those who posted their words to me since the last time I posted here. I think we're starting to move on, as a community. Personally, it's mostly feeling like I'm planning a party for her. Things she'll appreciate, you know? Though after ~10 days of dealing mostly with that, I think I need a bit of a break. A bit of the old routine, and getting back to writing papers, not "I remember that about her..." posts and managing the different memorial projects.


erin_obscure - Aug 28, 2012 3:47:25 am PDT #19493 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

~nip to the kitties missing their sage advisory and ~ma to the peoples missing their fuzzy eldest.


Fred Pete - Aug 28, 2012 5:07:00 am PDT #19494 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.

All condolences, Jilli and Pete.


omnis_audis - Aug 28, 2012 6:29:17 am PDT #19495 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Remember the hole in the bedroom floor (and porch). Well. The construction folks have arrived. They arrived 20 minutes ahead of the time I was told. I was still nakie when they rang the bell. Lucky I was sitting when they peered through the bedroom window, so. Whew? Anyhow. 51 days from hole discovery, repair crew begins. Woot? 100 hours have been allocated. 2 guys. Monday is a holiday. They can only work 8 in a day (CA overtime rules). So? I'm guessing they will be done next Wednesday? :: sigh ::


omnis_audis - Aug 28, 2012 9:23:29 am PDT #19496 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

I killed the thread. Crap. Sorry about that.

ION - I made a lunch today, forgetting that the Dean is having a celebration lunch with the summer theater folks, to congratulate us on our first year of Shakespeare in the Park here at work. D'oh!


sj - Aug 28, 2012 9:30:38 am PDT #19497 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

omnis, I hope the hole in the floor gets fixed quickly.


Cass - Aug 28, 2012 10:44:38 am PDT #19498 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Though after ~10 days of dealing mostly with that, I think I need a bit of a break. A bit of the old routine, and getting back to writing papers, not "I remember that about her..." posts and managing the different memorial projects.

Yes, you probably do need a break. And should take it.

And Shir, thank you!!! Shir sent me a lovely note and some delicious chocolate. Both made me smile a lot. I was absolutely thrilled to get my mail and find a postmark for Jerusalem.

The mail also brought me a surprising letter from Time Warner. I won my complaint with them. I would really not recommend this as a way to save $10 on your bill for a year. I was told that I was lying, that the phone call I cited was reviewed and, yep, I was still lying and, best of all, that to see the transcript or hear it myself, I would need a subpoena. According to the letter, I wasn't lying. Which is actually true. They gave me a wrong piece of info and I'd have been happy enough with just a sorry. But they made it ugly and told me I had no options so I wrote them complaints and sent them to the BBB as well. Frankly, I was about to get to the "So, how does one subpoena a phone call or transcript portion" because they were just so shitty about it and it's the one time I knew I was absolutely in the right.

So that happened.

I still hate Time Warner but I am glad that honor does not require me to cancel them because I also love both having the internet and their app which lets me stream several channels of tv live to my phone or tablet if I am in my home network. Mostly the internet. And racing.


Volans - Aug 28, 2012 10:53:00 am PDT #19499 of 30001
move out and draw fire

Jilli, my condolences.