Oh god, Allyson. That's awful.
Ouhh! Snacks! The secret to any successful migration! Who's up for some tasty fried meat products!?
Anya ,'Touched'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
Amy - Oct 19, 2011 2:33:03 pm PDT #2273 of 30001
Because books.
Liese S. - Oct 19, 2011 2:33:21 pm PDT #2274 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, I'll need to see more details on exactly how Google+ will "support" pseudonyms before I'm convinced. If support means there's an additional field and my physical name is still exposed to advertisers then it's a no-go for me. If it means they're content with an anonymous profile, then that's better.
Consuela - Oct 19, 2011 2:37:26 pm PDT #2275 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, Allyson, that's awful. I'm sorry.
Liese: yeah, I'm going to wait and see what they intend to do.
Allyson - Oct 19, 2011 2:40:11 pm PDT #2276 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
The way they found out is that over dinner my SIL told them that they had to put up the house on a short sale to avoid a foreclosure. My parents had no idea that they were in this sort of trouble, so they were trying to wrap their heads around it. My mom said, "where will you go?"
And my nephew piped in with, "we're gonna live with you, Grammy!"
So she figures that they were discussing it in front of the kids.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 19, 2011 2:40:37 pm PDT #2277 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
My goodness, Allyson- that is a lot to take!
In Rochester the 99% protest, across from the Bank of America, is from 4 pm - 5 pm each day. This just happens to be at the central bus stop.
What is weird is none of the protesters (all white) are interacting with the bus people (at least 75% minority). I think they should try to get all the bus people protesting, too! Cause we (the bus people) are like, the 33%, and as services are cut, so will the bus routes. In fact, already they have cut the runs of my bus line so that only every other one goes all the way to my house, which means if I leave work at 4:35, I get home at 6:30. (I used to get home at 5:30) because I have to wait at the central bus stop for around and hour, or stay at work longer, or go to the grocery store half way, which I did tonight.)
le nubian - Oct 19, 2011 2:43:10 pm PDT #2278 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Holy shit Allyson.
You and brenda need to get together and drink sidecars or something.
Connie Neil - Oct 19, 2011 2:43:26 pm PDT #2279 of 30001
brillig
re: kids learning things.
It's very sad when they realize saying The Magic Word won't get them what they want. "May I have the deadly item that will kill me in .5 seconds, please?" "No, you can't have it." Pause while the mental computer visibly says "Does not compute, we used The Magic Word. Retry Y/N?" "May I please have it? Please?" "No, I'm sorry, you can't."
Such betrayed bafflement as the universe changes the rules again.
megan walker - Oct 19, 2011 2:47:12 pm PDT #2280 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I don’t know about all of you, but learning that IQ isn’t fixed was a revelatory (and humbling) discovery for me when I first read about it.
Maybe that's why I feel so stupid at this new job!
§ ita § - Oct 19, 2011 3:03:28 pm PDT #2281 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I thought the big deal about IQ was that it wasn't a useful measure of much...
Allyson, FUCK. That's a whole lot of shit to pile onto one family. I'm so sorry.
Good god, I'm still in the office. What's wrong with me these days?
Atropa - Oct 19, 2011 3:08:17 pm PDT #2282 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oh, fucking hell, Allyson. I'm so sorry.