I wish I lived closer. To the kitten, not the earthquake. A girl cat sounds nice.
Tracy: 'When you can't run, you crawl... and when you can't crawl, when you can't do that--' Zoe: 'You find someone to carry you.'
'The Message'
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 20, 2011 12:57:51 pm PDT #2487 of 30001
Because books.
Consuela - Oct 20, 2011 1:00:05 pm PDT #2488 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
What is really odd is that this morning was the Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill, wasn't it?
Yup. How convenient!
Liese S. - Oct 20, 2011 1:01:16 pm PDT #2489 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Man, you guys go in for realism in your drills, huh?
Ginger - Oct 20, 2011 1:04:59 pm PDT #2490 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
When we lived out in the country, we had a dozen or more animals show up in our yard that people just dumped. We ended up keeping a dog and two cats and finding homes for the rest.
I think there's at least a place in purgatory for people who run pressure washers practically under my office window all day long. It's my normally san(ish) neighbor. I assume he's rented it for a day and is trying to get his money's worth. It's gotten on my last nerve.
JenP - Oct 20, 2011 1:05:46 pm PDT #2491 of 30001
Stay safe, California!
I wish I could take a kitty, because I totally would. We rescued one in Balto. that went to a good home in a couple of days, but if there hadn't already been two cats and a dog, I'd have kept her for my own. I called her Cativan, because she was as soothing as the drug.
megan walker - Oct 20, 2011 1:09:01 pm PDT #2492 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Re: red pens. My students in one class at the last college I taught said they would prefer I didn't use red pen. I asked if they wanted me to mark good things with gold stars and, in all seriousness, they said yes.
Cashmere - Oct 20, 2011 1:09:56 pm PDT #2493 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
JenP - Oct 20, 2011 1:13:08 pm PDT #2494 of 30001
Ha, ha, megan, that is so... I don't know. Sadfunny.
You know what I loved back in the day? Those pens teachers had - they were silver/grey with blue ink on one side and red on the other. I still love those pens. Do they still make those? I should buy some. Not that I mark anything. But maybe I'd start if I had one of those awesome pens.
ETA: Aha! [link] Yep, I still love them. Next time I need pens, I'm getting these. Hee.
And, also, Owen's haircut is adorable. Still. Different picture from FB.
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2011 1:22:09 pm PDT #2495 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't lie, I wish my boss could give me gold stars. Instead, I get eyerolls (I tried to explain to him why I liked wearing steel-toed shoes--why did I even try?).
Allyson - Oct 20, 2011 1:25:55 pm PDT #2496 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 yeah. We did the shakeout drill in the jury room. Why wont this day end?