What is really odd is that this morning was the Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill, wasn't it?
Yup. How convenient!
I'm thinking about buying something very expensive. Maybe an antelope.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
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.
Consuela - Oct 20, 2011 1:00:05 pm PDT #2488 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
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?
Sue - Oct 20, 2011 1:26:48 pm PDT #2497 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Sara, maybe ones of your neighbors needs a cat?