Happy Birthday Raq!
Happy Birthday Kathy!
About to head out to deposit my paycheck and federal tax refund. Man, it's going to look like I'm solvent until I buy new tires and book my flight to Pasadena!
Gavin, ask yourself this question. What are you more afraid of, a giant murderous demon or me?
Lilah ,'Destiny'
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 23, 2012 7:45:37 am PDT #27847 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
le nubian - Mar 23, 2012 8:04:46 am PDT #27848 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
oh jesus christ.
I have not even started my taxes yet.
smonster - Mar 23, 2012 8:11:05 am PDT #27849 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Me either, le n.
DavidS - Mar 23, 2012 8:14:37 am PDT #27850 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Happy birthday, Raq!
Happy birthday, Kathy!
I wish you both festivity.
Theodosia - Mar 23, 2012 8:16:05 am PDT #27851 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
It really must be that Time of Year, because I just had my first "spring" shave Wednesday, so that I can wear my calf-revealing sandals without The Socks Of Shame.
Typo Boy - Mar 23, 2012 8:16:37 am PDT #27852 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Happy Raq day! Happy Kathy day!
Multiple felicitations!
Theodosia - Mar 23, 2012 8:17:53 am PDT #27853 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Also, can anyone forward me Kathy's email address? I don't seem to have it handy.
tommyrot - Mar 23, 2012 8:18:58 am PDT #27854 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.
Haven’t Changed the Way You Drive in Years? Then You’re Probably Driving All Wrong
It turns out that many of the driving guidelines that we were taught in drivers' ed class have changed, including the old standby of keeping our hands on the steering wheel at the 10 and 2 positions on a clock.
The new take: AAA, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and driving instructors teach that you should keep your hands lower, at 9 and 3 o'clock, or even lower, at 8 and 4. MSNBC says this change is partly to protect our hands and head, because if airbags go off, they're more likely to injure your hands that are higher up on the steering wheel and then slam your hands into your head. So apparently it's a "stop hitting yourself" adjustment.
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Finally, that "hand over hand" turning maneuver you were taught? Also out. Now:
Instead, you're supposed to "push-pull" — that is, push the wheel up with one hand and pull it down with the other, without crossing over.
This, too, is for safety reasons to avoid the perils of a deploying airbag. So there you have it. News to us. How about you?
Turn the wheel without crossing over? That's crazy talk!
le nubian - Mar 23, 2012 8:25:54 am PDT #27855 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
holy shit. that's how I have ALWAYS been driving. I guess doing it wrong saves time.
P.M. Marc - Mar 23, 2012 8:33:22 am PDT #27856 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
For the record, I suspect if other people had legs as hairy as mine, and skin that reacts to any sort of long-term rubbing with ingrown hairs, you'd shave at least every few months. I did go a year or so once without shaving, but got sick of dealing with ingrown hairs from my socks.
At the moment, I've got about month's growth, because I can't find my stupid electric razor.
Also, as a hirsute woman, I can assure you that guard hairs (what make up men's beards and too much of my facial hair) are much harder to wax than that downy woman stuff.
I kind of irrationally resent almost anyone with very little body hair, which includes my sister, mother, and brother. And my sister-in-law. I HATE shaving or waxing or epilating, but it beats the alternative by a lot.
I wear heels when I want to because I think they are pretty. I think men's heels from the 18th century are also pretty. And that every gender should be able to wear or not wear makeup as they desire.
But I acknowledge that my genderqueer self has issues and influences that inform those opinions.