So it's the 150th birthday of the Morrill Act, which gave states big parcels of land in the western US to sell and fund universities with.
Everyone who went to a state university should raise a glass to the Morrill Act. You know, if you want.
Overwhelming? How much more than whelming would that be exactly?
Anya ,'Touched'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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 - May 03, 2012 8:05:23 am PDT #3609 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Liese S. - May 03, 2012 8:05:28 am PDT #3610 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Things will probably get worse before they get better, and I couldn't have a better group of friends to get me through it.
Yup, and yup. We're here for the long haul, woman, so get used to us.
And Liese, that's a beautiful blanket, what a wonderful thing to do.
Didn't it turn out lovely? We have some really talented knitters here. And what you can't see in the pictures is that it's really soft, but still washable!
And I want to apologize too, because I know I didn't pull everybody in that I could or should have. I was just doing it haphazardly through lj/dw and I knew at the time people were getting left out that would want to participate, but I didn't know how to get to everybody. So if you didn't get a chance to play, I'm sorry, please know it wasn't intentional.
And Theo, hah, it took us what, six months? We were not exactly prompt. But I think it worked out to be done exactly when it was needed. So. Yes, we love you, Maria! It's tangible, and it's from all the b.org.
I had cramps during the night and woke up for extra Ibuprofen
Ooh, me too. Yay, cycles.
DavidS - May 03, 2012 8:15:44 am PDT #3611 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I've said no twice, and he emailed a third time.
Tell him his grade goes down a third of a letter grade with every succeeding email.
Consuela - May 03, 2012 8:16:11 am PDT #3612 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yay, cycles.
Yay, perimenopause! Erg.
Liese S. - May 03, 2012 8:23:26 am PDT #3613 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Erg, indeed.
Toddson - May 03, 2012 8:24:41 am PDT #3614 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
After all the talk about the blanket, I read "I replaced the eggplant with cut up yam" as "I replaced the eggplant with cut-up yarn" ... which gave me pause.
Scrappy - May 03, 2012 8:26:11 am PDT #3615 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
After all the talk about the blanket, I read "I replaced the eggplant with cut up yam" as "I replaced the eggplant with cut-up yarn" ... which gave me pause.
Ha! I may not be a great cook, but I am EASILY able to distinguish edible from inedible items.
Theodosia - May 03, 2012 8:27:05 am PDT #3616 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"
"Mister, you're on double SECRET probation now!"
Jesse - May 03, 2012 8:30:27 am PDT #3617 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ha! I may not be a great cook, but I am EASILY able to distinguish edible from inedible items.
Hee. This reminds me that I was trying to explain the difference between plastic and rubber to a coworker when she was expressing some concerns about chewing gum, even the organic kind. (And who knew there was organic chewing gum?)
Toddson - May 03, 2012 8:35:21 am PDT #3618 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Years ago the paper had an article by a young woman who'd been hearing co-workers rhapsodizing about tiramisu. She came across a recipe and made it. It didn't look as appetizing as she thought it should; her mother said maybe she'd try it later; her father flat-out refused.
Turned out that when the recipe called for "lady fingers" she assumed they meant what people in her area of India called "lady fingers". Okra.
Edible, but not quite what was intended.