I think my personal nadir was around the age of 13. Everything has gone up since then except for a tight 6 months around age 17.
Where'd they get CAT scan from?... I mean, did they test it on cats? Or does the machine sort of look like a cat?
Dawn ,'Sleeper'
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.
le nubian - May 17, 2012 3:58:46 am PDT #5423 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jesse - May 17, 2012 4:01:17 am PDT #5424 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Happy birthday, Vortex!
Jessica - May 17, 2012 4:08:07 am PDT #5425 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My 20s weren't terrible by any stretch, but I never really felt comfortable in my own skin until I turned 30 and was able to lose a lot of the expectations of how people in their 20s are supposed to act. For people who are really good at the things 25 year-olds are supposed to enjoy, those years probably are the best years of their lives. For the rest of us, not so much.
(Growing up, my mother used to say I was born with a mental age of 47. I just never quite got the hang of being young.)
Jessica - May 17, 2012 4:15:07 am PDT #5426 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Happy birthday Vortex!!
sumi - May 17, 2012 4:19:21 am PDT #5427 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Happy Birthday, Vortex!
Also: loved the cat expose.
And the Emmett story.
And the Loki riffing.
ETA: I managed to break my second Kindle fire. . . or possibly it was a lemon. I don't know. Sigh. I have books that I want to read and I need my device to work.
sj - May 17, 2012 4:19:36 am PDT #5428 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Morgana, tons of health~ma for you.
Calli - May 17, 2012 4:19:39 am PDT #5429 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Happy birthday, Vortex!
Morgana, much kidney~ma to you.
By and large I'm enjoying my 40s. My health isn't too bad. My finances, while not utterly fabulous, are better than they have been. I like my home, my neighbors, some parts of my job. I have things to work toward and a reasonable expectation of achieving some of them. Would I like to have a Chris Evans look-alike rub my feet while I recline on my velvet chaise lounge in my Victorian mansion? Sure. But even without that, life's pretty good.
Theodosia - May 17, 2012 4:20:31 am PDT #5430 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"
If not for the whole unemployment interval, the past five years would have been hands-down my best yet.
Thanks for the pointers to the Ferrari info -- I'm pretty sure the model I saw was the California, which is back-ordered to 2014. Wikipedia even has a sound-clip of the engine revving!
Jesse - May 17, 2012 4:21:44 am PDT #5431 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Good luck, Morgana!
sumi - May 17, 2012 4:22:19 am PDT #5432 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
My counselor tells me that studies show that the happiest people are single women in their 50s. So, now I'm reaching the best years of my life.
Also here is a story about a woman who makes Derby Hats and races money to help retired thoroughbreds.
ETA: And her website.