Wow, lots of flooding in the Chicago area: [link] (pictures)
If you scroll down, you can see the big sinkhole with three cars in it.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
tommyrot - Apr 18, 2013 8:00:40 am PDT #19287 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.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 18, 2013 8:07:10 am PDT #19288 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Though I am a little perturbed--both Columbia MD and Gettysburg are "local" to me. We could have met up for a drink. There are a few local breweries we could have checked out. (Really not perturbed, but I couldn't resist....)
I was on a really tight schedule, especially w/r/t Columbia which was my longest leg of the trip (Salem to MD via New Haven/Garden State Parkway/95), so I basically got to have dinner with my friend and then to bed (he had to work the next day on top of everything).
le nubian - Apr 18, 2013 8:08:07 am PDT #19289 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
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Jessica - Apr 18, 2013 8:09:22 am PDT #19290 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Stay safe and dry, Chicagoistas!
In non-end-times news, I just found out Dylan was accepted into the school we applied to for 1st grade! Now we just need for them to expand to a K-8 school as planned so I NEVER EVER HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN.
Toddson - Apr 18, 2013 8:21:20 am PDT #19291 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
heh heh ... college?
Jessica - Apr 18, 2013 8:25:07 am PDT #19292 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
High school and college, yeah. But by then he'll be doing some of the work.
(And also Aeryn, but she'll have sibling preference at this school so I'm hoping we can just register her for pre-k and then not worry about it until 9th grade.)
Kate P. - Apr 18, 2013 8:25:09 am PDT #19293 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Dudes, there was a vw sighting! Hi vw!
Jessica, great news! (Man, I am not looking forward to having to go through that process in a few years...)
Yikes, the flooding in Chicago is scary.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 18, 2013 8:25:10 am PDT #19294 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Also, before he goes to college, can you make sure he understands the difference between an envelope and a folder?
Glamcookie - Apr 18, 2013 8:29:52 am PDT #19295 of 30001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Surgery~ma to you, Strix!
Go Jessica! We will be doing the same next year for a local charter school we hope to get into. Stressful!
tommyrot - Apr 18, 2013 8:33:42 am PDT #19296 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.
This might be suitable for Good Stuff: [link]
A man is trapped under his car for four days. His dog kept him warm during that time. He says the dog saved his life.