My mother is also the person who didn't want to interrupt the meeting she was in during 9/11, so her judgment may not be the best in these situations.
Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Jesse - Apr 19, 2013 3:20:15 am PDT #19462 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
sarameg - Apr 19, 2013 3:25:17 am PDT #19463 of 30001
Oy.
2 people got fired here yesterday. Or laid off, not clear (bonus of rooming with a sysadmin, you find out whenever someone gets ousted because they have to change ALL THE PASSWORDS.) Kinda freaky since we're still posting open positions even with the sequester. One was the SIL of our now-retired division head. Uhhhhn.
brenda m - Apr 19, 2013 3:46:35 am PDT #19464 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
In less breaking news, I am unreasonably irritated with a friend who just posted pictures of her kid all dressed up for storybook character day at school - as Buzz Lightyear. Not going to say anything.
Steph L. - Apr 19, 2013 3:48:37 am PDT #19465 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
This is bananas, people. Glad everyone is inside.
There's a person on my FB list who is ranting about this being a false flag, and I cannot understand how his brain processes the same information that I'm seeing on the news right now. Blocked, Uncle* Fucknut.
*(Not really my uncle, but I'm going to use "Uncle Fucknut" as a general moniker for any wingnutty type person.)
Hil R. - Apr 19, 2013 3:50:49 am PDT #19466 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
My parents are oddly excited about how Lester Holt is broadcasting from right in front of a diner that we like to eat at when we're visiting Boston. I don't get it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 19, 2013 3:52:04 am PDT #19467 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
Could all the crazy violent people please just book a group vacation to Antarctica and take out their issues on each other?
Why do I snap wide awake before my alarm on my day off when it's usually like scaling a cliff face toward consciousness on a workday? Also, why does my bedhair make me look like a Dragonball Z character this morning?
Sophia Brooks - Apr 19, 2013 3:53:01 am PDT #19468 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I don't even know what a false flag would mean in this context?
Steph L. - Apr 19, 2013 3:54:40 am PDT #19469 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Why do I snap wide awake before my alarm on my day off when it's usually like scaling a cliff face toward consciousness on a workday?
Matt, that was me today. My alarm was set for 9, and I was wide awake at 7:00. On workdays, when my alarm goes off at 6:45, I feel like I'm coming out of a coma.
sarameg - Apr 19, 2013 3:57:19 am PDT #19470 of 30001
My bedhead has become infinitely worse since Pumpkin. See, she likes to play with/sleep on my hair. Short though it is, I wake up with odd tufts sticking out where she's made a nest.
Steph L. - Apr 19, 2013 3:58:49 am PDT #19471 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Sophia, a "false flag" is a covert military or paramilitary operation carried out by the government but made to look like some other group/country is behind it. The idea being that the US government orchestrated this attack, pretending to be a terrorist organization of some sort, in order to justify expanded security powers. Conspiracy bullshit in this case, though it has a historical basis: [link]