Oh my god. A kid at an all-boys' Catholic school here shot himself in the middle of class this morning. [link]
I don't even.
Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.
'Get It Done'
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.
Steph L. - Apr 29, 2013 5:39:59 am PDT #20963 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Amy - Apr 29, 2013 5:57:26 am PDT #20964 of 30001
Because books.
Oh god. That's awful.
Consuela - Apr 29, 2013 6:05:55 am PDT #20965 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, dear god. That's awful.
I can't even think of anything to say except to point out that in a just world--or Australia--the boy wouldn't have been able to get his hands on a gun, in all likelihood.
msbelle - Apr 29, 2013 6:09:05 am PDT #20966 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
horrible. I cannot even imagine.
Burrell - Apr 29, 2013 6:20:04 am PDT #20967 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I can't even think of anything to say except to point out that in a just world--or Australia--the boy wouldn't have been able to get his hands on a gun, in all likelihood.
You're not allowed to say that, Consuela. It's unpatriotic. You're supposed to shake your head and vilify either the boy or his assumed bullies (what the hell, might as well vilify the parents too), then throw up your hands and say "if only there was something we could do!, if only someone had a concealed weapon on him so he could... uh, protect... uh... mumble"
Trudy Booth - Apr 29, 2013 6:20:54 am PDT #20968 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Hey, I only dry off once i'm clean, right? How dirty are the towels gonna get? (yeah, yeah, I know, it's flawed logic but there's my brain.)
I'll see you that logic and raise you "I shower at night and am NGA, how dirty are the sheets going to get?". I just don't do them all that often.
Trudy Booth - Apr 29, 2013 6:24:16 am PDT #20969 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
You're not allowed to say that, Consuela. It's unpatriotic. You're supposed to shake your head and vilify either the boy or his assumed bullies (what the hell, might as well vilify the parents too), then throw up your hands and say "if only there was something we could do!, if only someone had a concealed weapon on him so he could... uh, protect... uh... mumble"
And then launch into a completely unsubstantiated rant about how gun control doesn't do anything anyway... and that there is no such thing as knife control (though there is, and people only rarely stab themselves to death)... and how terrorists use bombs anyway and gun control wouldn't have helped that (though tags in the gunpowder would have been handy, thanks for blockin' that, NRA)... Be sure to be really indignant the whole time.
Scrappy - Apr 29, 2013 6:41:17 am PDT #20970 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We wash the sheets every week. They need them, mostly to get rid of the cat hair which somehow ends up all over them.
Burrell - Apr 29, 2013 6:54:42 am PDT #20971 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Just before bed, Franny asked me to check her head for lice. Bingo! So we had to treat her head and strip all the sheets off the beds. Kids got to sleep an hour late, which isn't good.
I gave every head a thorough combing. Luckily no one else had it. Shockingly lucky. Not sure how we dodged that one, esp me, but I'll take it. Isaac and Cody dodged it by dint of never brushing their hair. Come to think of it, don't think Franny brushes that often either. Even so, I'm quarantining all the brushes in the front bathroom for the next few weeks.
Lice are a PITA.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 29, 2013 7:18:23 am PDT #20972 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I am so glad I have never had lice! My dog had horrible fleas when I was a kid (we could see them crawling on her) and that was impossible to get rid of.
I was just reading a 1960 college yearbook, and the page heading for fraternities is:
"Fraternities....gay socialism and cool conformity"
which is oddly true, but I cannot stop laughing- especially the socialism part!