No, I know, I was just kidding.
Hmm. It's sounds like the finest party I can imagine getting paid to go to.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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 - May 08, 2013 4:02:37 pm PDT #21888 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
le nubian - May 08, 2013 4:35:59 pm PDT #21889 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jesus, Julie.
I hope everything comes out okay. I cannot believe how far this thing has gone. Speaks a lot to how the courts use their time and how I wish they would use their time.
sarameg - May 08, 2013 5:13:28 pm PDT #21890 of 30001
I hope it all sorts out well, Julie. That's a clusterfuck.
I kinda think I freaked out my division head this morning. He came in to get a picture for 15 (well, technically I wrap up 16 this fall) years at work. I'd had a flustered morning, was having hair issues, and while normally I'm pretty blasé about pics, this is going to be up on the big screen in the auditorium. I just looked at him and was all OH HELLS TO THE NO. Couple hours later, he sends me an email that he'd sent to all the people he couldn't track down offering them the opportunity to provide a pic, apologizes for ambushing me. D'aw. I sent the koala&me picture, cause EVERYONE looks awesome holding a koala.
Bonus, I found one of my favorite pictures of Devi on the work laptop: [link]
Amy - May 08, 2013 5:20:22 pm PDT #21891 of 30001
Because books.
Wow, Julie. I hope you can get it straightened out. I grew up in NJ and know from experience that they are complete asses when it comes to anything DMV or driving-related. Like you said, priorities totally wrong.
And then once she was all suited up for bedtime, she didn't even want to read or rock, both of which she usually enjoys (and I do too); she just wanted to be put in her crib, so I didn't get to help calm her down. I kind of feel like she just slammed the door on me and told me to "get out, Get Out, GET OUT!"
She kind of did, but that's a good thing! She's learning. In the end, you want to raise a capable, confident person, you know? But I totally get how hard it is to listen to, and freely admit I haven't had to do it in a long time.
That said, in a few years you'll be where I am! This phase, too, shall pass.
le nubian - May 08, 2013 5:24:24 pm PDT #21892 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Google's Doodle today is AWESOME.
meara - May 08, 2013 5:32:32 pm PDT #21893 of 30001
I was reading something someone linked (here? FB?) the other day about other societies, and how in many of the more rural/hunter-gatherer/nomadic groups, kids are given much much more freedom, in terms of roaming around but also in staying up all night and eating when they want, etc. And the article was all "It's so important for kids to have freedom!" and made it sound like GAWD, why doesn't everyone just do what the NOMADS do and let the KIDS BE KIDS. And I"m like "yeah, that's great until the kid has to make it to daycare and mom's going to be late for work..."
meara - May 08, 2013 5:48:18 pm PDT #21894 of 30001
Woohoo! Hyperbole and a Half is back! Or at least, she posted a thing saying she's going to post a thing!
billytea - May 08, 2013 5:53:27 pm PDT #21895 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Woohoo! Hyperbole and a Half is back! Or at least, she posted a thing saying she's going to post a thing!
I came across an article a couple of weeks back saying that her book should be out this year.
sarameg - May 08, 2013 6:03:34 pm PDT #21896 of 30001
Fuck. Sex-abuse allegations at the catholic school Miss P and her brothers go to. And my friend, her mom, just took off 2 weeks to head their annual fundraiser. Uhg.
msbelle - May 08, 2013 6:03:53 pm PDT #21897 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
YAY AMY FOR S job!