Have I mentioned that my neighborhood is very hilly?
Apparently what I need to get in my aerobic exercise is a chase-the-terrier workout app.
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.
Ginger - May 16, 2013 7:34:57 pm PDT #22675 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
DavidS - May 16, 2013 7:38:50 pm PDT #22676 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Apparently what I need to get in my aerobic exercise is a chase-the-terrier workout app.
Yeah, you're not going to win that game too often. He was toying with you.
aurelia - May 16, 2013 8:26:19 pm PDT #22677 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I got 10427. I wasn't doing too badly until the last one. It was a long empty road with nothing but sparse scrub around. The only thing I could tell was that they were driving on the left. I clicked a random spot in Africa. It was actually Western Australia.
Theodosia - May 17, 2013 2:34:04 am PDT #22678 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"
I got 7/10 on a Prof or Hobo quiz. And I have a tech screen phone interview today that I'd very much like to ace.
Calli - May 17, 2013 3:23:35 am PDT #22679 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Calli - May 17, 2013 3:27:18 am PDT #22680 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
In other news, a friend of mine, mother of a strong contender for the Cutest Baby in the World title, is having her baby baptized this Sunday. It's an Episcopalian ceremony. I grew up Methodist, so I was wondering if there was anything I needed to know. Should I bring a card? A gift? Just a willingness to sing "Jerusalem"?
§ ita § - May 17, 2013 3:51:01 am PDT #22681 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How are you getting cities?
Those were the only two. I got a couple small towns, but outpost Wyoming? I'm still thinking Wild West re-enactment, and I got a Big Winch which would have tipped off your average Australian, I guess, but all I could tell was that the parking lot didn't look like it had a lot of American cars.
Otherwise, long dusty roads that are in South Africa that I think are in Australia and vice versa, and also that bridge over the mucky tropical river was Brazil, not Nigeria.
billytea - May 17, 2013 4:01:32 am PDT #22682 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.
14051 points. It was a pretty easy selection: one in Norway (Moose Crossing sign), one in France, one on the Italian-Swiss border, one in Japan. And then one in Australia with a sign giving the region (Pilbara).
-t - May 17, 2013 4:07:43 am PDT #22683 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Interview~ma, Theo!
I have no idea about Episcopalian baptisms, Calli, but I think a willingness to sing Jerusalem is always a good idea. Makes me think of Sting and David Bowie, which I feel is often a recommended state of mind.
DavidS - May 17, 2013 4:21:41 am PDT #22684 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's an Episcopalian ceremony. I grew up Methodist
I think you'll be expected to drink the blood of the innocent.