Ok, "not all of my grandmother's fights were fraught with justice" just won the Trudy's Phrase of the Day Award (which I just invented).
See, Vera? Dress yourself up; you get taken out somewhere fun.
Jayne ,'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.
Trudy Booth - Jun 22, 2013 11:52:07 am PDT #26778 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
flea - Jun 22, 2013 11:59:15 am PDT #26779 of 30001
information libertarian
Had my grandmother been born 60 years later, she would have embodied xkcd 386.
Zenkitty - Jun 22, 2013 12:06:16 pm PDT #26780 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I was trying to remember what we called Brazil nuts when I was a kid, but I don't think I ever even saw one until after college. I don't like them much.
aurelia - Jun 22, 2013 12:14:21 pm PDT #26781 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Where my brother and Mom and nephew live are "Blue Ghosts" - fireflies that have a blue glow. They don't blink on and off as quickly and they sort of hover near the ground. It's only during a short window of time and in a very small area.
Ooooh, where?
I don't recall hearing any casual racism from family members until my paternal grandparents attended my high school graduation and commented on my classmates. I didn't confront them directly but I did tell my parents I wouldn't stay in the room and listen to that.
I never knew Brazil nuts as anything but Brazil nuts and I always caught a tiger by it's tail.
aurelia - Jun 22, 2013 12:19:00 pm PDT #26782 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
This is some cool twitter metadata. [link]
Trudy Booth - Jun 22, 2013 12:25:49 pm PDT #26783 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
I never knew Brazil nuts as anything but Brazil nuts and I always caught a tiger by it's tail.
I was also blissfully unaware of any other versions until well into adulthood. My childhood was very blessed in this way.
dcp - Jun 22, 2013 12:57:54 pm PDT #26784 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
AHS is way disturbing--I'm trying to work out if it's engaging enough to be this disturbed or not.
I think I watched the first three episodes, but Constance and Adelaide's trespasses were so enraging, capped by Ben's failure to put a stop to them, that I gave up. I was shocked at myself -- never before or since have I felt such an overwhelming desire to see physical violence done to people. I didn't know I had that button, but it sure got pushed. I couldn't handle it, so I quit.
shrift - Jun 22, 2013 1:06:48 pm PDT #26785 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Pretty soon I need to put on some outside pants and go to a sports bar for the playoffs game. Considering that I've been out and about a lot today already, you'd think this would require less effort.
Lee - Jun 22, 2013 1:16:23 pm PDT #26786 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I ran all the errands this morning, or at least bought all the food (for me and for the office), but since then I have done nothing. Except napping, I mean.
Jesse - Jun 22, 2013 1:23:29 pm PDT #26787 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Napping is something!