It occurs to me this month I will spend $1200 on 3 separate trips to the mechanic. I should junk the car, but I won't until next year. I really don't want a car payment, but we are getting to the point where we tote less equipment around for Grace and Noah so it's possible we can begin to move to a smaller car. Which I would like. Plus getting into the Saturn is hard for Grace.
Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books!
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
Kat - Jul 18, 2013 7:42:44 am PDT #29568 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Toddson - Jul 18, 2013 7:43:55 am PDT #29569 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
And for less-gothy, but with extra swearing, there's Unfuck Your Habitat.
The recipe for soap-scum-busting solution is magic! Equal parts Dawn dish soap and vinegar, spray it on, let it sit (time depending on how bad the scum is), then scrub and rinse. Smells ... strong; not bad, less of a strong vinegar odor, but it's a strong smell.
Kat - Jul 18, 2013 7:47:16 am PDT #29570 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Completely NOT related to anything except my personal outrage: Malibu is going to begin letting volunteers issue parking tickets. Does that seem nuts to anyone else? Also, they say that it will free up the Malibu police to take care of more serious crime. Serious Malibu crime? I totally want to find their police blotter.
Dana - Jul 18, 2013 8:20:12 am PDT #29571 of 30001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I am so over my coworkers lately, and I don't know if they're being particularly irritating or it's just the fact that I'm leaving the job soon and already mentally checked out.
Jesse - Jul 18, 2013 8:23:04 am PDT #29572 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If it were me, the answer would be the latter. Because I am REALLY good at convincing myself things don't bother me, when there's nothing to be done about them. When I can see a light at the end of the tunnel? Hate everything.
Amy - Jul 18, 2013 8:23:57 am PDT #29573 of 30001
Because books.
Fudgesicles are a good lunch, right?
Jesse - Jul 18, 2013 8:45:47 am PDT #29574 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
YUP
Kat - Jul 18, 2013 8:54:10 am PDT #29575 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Absolutely a good lunch.
Scrappy - Jul 18, 2013 9:13:22 am PDT #29576 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Home with a flu/cold thing. Time to clear off the TiVo.
amych - Jul 18, 2013 9:14:55 am PDT #29577 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?