Stomach still hates me. Plus I either have a fever or just woke up to early and my thermostat is off. I can't really tell which and I can't find the damn thermometer, but taking this opportunity (hah) to call in sick and move the vet appointment for Devi up to this morning instead of this afternoon. Meh.
There are no absolutes. No right and wrong. Haven't you learned anything working for the Powers? There are only choices.
Jasmine ,'Power Play'
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.
sarameg - Dec 03, 2012 3:41:04 am PST #2981 of 30001
Jessica - Dec 03, 2012 3:51:27 am PST #2982 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've been trying to find a list of all major and minor religious holy days that are celebrated in December.
I'm surprised this isn't a Wikipedia page. They love lists like that.
Speaking of which, can a fellow Buffista Jew confirm for me that Hannukah has NOT started yet? Every calendar I can find says the first night is Dec 8th, but I keep seeing electric menorahs in shop windows with one candle already lit!! Am I going crazy??
amych - Dec 03, 2012 4:08:57 am PST #2983 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Rabbi Google also told me the 8th.
JZ - Dec 03, 2012 4:21:18 am PST #2984 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
We just had to go through this issue while working out the attending schedule a couple of weeks ago, so even without Rabbi Google I know it's the 8th, and the one-candle-already-lighters are severely wrong.
Tom Scola - Dec 03, 2012 4:31:53 am PST #2985 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Jessica - Dec 03, 2012 5:00:06 am PST #2986 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Whew! I was worried my kids were going to be expecting presents tonight. (Well, the 5 year-old anyway. Who would then prep the almost-2 year-old.)
JZ - Dec 03, 2012 5:06:33 am PST #2987 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Well, it not starting until the 8th is no guarantee of him not expecting presents tonight anyway... God knows my 6-year-old expects presents all the time for no reason whatever. But, yeah, mistimed expectations of an actual official holiday, with a bonus wound-up present-expecting toddler, would truly suck.
Tom Scola - Dec 03, 2012 5:22:07 am PST #2988 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Awww, this Buzzfeed post makes me miss visiting the Zmayhem. I kept scrolling down, waiting for it to show up, and it finally did. (#10 is a long-standing tag across the street from the Zmayhem residence).
Jessica - Dec 03, 2012 5:27:37 am PST #2989 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
God knows my 6-year-old expects presents all the time for no reason whatever.
HA. So true.
sarameg - Dec 03, 2012 6:02:31 am PST #2990 of 30001
Well, I think Devi managed to traumatize every animal (including people) in the vet's office when they took a blood sample. I warned them, but at least this time they believed me. She's just got an URI, on anti-bs, but she'd lost a lb since last year (which is down 1.5 from 2 years ago) hence the bloodwork.
I am covered in cat hair.
Now for the fun stuff:
And I came home to an email (!) from my mother, which was a forwarded email(!!!!!) from my father Thursday afternoon (? she says friday, it is from thursday, she didn't see it until he got home at some point this weekend!) in which he informs her of double vision, poor balance, dizzinesss and high BP while he was up in ABQ. He waits it out and then drives home(!)
I don't even. She didn't mention any of this on the phone last night. He's promised to see a dr today. WHICH HE SHOULD HAVE CALLED AS SOON AS IT STARTED HAPPENING. Oh, and maybe CALLED MY MOTHER ? BECAUSE HE WAS UP IN ABQ BY HIMSELF?! Fucking idiot.
I don't even.