In the nearly 10 years that we have been together I have managed to turn TCG into an Italian food snob. Last night's dinner was not very good, and we are reminded that while my in-laws can usually be trusted on recommendations for a good restaurant, we should not trust them when it comes to Italian restaurant recommendations.
Jayne: What're you gonna tell the others? Mal: About what? Jayne: About why I'm dead. Mal: Hadn't thought about it. Jayne: Make something up. Don't tell 'em what I did.
'Ariel'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
sj - Sep 20, 2014 6:46:28 am PDT #13358 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
omnis_audis - Sep 20, 2014 12:12:02 pm PDT #13359 of 30002
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I think I've discovered why I stopped reading. Apparently, if you wear the reading glasses, it makes it fun again. I've spent the morning reading. Haven't even eaten yet. Crazy. Like I was a kid again.
sj - Sep 20, 2014 12:33:11 pm PDT #13360 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yay, glasses! What are you reading?
omnis_audis - Sep 20, 2014 2:38:13 pm PDT #13361 of 30002
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Tripwire. It's from the Jack Reacher series.
Typo Boy - Sep 21, 2014 1:31:17 pm PDT #13362 of 30002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
My Mom uses support/compression socks from Jobst to help keep her venus stasis from leading to edema. Jobst these days is about 18 bucks a pair. Is there another brand anyone can rec that is less expensive that would provide the same level of support/compression?
Connie Neil - Sep 21, 2014 1:43:03 pm PDT #13363 of 30002
brillig
I know of no brands that are cheaper than that, compression hose are damned expensive.
Anne W. - Sep 21, 2014 2:10:02 pm PDT #13364 of 30002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Can I get some calm~ma? I'm trying not to freak out/beat myself up over being several thousand in debt. I'm managing it, but it will take a few years to pay down, and I'm still tweaking my budget to make sure I don't get back into debt.
I'm kicking myself because it took a good two years to get into this situation and it was only a few months ago that I got past the denial and started dealing with it. That's what's making me want to beat myself up. I feel like a shitty person for having gotten into this situation and for not having done something to get out of it sooner.
Connie Neil - Sep 21, 2014 2:19:44 pm PDT #13365 of 30002
brillig
Unless you're learning coping and organizational strategies from your contemplation of the past, let it go (let it go-o!) Yeah, easy as saying it, I know.
DavidS - Sep 21, 2014 2:26:20 pm PDT #13366 of 30002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I feel like a shitty person for having gotten into this situation and for not having done something to get out of it sooner.
Oh, Anne, that doesn't make you a shitty person. Avoiding dealing with financial stress and bullshit isn't the most mature thing to do, but I bet every person here has stuck their fingers in their ears chanting LALALALALALALA when faced with money woes.
Anne W. - Sep 21, 2014 2:57:18 pm PDT #13367 of 30002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Avoiding dealing with financial stress and bullshit isn't the most mature thing to do, but I bet every person here has stuck their fingers in their ears chanting LALALALALALALA when faced with money woes.
It's the LALALALA that I'm most mad at myself about. I never thought of myself as the kind of person who would do that. It's humbling and scary.