Halloween costume suggestions: [link]
RAKISH ARMOIRE. Interesting.
The next suggestion cracked me up: SLUTTY IMAGINARY NUMBER
Mal: Can I come in? Inara: No. Mal: See? That's why I usually don't ask.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
aurelia - Oct 24, 2013 4:18:03 pm PDT #10033 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
sarameg - Oct 24, 2013 4:37:43 pm PDT #10034 of 30000
Oh, that's a good one for Hil!
62/63 in the house. Pumpkin is down with being completely under the covers. Loki's coat is so lush, he gets too warm covered up. Drops below 60 inside and I'll relent and turn on the heat. Because I don't have fur.
Mom's birthday today and so far they're not home yet.
Connie Neil - Oct 24, 2013 5:09:30 pm PDT #10035 of 30000
brillig
So we're tight on cash till payday in a week. I was mulling over the good fortune I've had in the past, how while I don't get big miracles, someone/thing always comes through in a crisis.
I get home. There's a big envelope addressed to me from a gas and oil company in Pittsburgh.
It's a request to lease my share of the mineral rights for 70.4 acres in the coal/gas fields of Southwestern Pennsylvania. $2,000 per mineral acre (whatever that is, research ahoy!).
There are 10/11 located heirs. I don't know how many mineral acres there are in 70.4 acres.
I despise the energy companies that are raping my ancestral home. But one person out of 10/11 won't stop this. They already own a third of the rights. And even if I only have one mineral acres, $2,000 would be very useful. I have to have a grand in hand before I can get cataract surgery (thankfully a couple of years before crucial).
I don't get miracles, but the Goddess loves me.
Connie Neil - Oct 24, 2013 5:16:51 pm PDT #10036 of 30000
brillig
Research has occurred. A mineral acre is roughly equivalent to a basic acre. $144,000 up for grabs. I wonder what the tax bite on $14,000 is for lease payments.
I'd best send my sister an email and see if she's gotten this and what she's done.
But dear god, I hate the frackers.
Strix - Oct 24, 2013 5:22:55 pm PDT #10037 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Holy windfall, Connie!
ION, my cleaning product headache/backache meds nap lasted 4 hours. Yikes. But my headache is gone, and I think I can complete my 5 tasks remnants before midnight. Go team NightCleaning!
Also, I think I am going as a Disco Owl for Halloween. My creativity and cash flow is at an ebb.
meara - Oct 24, 2013 5:27:32 pm PDT #10038 of 30000
Wow, Connie, that's pretty handy money if it all works out!
Burrell - Oct 24, 2013 5:39:15 pm PDT #10039 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Whoa Connie, that's quite a chunk of money!
Connie Neil - Oct 24, 2013 5:45:26 pm PDT #10040 of 30000
brillig
I suppose it would be in the poorest of taste to reinact Kind Hearts and Coronets on all those cousins and removed cousins I haven't seen in 35 years.
I'll split it with my sister.
Ginger - Oct 24, 2013 6:15:13 pm PDT #10041 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Yay for pennies from heaven!
I'm beginning to think I should start a blog called "Fukushima Won't Kill You (But I'm Thinking About It)."
Connie Neil - Oct 24, 2013 6:19:00 pm PDT #10042 of 30000
brillig
ION, I'm thinking of crocheting myself some gloves. I just measured the circumfrance of palms of my hands, and they're 8 inches, which falls in the large category of the patterns I've been looking at. I always envied the girls with the narrow delicate hands. I've got sturdy, peasant hands.