(In the back of my closet I still have a box labeled in crayon "Odes and Ends")
Love this!
Strix, JZ, Aims, I'll join you on that bench.
Amy is me.
Wash: Psychic, though? That sounds like something out of science fiction. Zoe: We live in a space ship, dear. Wash: So?
'Objects In Space'
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.
quester - Aug 06, 2013 6:00:29 pm PDT #1614 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
quester - Aug 06, 2013 6:02:19 pm PDT #1615 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Consuela,
This is a man with no chronic health conditions, full mobility, and only mild cognitive problems. We were hoping he'd have at least a couple of good years now that the burden of caring for my mother is over.
This describes my father as well. He lasted exactly 1 year and 1 month after her death. He just gave up, he didn't have the will to live without her.
§ ita § - Aug 06, 2013 6:08:32 pm PDT #1616 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Candidate for sickening use of "I apologise if I offended anyone"--former tennis legend and youth coach Bob Hewitt who's been accused of raping many pre-teens. He left behind girls too damaged to play tennis anymore, one who can't be near men, and is too scared to have children because of the trauma she experienced--they were hushed up for decades, but now that they're getting traction on charges, two of the women have started playing tennis again, and that's pretty much where I stopped gaping and started crying.
Burrell - Aug 06, 2013 6:30:15 pm PDT #1617 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
What children go to a daycamp that goes to Disneyland? Amirite?
I say win-win: kids get to go to Disneyland and parents don't have to go too. (I say that as someone who likes Disneyland, but who prefers having my own say over which rides I go on.)
msbelle - Aug 06, 2013 7:01:55 pm PDT #1618 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
aurelia - Aug 06, 2013 7:05:26 pm PDT #1619 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I just discovered Grammar Slam. [link]
Zenkitty - Aug 06, 2013 7:10:54 pm PDT #1620 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I have started using Pooh Case because of a certain friend of mine who is Exuberent! Over! Everything! and I Heart her for it. It's Fun! It's also a good way to express tone and emotion in text, at least if you're doing it with other people who speak LOLCat.
My writing tic is "actually". It's actually really hard not to say it.
I know three people who are smart and well-read, one of whom is my BFF who taught herself to read at age 3 with The Hobbit. None of them can spell. Thus I cannot use spelling as an indicator of anything except the ability to remember what the words look like. They're all better at math than I am, though, which...may mean something.
DavidS - Aug 06, 2013 8:26:30 pm PDT #1621 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
which I reproduce below
Heh!
Calli - Aug 07, 2013 1:25:50 am PDT #1622 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Candidate for sickening use of "I apologise if I offended anyone"--former tennis legend and youth coach Bob Hewitt who's been accused of raping many pre-teens.
What an asshole. I'm glad the people he abused are getting some closure/justice.
-t - Aug 07, 2013 3:55:29 am PDT #1623 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
My favourite such occurrence was when the lecturer stopped, looked at the board and muttered, "is it obvious...?" He then stood there for about a minute, before announcing "Yes, it's obvious" and carrying on.
Now I'm not sure if I had this same experience in college or if billytea told this story before and I incorporated it into my own memories as something I should have experienced...
I can't even with the tennis guy. That's horrible.
I hope your sister staying with you makes for good recuperation time, Burrell. It's good you can have her.