And THEN I just read this harrowing, beautiful piece of writing by someone I know [link] and am a little shaken up by it, but STILL. The sun is shining and it is a good day.
Harken: You fought with Captain Reynolds in the war? Zoe: Fought with a lot of people in the war. Harken: And your husband? Zoe: Fight with him sometimes, too.
'Bushwhacked'
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.
Jesse - Feb 12, 2014 4:14:22 am PST #19935 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Fred Pete - Feb 12, 2014 4:35:49 am PST #19936 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
(now I have Eurythmics running through my head).
Except it's ice and/or snow, not rain, that's coming again.
Amy - Feb 12, 2014 4:36:07 am PST #19937 of 30000
Because books.
Jesse gets all the points for the best attitude today!
Maria - Feb 12, 2014 4:59:34 am PST #19938 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I'm supposed to be flying through Atlanta to Lexington KY on Friday - are these storm shenanigans supposed to be gone by then?
Nora, the storm will be done, but the shenanigans will not. It took me 2.5 days to get home from FL 2 weeks ago. I was stranded in Palm Beach for a night, and then Detroit. ATL wasn't even an option at that point. You may want to contact the airline (I'm assuming Delta) and ask if you can reroute yourself through Detroit, though that's not even a guarantee you'll get there when you're supposed to get there.
t /not really here
hippocampus - Feb 12, 2014 5:19:11 am PST #19939 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
so if I deleted the heated email I wrote yesterday four times, then wrote a less heated one this morning, then decided not to send it, because nothing will really change, and then the person-relative calls and says "so why haven't you replied to my email?" and I take a deep breath, and say what I have to say calmly, and mention that if they're going to complain about me and HPF to relatives, this time, they might skip cc:ing me and my sister on the note, I still get points for being a good person somehow right? because I should. In this case, I reallyreallyshould.
Theodosia - Feb 12, 2014 5:28:15 am PST #19940 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Meanwhile, I'm giving myself points for not only getting ALL the garbage out this morning before I could hear the trucks, but also for emptying the litter boxes and setting them up fresh!
The rest of the day may be downhill from here.
Amy - Feb 12, 2014 5:33:48 am PST #19941 of 30000
Because books.
Peaking too early is problematic, it's true.
Sox, you should get many, many points, for sure.
Burrell - Feb 12, 2014 5:35:12 am PST #19942 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ugh Sox, I totally feel for you. You are a good person, dealing with a crazy-making person.
Yay Jesse for acing the day!
Woke up stressed out and with a headache. I think I'm going to cancel my office hours and work at home today. I'll still spend the day grading, but I need a bit of quiet.
-t - Feb 12, 2014 5:35:29 am PST #19943 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Gold stars for Theo and Sox!
sumi - Feb 12, 2014 5:38:10 am PST #19944 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Thanks for the link to the Westminster portraits. I've only scrolled down a few but The Finnish Lapphund is adorable!
So fluffy.