Could just be a hoax, though. I fake some headaches, everyone gets used to poor helpless Spike. Then one day, no warning, I snap a spine, bend a head back, drain 'em dry. Brilliant.

Spike ,'Potential'


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.


Kate P. - Feb 21, 2014 12:22:10 pm PST #20607 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

I should probably set up a tumblr for my library, shouldn't I?

Jesse the Jetsetter! I may have to ask you for recommendations for Reykjavik. Are you going to visit the hot springs?

ION, I hope everything is OK with our usual babysitter. She's usually quick with texts/emails, but she hasn't responded to either of my last two messages (sent about two weeks ago and then four days ago), so I'm uncertain what that means, except that she won't be watching our kid tomorrow night. So the last-minute scramble to find someone else begins...


Consuela - Feb 21, 2014 12:22:47 pm PST #20608 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Great, Dad got dizzy and nearly fell while out walking with the trainer today. No idea if he was dehydrated, low blood sugar, or just tired from the exercise.

... and this is why I'm both considering and not considering taking a job out of the area. Argh.


meara - Feb 21, 2014 12:50:40 pm PST #20609 of 30000

Oh Suela's dad! Take better care of yourself, man!!

I flew home late last night and went straight to the sleep center and did a study with the cpap. I now have a seemingly-ginormous machine (not actually, but when I think about the hassle of fitting it in my luggage???) to try to get used to. I really hope this like, magically makes me a morning person or some shit.


Typo Boy - Feb 21, 2014 1:39:11 pm PST #20610 of 30000
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.

Making pasta. The "sauce" is chicken breasts, lemon juice, olive oil, a little butter, mushrooms, onions asparagus and appropriate herbs and spices. Normally my reflex is always to add cheese to pasta, but with this combo, probably not. So no mozzarella because it might clash with the asparagus. Agree? Disagree?


dcp - Feb 21, 2014 1:45:05 pm PST #20611 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

their 1099s are for money paid within a calendar year, not money earned. So December is always on the following year's 1099.

Get it in writing.


-t - Feb 21, 2014 1:48:18 pm PST #20612 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Parmesan goes well with asparagus. I think mozzarella would, too, I'm fairly sure I've had it on pizza. But that doesn't sound like it needs cheese, necessarily.


-t - Feb 21, 2014 4:22:56 pm PST #20613 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I am sad to report that the Well Re(a)d wine from American Canyon does not taste very good. So it goes.

Nobody else has said anything for two and a hours? Where is everyone?


Steph L. - Feb 21, 2014 4:25:36 pm PST #20614 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Where is everyone?

Baking cookies for my crazy husband who is going camping this weekend. (I have no idea what impulse possessed me, but I decided he should have Toll House cookies to take backpacking. So I dug a renegade bag of wheat flour out of the back of the pantry and made some cookies. I feel like I deserve a Donna Reed badge or something.)


shrift - Feb 21, 2014 4:35:48 pm PST #20615 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I'm in San Francisco shoving pad see ew in my face.


-t - Feb 21, 2014 4:41:01 pm PST #20616 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Well, those both sound like worthy occupations. Carry on.

You should totally get a merit badge for baking cookies you can't eat, Tep. That's nobility right there.