Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.

Wash ,'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.


sarameg - Apr 01, 2014 5:27:09 pm PDT #24233 of 30000

I'm just under halfway done with the priming! And part of that half is the cutting in, so uhg. But progress! I guess I'm looking at paint this weekend.

Pumpkin did not help. At one point, she stuck her paw between 2 freshly primed spindles to attack the brush. Hold down sad cat and scrub. Then she managed (while trying to attack the brush) to get one of the handful of drips I dropped straight down her front.

She really does look so hurt and betrayed when you hold her down for a scrubbing. But all is forgiven now and she's kneading my feet.


sarameg - Apr 01, 2014 5:27:23 pm PDT #24234 of 30000

Go Liese!


Kat - Apr 01, 2014 5:33:13 pm PDT #24235 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Liese was extremely productive today.

I had strawberry shortcake so life is good. I should be grading, but do not want.


SuziQ - Apr 01, 2014 5:53:48 pm PDT #24236 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

I'm glad my productivity was used by a fellow Buffista. The cold continues with added asthma and major headache.

Tired of feeling like crap. It has totally harsher what should be my post vacation bliss.


Consuela - Apr 01, 2014 6:06:41 pm PDT #24237 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

First day back at Former Employer.

Boss who didn't hire me was mostly okay, although a little weird about not having any work for me. Also they didn't have computers set up for any of us, and we won't get proper IDs for months, so every day we'll have to go through the metal detector to get into the building (bah!).

My Nemesis walked past me at one point but pretended not to see me.

I had some very boring work to do, and I really need to bring in: a water bottle, utensils, spare sneakers, tea pot, surge protector, and so forth.

Tomorrow I'm going out for drinks with people, when I will presumably get the dirt.

Oh, and there's a possibility I'll get a project in Hawaii to do but I doubt they'll send me anywhere...


Liese S. - Apr 01, 2014 6:13:17 pm PDT #24238 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

So you were not the girl in the flatbed Ford?

I was not. I was the woman in the Dodge Grand Caravan full of rakes and bags of recycling. Doesn't scan as well.

Woot for work, Suela. That's funny about your Nemesis. Hope it goes smoothly going forward.


meara - Apr 01, 2014 7:58:39 pm PDT #24239 of 30000

Ooh. I shall cross my fingers for Hawaii and continued lack of Nemesis.

I am ensconced in the same hotel I stayed in my first time in Portland, some seven years ago, when I decided it seemed like a cool place and maybe I should move here. Sniff. I miss those coworkers! The company we worked for no longer exists though.


Typo Boy - Apr 01, 2014 10:14:52 pm PDT #24240 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.

Comcast/Xfinity is giving one week access to a lot of shows one would normally pay big bucks to access. I'm taking advantage of this to watch the first season of "True Detective". I remember seeing some discussion of "True Detective", but not where...


Theodosia - Apr 02, 2014 2:24:50 am PDT #24241 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"

You know, I've never wondered what exactly a "flatbed Ford" is or looks like. I guessed it was a pickup truck?

I'm providing 'taxi service' to a friend who is training up in Manchester, for gas and a small remuneration, so there's lots of driving today and tomorrow. But, it turns out there's an LL Bean outlet right near there, so I'm going to see if they have any winter-time markdowns.


askye - Apr 02, 2014 3:37:40 am PDT #24242 of 30000
Thrive to spite them

A flatbed Ford is a pickup truck without sides or tailgate.