We have aquired clothing for the tween. Plus introduced her to the joy that is (or isn't) shopping at Nordstrom Rack. She was delighted by the whole thing, and now owns a sparkly black and bronze dress (with a bit of flapper profile, but no fringe) and a pair of Michael Kors sandals. I feel like I earned a maternal merit badge.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
Burrell - May 10, 2014 3:23:33 pm PDT #27438 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Burrell - May 10, 2014 3:24:30 pm PDT #27439 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh and woot! erika!
-t - May 10, 2014 3:30:41 pm PDT #27440 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Gold star, Burrell!
Burrell - May 10, 2014 3:38:05 pm PDT #27441 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Yay! ::dances around with gold star::
Tom Scola - May 10, 2014 3:38:16 pm PDT #27442 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I’m kind of freaking out about Mothers Day.
If you remember, a couple months back, my Mom called me and started complaining about how I never call her. I asked her if she had a reason to call me other than to yell at me, and then I hung up on her.
Then on my birthday, I got a card from her. Inside the card was a note saying, basically, sorry if I thought she was nagging me, but that I don’t really care about her or my sisters because I never call. [Note: my sisters and I are cool with each other].
I am so not looking forward to calling her tomorrow just to get in another fight with her. I don’t know what to do.
Hil R. - May 10, 2014 3:40:24 pm PDT #27443 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Ugh, Tom. I have no advice, but lots of hugs for you.
Burrell - May 10, 2014 3:45:26 pm PDT #27444 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Can you give yourself permission to just cut the conversation short if she starts a fight?
sj - May 10, 2014 3:48:05 pm PDT #27445 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Can you give yourself permission to just cut the conversation short if she starts a fight?
This is probably the best advice for a bad situation. I'm sorry you have to deal with that, Tom.
DavidS - May 10, 2014 3:49:50 pm PDT #27446 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Is "don't get into a fight" an option? Like just be maddeningly zen and polite and keep changing the subject when she's objectionable?
Ginger - May 10, 2014 4:00:00 pm PDT #27447 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I wish I had an answer for you, Tom. When my dad was alive, I'd stare for way too long at Father's Day cards. There never were "I'm sorry you sucked" cards. I think all you can do is treat it as a meaningless exercise.
Police are investigating a very strange crime at a gated lake resort community about 90 miles from Atlanta. The headless body of an elderly man was found in his garage and his wife is missing. The police are treating the wife's disappearance as a kidnapping. Commenters on stories keep saying, "Why don't they think the wife did it?" If an 87-year-old decapitated her husband and went on the run with his head, we'd be talking Supernatural rather than CSI.
It's not a laughing matter, but when the ME said that the man was probably killed by a blow to the head, the newspeople stumbled over saying, "He says that because, well, there's no cause of death on the body so it had to be something that happened to the head."