::makes mental note not to renew her imaginary children's passports at flea's library::
Joyce: Dawn, you be good. Xander: We will. Just gonna play with some matches, run with scissors, take candy from some guy, I don't know his name.
'Beneath You'
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.
Theodosia - May 24, 2014 4:35:25 am PDT #28380 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"
brenda m - May 24, 2014 5:03:32 am PDT #28381 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
This is the big story on the news this morning for the start of the holiday weekend: NO ONE was shot last night in Chicago. Sadly, this is actually pretty remarkable.
Steph L. - May 24, 2014 5:59:28 am PDT #28382 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
If you have a "No solicitors" sign on your door, who is that meant to keep away? Does it apply to door-to-door religious folks? Or does solicitation involve selling things? Because that would give the religious people a loophole, right? ("We aren't selling anything; we're giving you THE LORD!" "It's not solicitation; it's SALVATION!") (I need to go into PR for door-to-door God people.)
(Also, if you knock on the door and no one answers, do you knock again, or JUST LEAVE? [I mean for solicitors and God people. If I were going to visit someone who I knew, and they were expecting me, then I would knock, and if no one answered, I would either knock again or pull out my cell phone and call.])
This post brought to you by the God people who would not stop knocking despite my refusal to answer the door in my nightgown and with no voice thanks to this cold. I hope that, when I answered it, I was everything they had hoped for.
Kat - May 24, 2014 6:26:29 am PDT #28383 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Steph, according to M-W, you're in the right and they are just persistent irksome knobs. [link]
Steph L. - May 24, 2014 6:28:14 am PDT #28384 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Dang. I guess I could post a sign that says "No god people."
SuziQ - May 24, 2014 6:51:14 am PDT #28385 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I'm thinking of giving CJ a passport for his 18th birthday. Right of passage kind of thing. Is that totally dorky?
One nice thing about our apartment complex is that we haven't gotten any god people here. The closest we get to solisitation are flyers hung on our door. But it also means we don't get trick or treaters. Heck of a trade off.
Cass - May 24, 2014 6:54:36 am PDT #28386 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Is that totally dorky?
I'm not sure how much he'll appreciate it immediately but it's a fabulous gift for looking back. You are, literally, giving him access to nearly the whole world.
meara - May 24, 2014 6:58:18 am PDT #28387 of 30000
It's a great gift, though you'd want to technically do it AFTER his birthday so it's good for 10 years instead of 5, I'd think.
flea - May 24, 2014 6:59:57 am PDT #28388 of 30000
information libertarian
You get a 10-year adult passport from age 16 on. So any time is good.
SuziQ - May 24, 2014 7:06:54 am PDT #28389 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Right - was going to fill out the application, have the money, and give that to him to sign. Then he would get the photo and go submit the application whenever he wanted, without parental assistance.
As any almost 18 year old, he has been mulling over all the new things he COULD do after his birthday, whether they are things he would do or not. He hasn't considered this one. (I know he could get an adult passport now, but I'd have to give my permission and be with him.)