Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.

Spike ,'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.


Juliebird - Aug 21, 2013 2:00:35 pm PDT #3224 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Aspertame and diet sodas are gross. My go-to sodas are Dr. Pepper and Ginger Ale. With Root Beer and Cherry Cola a close second, but those are too sweet to be more than an indulgence. Iced cold Root Beer is good, too.

That school clerk was the BOSS. Glad there was a happy ending there, for once.

Although that article made me mad, as any article about school shootings does, when they basically liken a school shooting to a rampant epidemic. They're (school shootings) horrible, they're wrong and to be avoided, yes, and one is too many. But the fear mongering I see in the reporting that makes it seem like dozens are happening in every state every month for the past three decades (hyperbole in reaction to a hyperbole) raises my hackles. I might be wrong and hypocritical, what with my belief that of course once is too many times. I just despise the press's bent on making it seem like every school everywhere is having to deal with gun-toting maniacs on a regular basis.


SuziQ - Aug 21, 2013 2:01:44 pm PDT #3225 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

I drink very, very little carbonated beverages. One sip has me burping like...a burping thing that burps. My beverages of choice are tea, water, flavored water, and whiskey. Occasionally leamonade.

I have already had a shot of whiskey tonight. Before 5pm. Eeep.


Jesse - Aug 21, 2013 2:11:57 pm PDT #3226 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I did it! I queued up Good Stuff all the way through the weekend! Now I just hope the queue works.


Amy - Aug 21, 2013 2:20:53 pm PDT #3227 of 30000
Because books.

Are there more comprehensive day programs he could attend, Jesse? I know there are some with medical staff, where you can get meals and transportation, and Medicare covers a lot of them.

I'm a little surprised that Cassandra Clare was just a Jeopardy question. Right after a question about F. Scott Fitzgerald .


Jesse - Aug 21, 2013 2:24:33 pm PDT #3228 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

He doesn't need medical care, is the problem.


Steph L. - Aug 21, 2013 2:25:56 pm PDT #3229 of 30000
That which does not kill you should RUN

was just a Jeopardy question.

Seriously? I assume it didn't have anything to do with plagiarism, did it?


Jesse - Aug 21, 2013 2:28:12 pm PDT #3230 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

And the only thing my mother's really having an issue with is overnight. And the transitions during the day, but I think we've gotten that covered (and she's retiring in 6 weeks).


Amy - Aug 21, 2013 2:31:04 pm PDT #3231 of 30000
Because books.

Sadly, no, Tep.

It gives me the feeling (with the movie out right now) that you might be able to buy placement in a Jeopardy question. I could be entirely wrong, but still.

He doesn't need medical care, is the problem.

Oh! But he doesn't have to. I just had to write a piece about this topic, and I think over 50% of participants in all programs nationwide had either dementia or Alzheimer's.

Does your mom need help overnight regularly, or is it just if she's traveling?


Jesse - Aug 21, 2013 2:32:48 pm PDT #3232 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Regularly -- it's that he gets up many times in the night, and has started to pee on the floor a couple of times. Theoretically they could make the apartment back into a 2-bed and sleep separately with a health aide in the room with my father, but how terrible does that sound? (To me, terrible.)


Amy - Aug 21, 2013 2:34:44 pm PDT #3233 of 30000
Because books.

Oh yeah, that's hard.