Highs here in Utah for the week are low 80s and high 70s. Glory glory.
I got stupid. The money was too good.
Jayne ,'Objects In Space'
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.
Connie Neil - Sep 08, 2013 2:18:47 pm PDT #4674 of 30000
brillig
Ginger - Sep 08, 2013 2:24:25 pm PDT #4675 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
So, large wooden spools, E-600 glue, some paint: ta-da! "Shabby chic".
I have all those things.
Amy, you want a soil that drains really well. You can add perlite or vermiculite to regular potting soil or buy the cactus potting soil.
Tom Scola - Sep 08, 2013 2:30:57 pm PDT #4676 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
On Wednesday, it will hit 90° in NYC, but I won’t care, because I’ll be in NOLA, where it will be… 90°.
Jessica - Sep 08, 2013 2:33:14 pm PDT #4677 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
On Wednesday, it will hit 90º in NYC
Oh crap, we just took the ACs down to the basement this weekend. Oops!
Jesse - Sep 08, 2013 2:35:34 pm PDT #4678 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The one upside to no storage: the a/c is always in the window!
Juliebird - Sep 08, 2013 2:36:35 pm PDT #4679 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Amy, if you can cut the potting soil with vermiculite or some of the finer orchid potting mixes, that would be ideal, but they should also be fine with regular ole miracle grow potting media.
Amy - Sep 08, 2013 2:47:15 pm PDT #4680 of 30000
Because books.
Cool. Thanks, Ginger and Julie. I have one that's actually thriving, which is a whole new thing for me, The Plant Killer, so I'm thinking it might need to be repotted soon.
I really want to get the one called String of Pearls, too. So pretty.
§ ita § - Sep 08, 2013 3:04:58 pm PDT #4681 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I really want to get the one called String of Pearls, too. So pretty.
Come on! Pearl necklace, just sitting there!
Nurse today had a bit of spunk still left in her (I know, it was deliberate). She had the gall to say "You argue about the little stuff, I argue about he big stuff, like war and poverty." I let so much slide with her, but I did make sure to point out that challenging heteronormative assumptions like "male characteristics" and "how hard men have it" and "women's things" and "men have to support the household" are things that can be challenged one on one, one by one, and are not *small*.
By the end of the discussion she didn't exactly take back what she'd said, but she said I had a way of challenging people's assumptions without putting them on the defensive (come see me on the internet some time!). I think what it is is that I've found the frequency of discussion that makes her dizzy, so at the end of my point she's not sure what happened, but she's sure something has, so I get the benefit of the win.
Still, fuck you, lady. Challenging gender performativity and sexism, challenging how someone thinks of their wife/sister/mother/daughter/self is not a SMALL thing just because it is an individual thing. Do not get confused on that point.
And we haven't gotten into how stupid she's still being about trans* issues. Sheeit.
Amy - Sep 08, 2013 3:08:04 pm PDT #4682 of 30000
Because books.
(I know, it was deliberate)
Oh, thank god.
(come see me on the internet some time!)
Heh.
aurelia - Sep 08, 2013 3:22:38 pm PDT #4683 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
It was aurelia that mentioned that lovely white tulip shirt from Fringe at Thinkgeek, right? Only in women's cuts, for random (floral) reasons.
Indeed. I did notice they were getting requests for men's shirts.
On the Mars thing: the one-way, short-term nature of the trip is less of a down side than the reality show aspect.