Just dropped Emmett off at Berkeley HS for the SATs.
He gets to do that for five hours then I swoop him and we race to Fremont where The Rakers have a tournament and the second game of the day at 2pm.
Gonna be a long day.
Ten percent of nothing is -- let me do the math here -- nothing into nothing, carry the --
Jayne ,'Serenity'
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.
DavidS - Oct 05, 2013 5:55:37 am PDT #8008 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
WindSparrow - Oct 05, 2013 6:05:44 am PDT #8009 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Oh, as usual, dear. Old college roommate shared the Obamacare scare story about the $4000 fine, so I countered with a fact-check article, saying "then you will be relieved to know this is inaccurate, here is more information." She came back with " I know it is NOT. work with these issues every day. Same thing will happen to us. Have some empathy."
I could not resist responding with, "I have lots of empathy for people who are worried by rumors designed to spread fear and hate. That is why accurate information is so important."
That may have been a little heavy-handed. Oops.
WindSparrow - Oct 05, 2013 6:14:13 am PDT #8010 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Aaaaaaand now she is blaming current Pres. for No Child Left Behind.
-t - Oct 05, 2013 6:14:56 am PDT #8011 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ceiling fans are wonderful. Mine are on pretty much all the time, I forget that they are optional sometimes.
Things currently on my own wishlist: frittata pans and mini springform pans. Both conveniently on this page [link]
JZ - Oct 05, 2013 6:16:58 am PDT #8012 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
WS, do you read Slacktivist? That's something he talks a lot about -- the incredible difference in mindset between someone who, on discovering that a terrible rumor is demonstrably untrue, is genuinely relieved that the world isn't as bad as they thought it was, and someone who discovers the same thing and doubles down because something in them actually wants that catastrophe, that enemy, that object of righteous fury and hate.
Jesse - Oct 05, 2013 7:16:07 am PDT #8013 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Kick ASS. It is barely noon and I have two loads of laundry in, and a crapload of vegetables roasting in the oven. Done and done!
WindSparrow - Oct 05, 2013 7:26:00 am PDT #8014 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
JZ, I haven't read that, but I was sort of expecting something like this. I am suppressing the urge to self-righteously preach on worrying over lies being a triumph for the devil. Best thing I can do is just let it go. Nothing I can say will change her mind.
SuziQ - Oct 05, 2013 7:32:57 am PDT #8015 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I have a ton of work to do this weekend, so I opted for a change of scenery and headed to Starbucks. OMG, I like the weekday crowd better than the weekend crowd. I should have known better. But I was able to move to my favorite corner after only an hours worth of work. So here I am, headphones in, music blasting, churning away at work and dreading hitting the line again when I want a refill.
Scrappy - Oct 05, 2013 7:39:08 am PDT #8016 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
This is the most treasured thing in our house (we have two): [link]
Strix - Oct 05, 2013 7:43:13 am PDT #8017 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
It is almost noon, and I just woke up! Antihistimine gronk, I blame you. But I have coffee, and I'm sitting in a sunbeam, so I should be mobile in a while.
Then I have a kid's bday party to go to, which should be fun. It's sunny and cool here.