We used to play "How early in the year can we hit the deductable!" 3rd week in January, one year.
Edit: I should make my company give me something for reducing next year's medical insurance bill.
Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.
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Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Nov 09, 2014 1:54:35 pm PST #10092 of 30000
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-t - Nov 09, 2014 2:12:39 pm PST #10093 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So at some point I need to try a properly poured absinthe.
Oh, hey, I recommend the absinthe service at, um, I'd have to look up the restaurant but it was in Vegas. Lee might remember. There were a lot of flaming vapors involved, pretty spectacular.
I guess semi-productive is about what I am managing. The lawn is sort of half-mowed and I have basically decided to buy a new lawn mower. The push mower just can't handle my grass unless it's already pretty short. At least with me pushing it. Of course, this time of year there isn't the greatest span of choices available, so I think I'm going to have to order one, so it's unlikely I will finish mowing the lawn today.
While I was out trying and failing to buy a lawn mower I at least got my grocery shopping done. Even that, while I got everything on my list I can't help but feel like I didn't get everything I need, somehow. Oh well.
Zenkitty - Nov 09, 2014 2:30:25 pm PST #10094 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I remain sloth-like and dopey-brained. I mean, I feel pretty good, but if I don't dredge up some actual give-a-fuck in the next 12 hours, I might need to look into taking some sick time.
Burrell - Nov 09, 2014 2:39:31 pm PST #10095 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh, hey, I recommend the absinthe service at, um, I'd have to look up the restaurant but it was in Vegas.
Heh. That right there is a recommendation.
-t - Nov 09, 2014 2:47:35 pm PST #10096 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Good point!
Atropa - Nov 09, 2014 3:01:42 pm PST #10097 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oh, hey, I recommend the absinthe service at, um, I'd have to look up the restaurant but it was in Vegas. Lee might remember. There were a lot of flaming vapors involved, pretty spectacular.
Ooooh.
But I have to be That Guy for a second: setting absinthe on fire isn't a traditional way of serving it AT ALL, and people who are Serious Absinthe Snobs get really cranky and elitist about it.
I am not a Serious Absinthe Snob. I have opinions about what I like, and approve of setting things on fire.
-t - Nov 09, 2014 3:09:31 pm PST #10098 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
As I recall, the fire was an optional bit that I could have declined for Serious Snobby or general anti-fire reasons. But I did not, because I am all about setting things on fire (in a safe and controlled manner, of course).
sarameg - Nov 09, 2014 3:22:56 pm PST #10099 of 30000
Flaming absinthe always takes me back to the bar/club/restaurant/gallery Radost in Prague and a flaming bar when a drunken newbie expat would inevitably freak a bit and drop the spoon...man, 18 years ago.
-t - Nov 09, 2014 3:31:41 pm PST #10100 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think it was Sage
sarameg - Nov 09, 2014 3:42:34 pm PST #10101 of 30000
My cats are curled up on the couch with me, actually touching, and one of them is farting. Jesus. I'm guessing Pumpkin because she nabbed some chicken empanada this morning. She loooves chicken empanadas, the pastry and the filling. She likes the pastry on the chorizo one, but isn't so interested in the chorizo. And it isn't the spice level as they're about the same.