I slipped into a nearly-3 hour nap, woke convinced it was the next day. Good thing, too, because I have to go over the Hour of Code tutorials I'll be doing with the grammar school kiddos tomorrow morning. Mind you, it's stuff like "make the robot turn right when it hits a wall" level of coding, but it's nice to be prepared because I'll possibly be the only one there who has ever written a program at all, so.
Tracy: 'When you can't run, you crawl... and when you can't crawl, when you can't do that--' Zoe: 'You find someone to carry you.'
'The Message'
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.
Theodosia - Dec 07, 2014 1:33:05 pm PST #12055 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"
-t - Dec 07, 2014 1:50:39 pm PST #12056 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Well, I took out the garbage and recycling and have laundry going, so my productivity is slightly higher than it might have been. Maybe I'll make some soup, that doesn't take much effort.
Kate P. - Dec 07, 2014 2:10:26 pm PST #12057 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
OK, what should I get my mother for Christmas? I am feeling uninspired, at least until I remembered that she's become a total Benedict Cumberbatch fangirl. Surely there must be some silly Cumberbatchy things for sale somewhere, right?
Hil R. - Dec 07, 2014 2:14:24 pm PST #12058 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Jesse - Dec 07, 2014 2:16:53 pm PST #12059 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Maybe not this though: [link] Or maybe! I don't know your mother.
sarameg - Dec 07, 2014 2:17:40 pm PST #12060 of 30000
I had a terrible slow start to the day thanks to staying up way too late upgrading my os (and the sad part is, I'm only halfway done.) But I got moving and made it to lisah's parade party and saw the whole parade! Honestly, I think the drum lines and dancer teams are my fav. One, incredible display of talent and athleticism;two, they're homegrown Baltimore; three, clearly a multigenerational family thing. Older parents acting as marshals and gear-carriers, the teens and early 20 something dancer gals and guys, the drummers ranging in ages, followed by Tweens down to teeny little 3-4 year olds rocking out. And there's the complicated bit about how they're a black Baltimore institution marching through what was historically a white Baltimore hood, and it's awesome that they were most likely to get the crowd cheering along (not counting the floats that gave candy and made the kids scream) and how you could write a book about all of this.
Dana - Dec 07, 2014 2:28:07 pm PST #12061 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
What about some Cumberbatchy DVDs?
Dana - Dec 07, 2014 2:28:30 pm PST #12062 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
(HMOG that doll head is terrifying)
Jesse - Dec 07, 2014 2:31:17 pm PST #12063 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It doesn't come with the wig!
I'm seriously trying to think about how I can take more weekend days off from my mother without offending her. Not having a single conversation was pretty much just what the doctor ordered.
Kate P. - Dec 07, 2014 2:34:08 pm PST #12064 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Hil, that's perfect! Thanks.
Jesse, er, not so much. But thanks?
Dana, I think she's got most Cumberbatchy DVDs already.
OMG, so tempted by this: [link]