Wow, many kudos to go around today!
Happy birthday -t!
Congrats on the new job, Jessica!
And congrats Drew on being so Outstanding!
Anya: Are you stupid or something? Giles: Allow me to answer that question with a firing.
'Sleeper'
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.
Burrell - Feb 11, 2015 8:42:47 am PST #18993 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
SailAweigh - Feb 11, 2015 8:45:45 am PST #18994 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Yay, Jess!
Congrats, ND!
I was a NYE whoops, no doubt about it. I asked my mother once how many children they wanted and she said (casually), "Oh, two or three." Of course, I was the youngest of three. Heh.
Connie Neil - Feb 11, 2015 8:46:02 am PST #18995 of 30000
brillig
I figure, if my ancestors are gonna be all scandalous, I should at least get a best-seller out of it.
Hey, I've got the son of a Dutchman-Turned-Pirate/Moorish-Nobleman marrying a barmaid who was fired for being too lewd, and they scandalised New Amsterdam and were thrown out of the colony for being too vexatious.
And people say family history is boring.
Burrell - Feb 11, 2015 8:46:34 am PST #18996 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Conception stories: I am so clearly a "whoops!" I was conceived 3 months after my sister was born. My mom probably didn't even realize she was fertile again. Although whenever I called myself an accident, my mom would correct me to say that I was planned but the timing was a bit of a surprise.
Burrell - Feb 11, 2015 8:47:39 am PST #18997 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Hey, I've got the son of a Dutchman-Turned-Pirate/Moorish-Nobleman marrying a barmaid who was fired for being too lewd, and they scandalised New Amsterdam and were thrown out of the colony for being too vexatious.
That is fabulous
Steph L. - Feb 11, 2015 8:50:42 am PST #18998 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
So apparently I'm getting an Outstanding Alumni Award from my grad school in March.
Right on! Will you be in town, or accepting in absentia?
Jessica - Feb 11, 2015 8:50:57 am PST #18999 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My mother never used the word "accident" but she did point to my brother as an example of why the sponge was not a reliable birth control method.
-t - Feb 11, 2015 8:51:15 am PST #19000 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Wow, Drew, congratulations!
Steph L. - Feb 11, 2015 8:51:40 am PST #19001 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I am proof the rhythm method isn't extremely reliable.
Connie Neil - Feb 11, 2015 8:54:29 am PST #19002 of 30000
brillig
Antony Jansen van Salee, which is Salee in Morocco, home of the Salee Rovers, pirates who harassed Europe in the early 1600s. Antony's dad, Jan Jansen van Harleem was captured by Moorish pirates (possibly grabbing Antony as well, timing is iffy), and Jan famously said "Better Moorish than a Papist," converted to Islam, changed his name to Murat Reis, and commanded pirate raids against Spain. However, when he was low on targets, he had no problems expanding his horizons. He raided the small Irish town of Baltimore, sacked it, and hauled the inhabitants off to the slave markets. I've always felt like I should apologize if I ever find myself in Ireland.
Antony decided to go to the New World when he became a man and set off with a fair amount of money to set himself up in New Amsterdam. On the boat over, he met Grietje Reyniers, who had been sacked from her job as a barmaid for being too fresh with the clientele. They were married on ship--I wonder if she dazzled a possibly sheltered young man--and set themselves up as prosperous traders. Antony was known to have a good, deep-water dock at his Long Island estate, and I've always imagined he maintained ties with his pirate kin.