I did not know there was a connection between the eye socket and the mouth, but gah, these eyedrops taste terrible.
Buffy: A Guide, but no water or food. So it leads me to the sacred place and then a week later it leads you to my bleached bones? Giles: Buffy, really. It takes more than a week to bleach bones.
'Dirty Girls'
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 - Mar 29, 2015 7:09:00 am PDT #23169 of 30000
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sj - Mar 29, 2015 7:12:36 am PDT #23170 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm not as much of a fan of the smoked paprika as TCG is because I tend not to like smoked things in general. We usually have at least 4 types of paprika in our house at all times: sweet, hot, smoked sweet, and smoked hot.
Jess, good luck with the house hunting, whatever you decide to do.
Strix - Mar 29, 2015 7:14:37 am PDT #23171 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I...don't hate living in the burbs. It felt weird at first, but it's great for the kids and I feel really safe.
I mean, someone tries to attack me or burglarize my house in THIS hood, thinking "Oh, soccer mom, easy target?" HA. Big mistake. HUGE.
Gris - Mar 29, 2015 7:14:53 am PDT #23172 of 30000
Hey. New board.
You could just do what we did and move to a whole different area of the country...
Anne W. - Mar 29, 2015 7:24:05 am PDT #23173 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I like living in the 'burbs. But there are 'burbs and there are 'burbs. There are ones where it's a 20 minute drive to get anywhere - NO thank you.
Mine, OTOH, is small and very walkable, with a library, farmer's market, brew pub, restaurants, parks, etc. in easy walking distance.
Susan W. - Mar 29, 2015 7:41:40 am PDT #23174 of 30000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
We live well within Seattle's city limits, but I still feel like I'm living in the 'burbs compared to where I used to live in Philly. Our yard is more than a postage stamp, and our street doesn't have a sidewalk. Trees every which way, not carefully matched and planted along the nonexistent sidewalk. Depending where you work you can get by without a car, but it'd be a struggle for us with a kid--or, she'd have to go to the school closest to our house rather than the K-8 with the environmental science focus and advanced learning options, and she wouldn't get to take part in after-school activities or have swim lessons on the weekend. Oh, privilege... Such crime as we have is almost 100% property crime--I always feel personally safe, though when feasible I get packages delivered to an Amazon locker near my office instead of my front door.
msbelle - Mar 29, 2015 8:25:42 am PDT #23175 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Burbs have been great for mac, not great for me, but convenient and a lot less stress.
Theodosia - Mar 29, 2015 8:29:50 am PDT #23176 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"
Hey, I get bird song, too! But Somerville is just as subject to steeply rising prices as Brooklyn, and if I hadn't bought when I did, I'd have been priced out of here a long time ago.
DavidS - Mar 29, 2015 8:38:47 am PDT #23177 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I grew up in the suburbs. I'm clinging to San Francisco until they pull me away kicking and screaming. Which feels like it might happen the way the tech boom is driving the City l lately.
Then I will be a very very sad Hecubus.
sj - Mar 29, 2015 8:42:06 am PDT #23178 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I grew up in the suburbs so living in the city was a shock to my system, and I found that the noise was just too much for me. I'm much happier being in the suburbs again while still being close enough to the city to be able to do my errands there when I want to.