I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Texas refused to issue specialty plates with confederate flags on them.
Right?
Saffron: You just had a better hand of cards this time. Mal: It ain't a hand of cards. It's called a life.
'Trash'
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.
Dana - Jun 18, 2015 3:00:04 pm PDT #29004 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Amy - Jun 18, 2015 3:03:29 pm PDT #29005 of 30000
Because books.
I loved commuting by train, too (for the most part). Get on, read and drink my tea, then nap till New York, or home. All while pleasantly rocking along.
I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Texas refused to issue specialty plates with confederate flags on them.
I wish it wasn't surprising, though.
SailAweigh - Jun 18, 2015 3:04:28 pm PDT #29006 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I'll have a libation, if you'll have a libation, -t. I am completely knackered. Despite the fact I left work 2 hours early to get a new ID card (which I lost during my lunch time walk), I still got in almost 14,000 steps at work by my Fitbit. I want to eat all the things, but I am womanfully resisting. However, I think a glass of wine may be in the cards, inasmuch as I fucking deserve it.
Burrell - Jun 18, 2015 3:04:50 pm PDT #29007 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Also, who thinks of brochures and marketing materials as "clerical"?
People who hope to underpay someone for writing them?
-t - Jun 18, 2015 3:05:46 pm PDT #29008 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I was really hoping I would be able to commute by train when I was looking for work. Working close enough to be able to commute by bike or walking is not a bad deal, though.
I am supposed to get a cucumber in my CSA box next week. ISTR I had some recipe I was going to try next time I had a cucumber lying round (I don't like them and would not buy one on purpose) but I can't remember what it was. Hm.
-t - Jun 18, 2015 3:06:18 pm PDT #29009 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Let us libate, Sail! Now to decide what kind of libation I want - something easy is probably my best bet...
SailAweigh - Jun 18, 2015 3:07:33 pm PDT #29010 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
No shit. If you worked at my old division, in what this museum is saying is essentially the marketing department, you would have at least a bachelor's in marketing, or similar, before you'd be allowed to write copy.
SailAweigh - Jun 18, 2015 3:08:27 pm PDT #29011 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I've got beer, wine, and scotch. You would think it would be easy, but they all sound just fiiiiine, right now.
Connie Neil - Jun 18, 2015 3:10:50 pm PDT #29012 of 30000
brillig
I love the train. I would love to take a cross-country train trip one day.
In the mid-80s I took the train from Utah to Pittsburgh for a visit with my family when I still liked them enough to make the effort. At that time, the California Zephyr still stopped in my town, I don't think it does any more. Going through the Rockies to Denver was amazing, all the canyons and rivers and vistas. The ride across the plains was scary because the rails were so uneven, I'd look down the car through the doors to the next car, and they were probably 20 degrees off from each other or more.
Nowadays the Zephyr leaves Salt Lake City at 3 in the morning or thereabouts, but it would be lovely to ride to Denver and back again.
-t - Jun 18, 2015 3:14:27 pm PDT #29013 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Gewurtztraminer in the fridge. I don't think I've ever had a Gewurtztraminer I liked, but maybe this will be a first. Or maybe I will learn how to report back to the Tasting Room that one of their selections is definitely not to my taste. Either way, valuable information will be gained.