Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.

Mal ,'Safe'


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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 - Sep 01, 2014 3:05:31 am PDT #5289 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"

I have a really excellent sense of direction... except after long plane rides, it's like my Inner Compass misplaces its needle.

(I rather imagine it's like a little Egyptian 'ka', a winged skull flapping along gamely after the airplane, not able to keep up, but getting there eventually.)

meara, it's also a holiday weekend, so a large number of people who would be regularly here are sleeping in, or away on vacation. I sure hope you get to see the Jewish museums, they sound really cool!


billytea - Sep 01, 2014 3:09:11 am PDT #5290 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Forgot it is the middle of the night where y'all are, mostly. So hello from the future!

Pfft. Amateur.


meara - Sep 01, 2014 3:22:47 am PDT #5291 of 30000

Hah--I was thinking of you when I wrote that, Billytea!

I realized a couple minutes ago that I would've had to leave a few more minutes ago to make the tour. Maybe tomorrow. I'd been thinking today just because most of the museums are closed Mondays. Time to actually look at the guidebook I guess!


-t - Sep 01, 2014 3:31:59 am PDT #5292 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I just spent a not insignificant amount of time trying to figure out what that bright star I can just glimpse near the horizon might be. Have concluded it is probably a streetlight.

Have fun in the future, meara!


billytea - Sep 01, 2014 3:47:27 am PDT #5293 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

I just spent a not insignificant amount of time trying to figure out what that bright star I can just glimpse near the horizon might be.

Ryan has spent a not insignificant amount of time tonight contemplating the stars as well, through the prism of Isaac Newton and Edmund Halley. He has informed me that I'm forbidden to watch Cosmos without him, as then I'll have seen things that he hasn't yet.


sarameg - Sep 01, 2014 3:49:57 am PDT #5294 of 30000

Aaand it's back up to Parkville because apparently my pool crew can't get the ph right after a week. Not impressed with the new pool coordinator.


-t - Sep 01, 2014 4:04:02 am PDT #5295 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ah, young minds are great.

My pool doesn't open until 8 today! Glad I checked.

Tub had actually drained this morning, hooray! Drain is still super slow, but I think just continuing with this same stuff for a while might be the way to go. Maybe I should be more concerned about adding helpful bacteria to the sewage system, but I'm not. I'm sure there's a lot of the unhelpful kind in there.


Kat - Sep 01, 2014 4:23:33 am PDT #5296 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

My pool opens at 7 today. Which is fine, but blah.

Reading Skulduggery Pleasant books... on Dark Days now.


billytea - Sep 01, 2014 4:26:02 am PDT #5297 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Ah, young minds are great.

It is true. I'm thrilled to see him so excited by science. (Or, indeed, Science!)


Steph L. - Sep 01, 2014 4:49:11 am PDT #5298 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Reading Skulduggery Pleasant books... on Dark Days now.

That's the one we quoted from in our wedding vows. Seriously.