Happy anniversary, Sparky! I will also have to look up Maputo, though.
Happy birthday, JZ!
You do well to flee, townspeople! I will pillage your lands and dwellings! I will burn your crops and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters! Ha ha ha! Mark my words! Ooh! Ale! I smell delicious ale!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
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.
Amy - Jun 27, 2014 5:47:07 am PDT #856 of 30000
Because books.
Sue - Jun 27, 2014 5:48:36 am PDT #857 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Happy anniversary Sparky and DH!
Happy birthday JZ!
Laura - Jun 27, 2014 5:52:34 am PDT #858 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Today is also my mom and step-dad's anniversary. 27 years. She and my dad were married 39 years before he passed away. He always said he wanted equal time. I hope he gets his wish. Honestly, I know that my mom would not be around to celebrate her 93rd birthday this summer if she hadn't remarried after she was widowed. I'm so grateful for him. Wish my siblings would get that! Get over it already sibs, he's not dad. And yes, it apparently is going to last.
sarameg - Jun 27, 2014 5:52:37 am PDT #859 of 30000
Oddly enough, I've been to Maputo.
Hil R. - Jun 27, 2014 6:10:38 am PDT #860 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
One of my friends is visiting Turkey now. She's black. Apparently black people are rare in Turkey, because some Turkish people came up to her and asked if they could take their picture with her. She posted about this on facebook, and a few of her friends said that the same thing had happened to them in a few other countries.
§ ita § - Jun 27, 2014 7:28:45 am PDT #861 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oddly enough, I've been to Maputo.
That's not odd at all.
I'm so glad I didn't take up my sister's offer to visit Turkey next week. Ha!
In Russia I was a constant centre of attention, attracting crowds of schoolkids and pointing adults, as well as one excitable man who "really loved niggers!" He was there with his camera for the Negroes too.
Best 7AM call ever. The MRI machine at Santa Monica was down so I got my 9AM appointment switched with a 7:45 Westwood one, where I met a nice Jamaican young man named Mark Antony (that's his first name) and was able to stage a minor sit in to get my prescription refilled at my migraine doctor's office.
Despite me having told him to his face a week ago, he didn't write it until I showed up. 1 email, 2 phone calls, and no one did shit.
Amy - Jun 27, 2014 7:39:44 am PDT #862 of 30000
Because books.
Your migraine doctor sucks, ita. But I'm glad you got the prescription!
Burrell - Jun 27, 2014 7:42:07 am PDT #863 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Wow ita, you are all TCB this morning.
Happy anniversary Sparky! And happy b-day to JZ and to Hec! (Yes it's a day early, but I may be offline all or most of tomorrow.)
I need to go clear out a mouse nest from my sister's apartment. I cannot put into words how grossed out I am by this. Spent yesterday with my brother, which was a good thing but it is oddly draining and exhausting. He needs people near him, but he is just hard to be near. Lots of anger, and even though he wasn't mad at me at all, it's just hard to be around and absorb all that anger and sadness. Today my cousin is coming by the apartment to pick up some stuff, and tomorrow I am hosting as many of my sister's friends do the same. It feels like a mini memorial for her, and I'm trying to gird my loins so I can be emotionally present for it.
Ugh, sorry for the over sharing.
Burrell - Jun 27, 2014 7:42:53 am PDT #864 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Your migraine doctor sucks, ita.
Yes he does
Jesse - Jun 27, 2014 7:48:31 am PDT #865 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, Burrell, that sounds like a lot! Several separate exhausting things all in one weekend of suck.
Relatedly, I have got to clear out my spare room this weekend, and I think most of the stuff in there is still my grandmother's. I will be relieved/disappointed if it turns out to be mostly my crap! I should not have that much crap. But we shall see.