Between Target, Anthem, and the OPM, we've already got our personal information spread out to god knows where. And if you send the IRS a check, isn't your routing number and account number already included?
Early: So is it still her room when it's empty? Does the room, the thing, have purpose? Or do we -- what's the word? Simon: I really can't help you. Early: The plan is to take your sister. Get the reward, which is substantial. 'Imbue.' That's the word.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
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 - Apr 16, 2016 4:26:59 pm PDT #19759 of 30003
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Gudanov - Apr 16, 2016 4:55:20 pm PDT #19760 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping
Kat - Apr 16, 2016 4:56:36 pm PDT #19761 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Most things in my life are not sparking joy. I think that's an excessively high bar. If we are doing joy as a criteria, the only thing I might have left is my pillow and new mattress, my letter from the President, and some tights. I'm not sure I'd survive my own joy criteria.
Kat - Apr 16, 2016 4:58:21 pm PDT #19762 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
My wife just told me that she thinks what I really want is just to live by myself and just work and write.
Well, wanting to write and getting it done are two separate things. That seems like a pretty passive aggressive comment. How did you respond?
Dana - Apr 16, 2016 5:01:42 pm PDT #19763 of 30003
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Somedays, I just want to run away and join the circus, or go live in a hotel for a month, or barricade my door and spend the rest of my life streaming Netflix. It doesn't mean I do it, and it doesn't mean I should be criticized for these occasional thoughts.
-t - Apr 16, 2016 5:26:18 pm PDT #19764 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I like sparking joy as a criteria but I think I am more easily sparked than most people. Or have a low bar for what constitutes joy. Something.
Gudanov - Apr 16, 2016 5:30:29 pm PDT #19765 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping
Burrell - Apr 16, 2016 5:43:33 pm PDT #19766 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Most things in my life are not sparking joy. I think that's an excessively high bar.
Agreed. In fact, I'd say you have a surprisingly long list of joyful items. Let's see I got: vanilla oolong tea and... uh... stretch class and Tai Chi. Do those last two count or does it need to be an object?
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 16, 2016 8:42:52 pm PDT #19767 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Most of the stuff currently in my life sparks joy. Working Sunday will be an exception to that, however.
I stopped by the office tonight to feed the office cat and close her up in a room where she won't set off the motion detectors. She jumped up on a box my co-worker covered with a carpet sample for her, rolled around, and fell off the side into her water dish. Aren't cats supposed to be graceful?
Fiona - Apr 16, 2016 10:26:07 pm PDT #19768 of 30003
The "sparking joy" is supposed to be about things, yes; but I prefer William Blake's rule to Marie Kondo's.
If you want a golden rule that will fit everybody, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.