Just learned that someone got robbed and stabbed in the chest less than five houses away from our place a few weeks ago at 9:30 pm. Won’t lie...this has me shaken.
It's like, in the middle of all this, I'm paranoid that you'll think I don't like poetry.
Buffy ,'Empty Places'
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.
Pix - Aug 07, 2015 9:43:29 pm PDT #2870 of 30003
The status is NOT quo.
Laura - Aug 08, 2015 6:12:44 am PDT #2871 of 30003
Our wings are not tired.
Oh dear, Pix. That is upsetting. Is the victim okay?
flea - Aug 08, 2015 7:20:18 am PDT #2872 of 30003
information libertarian
In first world problem news, I don't WANT to go out to a fancy steak place for my in-laws' 50th anniversary tonight.
WindSparrow - Aug 08, 2015 7:53:41 am PDT #2873 of 30003
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
That is a pretty scary thing tohave happen, Pix.
Swift healing wishes for Grace.
Ginger - Aug 08, 2015 8:26:04 am PDT #2874 of 30003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Yay for tubeless Grace! I hope the healing and adjustment go smoothly.
I was the first baby among my parents' friends, and they took me to parties and card games and left me on the bed where people were leaving their coats, with a barricade of coats to keep me on the bed. According to my mother, everyone wanted to see the baby, so I was checked on about every 5 minutes. I basked in the attention.
So yesterday...
Me: I followed the instructions I received in the mail to access my account, but all I get is a white screen that says, “Accessing your information. Please wait.”
Customer Service: You should try again.
Me: I did try again.
CS: Your computer must be slow or you’ve used all your memory.
Me: I don’t think that can be the prob…
CS: Try this URL. Service dot. That’s S-E-R. [She painfully spells out the URL given in the instructions, which was what I was using.]
CS: Give me your ID and password. [I spell it out for her again.] It works fine for me. It must be your computer.
[A thought occurs to me that should have occurred earlier.]
Me: Does the site support Chrome?
CS: Does it say that Chrome isn’t supported? [The site is mute on this subject.]
Me: Perhaps I should try another browser.
CS (snippily): Yes, why don’t you try another browser. [I really miss the ability to hang up loudly.]
Using IE, after telling it for the thousandth time that I don’t want it to be my default browser, I get “Accessing your information. Please wait.” I try again and get, “You information cannot be accessed at this time.” After one more try, I’m finally into a website that works about as well as you’d expect.
This is why I was kept up half the night by a crick in my neck.
Jesse - Aug 08, 2015 9:00:21 am PDT #2875 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oy vey.
Sheryl - Aug 08, 2015 9:08:23 am PDT #2876 of 30003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
The crib is here, and Gary and my dad are assembling it.
sj - Aug 08, 2015 9:54:03 am PDT #2877 of 30003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yay, crib!
Connie Neil - Aug 08, 2015 10:37:05 am PDT #2878 of 30003
brillig
Overheard last night at the restaurant. Three generations of guys had come in and were discussing things. They got on to movies, then to James Bond, then debated who was better, Daniel Craig or Sean Connery. Roger Moore was determined to be the worst. One of the middle-range age of guys said he liked Roger Moore better than Sean Connery. A gasp of horror went around the table.
Other middle-range guy: Roger Moore over Sean Connery?? That's--that's like--
Oldest guy: Like liking Roy Rogers over John Wayne. (noises of agreement)
They went on to discuss which of John Wayne's movies were the best.
Beverly - Aug 08, 2015 10:45:04 am PDT #2879 of 30003
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I'd accept that analogy, Connie.
Sheryl, has TLG been sleeping in the traditional bureau drawer till the crib arrived? We had a borrowed bassinet for StE, which he hated. He much better liked the wide open spaces of the crib. StY, on the other hand, wanted to be swaddled tight and tucked in close with blanket rolls. True personality indicators.