Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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.


Laura - Oct 15, 2016 12:36:39 pm PDT #29263 of 30003
Our wings are not tired.

Sorry, Jess. I have sold for salvage several vehicles. In theory I could have donated for reef buildup or something, but I just took the $500 in hand. 3 were vehicles wrecked by one kid! Ah, parenting.


flea - Oct 15, 2016 12:39:52 pm PDT #29264 of 30003
information libertarian

We sold our dead car for salvage (it threw a rod). We got like $300, but.


lisah - Oct 15, 2016 1:33:02 pm PDT #29265 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate

I take it the car doesn't drive anymore? Because yeah, if you can't donate it, I'd sell for salvage

We donated 2 cars that weren't drivable and took the tax write-off (and didn't have to deal with getting the cars anywhere). My car was only a couple of hundred but we wrote off Bob's car for a fair bit.


Jesse - Oct 15, 2016 1:39:05 pm PDT #29266 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh ugh, Jess.


Jesse - Oct 15, 2016 1:41:34 pm PDT #29267 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

ION, my mother went to some anti-racism conference, and ended up sitting next to - and doing a breakout activity with - Peggy McIntosh!


lisah - Oct 15, 2016 1:43:17 pm PDT #29268 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate

it's a sweatshirt dress with a hood and pockets and extra-long sleeves that I plan to live in this fall (if it fits).

I can't find this on eShakti (their filtering and search are pretty terrible, evidently) and I am really intrigued. It sounds right up my alley workwear-wise. Linky???


Dana - Oct 15, 2016 1:45:22 pm PDT #29269 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Stuff on eShakti goes out of stock all the time, sadly. I usually post here about a dress, think about it for a few days, dither, forget, and then it's gone.


lisah - Oct 15, 2016 1:47:15 pm PDT #29270 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate

Oh, wait, I found one but it's a maxi dress which is not for me (but would look cute and cozy on someeone not me, I'm sure!)


Kat - Oct 15, 2016 2:01:15 pm PDT #29271 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I theoretically like eshakti but their dresses have not fit, even custom, a couple of times, which bums me out.

I'm in the midst of planning my halloween costume and ended up getting this dress: [link] It's for a La Catrina outfit and I think the dress is cute enough to keep as a dress but I sort of want to add skulls as buttons?


Jesse - Oct 15, 2016 2:03:54 pm PDT #29272 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ooh, that dress is fantastic.