Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage, and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny.

Oz ,'Beneath You'


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.


Amy - Oct 17, 2016 9:09:05 am PDT #29422 of 30003
Because books.

Sending all the ~ma for your dad, brenda, and hugs and support for you and your sister. I hope he's better today.

I went to Old Navy today and actually found a cute pair of pants on sale, plus a sweater on clearance, and a hat I can hack for my Madeline costume for $0.49 -- and they couldn't take cash. Because they broke their safe (?!) and therefore didn't actually have cash drawers.

It was a good deal, and I want the things, but since I don't have a card to use, I have to go back, which sort of takes the shiny off it all.


Sparky1 - Oct 17, 2016 9:23:57 am PDT #29423 of 30003
Librarian Warlord

A gov't contracts person turned children's singer in my town calls himself the Pied Piper of [my town]. He maybe never read the end of the story. Or he was too stupid to understand it. The DH and I, when we got stuck going to a performance, used to bet on how many songs he'd forget the words to and have to begin again.

I should probably go back to doing real work, and not reading my neighborhood email.


Dana - Oct 17, 2016 9:35:32 am PDT #29424 of 30003
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

On phone with: mortgage company, who slapped me with a $15 fee they said I agreed to. Spoiler: I did not agree.

Already talked to today: Likely current mover, who is being a pain in the ass, and potential new mover. The result: a driver coming to my house tomorrow at 7AM. Sigh.


Connie Neil - Oct 17, 2016 10:22:33 am PDT #29425 of 30003
brillig

I just got the confirmation call for the movers for tomorrow. Cut the dread!


Maria - Oct 17, 2016 10:37:49 am PDT #29426 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

Hooray, Connie! For the movers, not the dread. There will be hiccups, but the end result will be the same. A new space, all your own.

Monday needs to stop being so damned Monday-like. Why can't it pretend to be more like a Friday every once in a while?

Lucky update: She's home, and doing amazingly well. Right now she's on BP meds, and we'll re-evaluate in a week. Her eyes are still super dilated, but neither one of us is noticing a substantial neurological deficit at this point. She's moving a little bit slowly, and has stumbled once or twice, but that's the extent of it. Thank you so much for the ~ma. It's powerful stuff.


Consuela - Oct 17, 2016 10:38:23 am PDT #29427 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Yay Connie!

After 3 days of rain, it's nice to sit I the sun and eat my lunch.


Steph L. - Oct 17, 2016 10:41:39 am PDT #29428 of 30003
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Connie, your move is so exciting! I can't wait for you to be settled into your new place, chilling with a book and some wine on the porch.

Lucky update: She's home, and doing amazingly well.

Yay, kitty! That's great news, Maria.


Glamcookie - Oct 17, 2016 10:51:58 am PDT #29429 of 30003
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

Why are Skittles so delicious that I eat them until my stomach aches?


brenda m - Oct 17, 2016 11:02:11 am PDT #29430 of 30003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Lucky~ma! Feel better, kitteh.


Karl - Oct 17, 2016 11:04:15 am PDT #29431 of 30003
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.

Aw, thanks, msbelle. Natter usually moves too fast for me to keep up, even now. But this weekend/morning in particular, I needed to be here.

Nice to see you too, Ms. The-Nicest.