Ha, Vortex. Mine is punkster.
Also, I am in Houston again.
What'd you all order a dead guy for?
Jayne ,'The Message'
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 - Aug 09, 2015 5:00:34 pm PDT #2966 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 09, 2015 5:02:04 pm PDT #2967 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
I am a horrible mother. I dared to meet Mac's flight with frozen yogurt. You know like the worst thing ever.
I suppose my alternate suggestion of a chore list and dustcloth wouldn't be met with much enthusiasm?
shrift - Aug 09, 2015 5:06:14 pm PDT #2968 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Also, I am in Houston again.
Yay for safe arrivals!
billytea - Aug 09, 2015 5:10:56 pm PDT #2969 of 30003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Here's a bit of news from the world of Aussie politics. Our House of Reps has a Speaker, as does the U.S. House; unlike the U.S. system, though, this role is separated from the role of leading the majority party (that being the Prime Minister, who is also Head of Government). The Speaker is supposed to be an impartial enforcer of the rules of House debate and such like. (They will still generally come from the majority party.)
For the last couple of years, our Speaker has been Bronwyn Bishop, a hardline conservative. She was massively partisan in the role, ejecting 393 Labor Party MPs from the House during her tenure but only 7 government MPs.
She was forced to resign a week ago in a scandal over travel expenses. The Liberal Party has just announced her replacement: the new Speaker of the House is Tony Smith, member for Casey. [link]
And his son is in Ryan's class at school.
Connie Neil - Aug 09, 2015 5:30:54 pm PDT #2970 of 30003
brillig
And his son is in Ryan's class at school.
Are they buddies?
aurelia - Aug 09, 2015 5:31:52 pm PDT #2971 of 30003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
My birth word is "guilt trip". Discuss.
I laughed at this, but I felt bad about it.
Atropa - Aug 09, 2015 5:32:47 pm PDT #2972 of 30003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
aurelia and I share a birth word (gasp!).
I share it with you! I am delighted by it.
-t - Aug 09, 2015 5:42:11 pm PDT #2973 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I laughed at this, but I felt bad about it.
Ha!
I think I may have solved my custard problem. I certainly like this set up with the roasting pan better than anything else I have tried. We'll see if the current batch of flan sets.
billytea - Aug 09, 2015 5:53:08 pm PDT #2974 of 30003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Are they buddies?
They get on pretty well, not best friends or anything but they play together sometimes. He seems a pretty good-natured kid. (When Ryan was Star of the Week and all the other kids were supposed to write something positive in his book, this boy wrote that Ryan was "an independent worker".)
Vortex - Aug 09, 2015 6:00:58 pm PDT #2975 of 30003
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I laughed at this, but I felt bad about it.
My work here is done.