You've got my support. Just think of me as...as your... You know, I'm searching for 'supportive things' and I'm coming up all bras.

Xander ,'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.


-t - Sep 27, 2015 11:13:59 am PDT #6055 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Well, next Sunday I'll be home and pick up Popeyes.


juliana - Sep 27, 2015 11:15:59 am PDT #6056 of 30003
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Hard-boiling eggs. I need to do that.

So far today, I've worked on two different client proposals, baked pumpkin cream cheese muffins, de-taped Peanut's room, and done laundry. Somehow, I still don't feel like I've done much.


Connie Neil - Sep 27, 2015 11:29:32 am PDT #6057 of 30003
brillig

There was a cherry pie on the discount shelf at the supermarket bakery. I brought it into the office. OMG, it's good. I think I'm going to be able to keep myself down to eating a third of it (for what it's worth, it's most of my lunch. Yay, fruit!)


Anne W. - Sep 27, 2015 11:29:39 am PDT #6058 of 30003
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

I'm paying bills, and after seeing yet ANOTHER increase on my cable/phone/internet bill, I'm ready to cut the cord on everything except internet.

Any caveats before I call AT&T and tell them where to shove their receivers?


Connie Neil - Sep 27, 2015 11:31:56 am PDT #6059 of 30003
brillig

Will your phone needs be met without a landline?


Anne W. - Sep 27, 2015 11:33:19 am PDT #6060 of 30003
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

I think they will be. Most of what I get on the landline these days are junk calls.


-t - Sep 27, 2015 11:34:40 am PDT #6061 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Have picked out clothes for tomorrow and stashed them in a drawer where the cats can't vent their displeasure on them. I learn from my misfortune, sometimes.


Connie Neil - Sep 27, 2015 11:35:28 am PDT #6062 of 30003
brillig

Most of what I get on the landline these days are junk calls.

That's why I dumped the land line. All my doctors have my cell number, and I haven't had any reason for bill collectors to annoy me recently.


Hil R. - Sep 27, 2015 11:38:48 am PDT #6063 of 30003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I haven't had a landline since graduating college. Just never saw the need.

I am kind of stunned at my electrical bill. It's more than double what I was paying in PA, and trying to cut down on my electricity use won't really do much, since about two thirds of the bill is fixed fees, not things that depend on how much I use.


Strix - Sep 27, 2015 11:40:24 am PDT #6064 of 30003
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I've just been doing stuff today, and I'm getting ready to go run some errands. It's a really pretty day here, and the Plaza Art Fair is this weekend and I am debating braving the parking and the crowds to amble about that a bit.

But segue: I have a question that I don't think that I could ask anywhere else but here. Ok, the phrase balls of steel, I've often translated it to ovaries of steel or gonads of steel, I've used adamantium or titanium. You get the gist.

However I, and other people, no longer possess or never had gonads so here's my quandary -- what phraseology can I use that is similar to that phrase which doesn't reference my no longer existent gonads?

I'm certainly not offended by my gonad-free existence. I certainly am NOT upset if someone references gonads, ovaries or balls of steel, whatever. It's just a curious thought that I cannot get out of my head. I can't come up with a really good answer.