Today was a cluster and ended with a dentist appt (which wasn't bad, just bad timing.)
OTOH, my choice of new officemates proved useful, as I'd hoped it would.
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 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
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.
sarameg - Oct 26, 2016 2:49:00 pm PDT #171 of 30002
Dana - Oct 26, 2016 2:51:13 pm PDT #172 of 30002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Oh, please finish delivering our crap. I want a nap and a shower, maybe in that order.
Sheryl - Oct 26, 2016 2:54:32 pm PDT #173 of 30002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
There was frost on my car this morning. I know it's late October, but DO NOT WANT!
Sue - Oct 26, 2016 3:05:18 pm PDT #174 of 30002
hip deep in pie
Kalshane, because of gut issues, I gave up coffee (and eventually tea) for almost 10 years. My problem wasn't with the caffeine as much as the acidity of it. Kicking it was tough, but it was doable. The first few days were the worst.
My gut's more or less better so I can drink it again, but I still only have one cup a day. A second if I am the walking dead.
Vonnie K - Oct 26, 2016 3:29:01 pm PDT #175 of 30002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Compere Lapin is one of the best new restaurants in the city.
I didn't even look it up -- I was like, "eh, it's right there downstairs and I don't feel like going out," and I was happily surprised at how great the food was. The arancini! I would have that and a cocktail every week if I lived here.
All day meeting just ended half an hour ago and I have to go to yet another evening shindig that's basically a business meeting with dinner, like, why can't I blow this off and go drinking in French Quarter, I ask you. *sigh* Then I have to think about whether I hate myself enough to make it to one of the 7 AM sessions tomorrow.
sj - Oct 26, 2016 3:35:54 pm PDT #176 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
There was frost on my car this morning. I know it's late October, but DO NOT WANT!
I saw a few flakes when I was at the last farmer's market of the season yesterday. Bah!
Jesse - Oct 26, 2016 3:45:29 pm PDT #177 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So a local large church is having Allen West come speak and their preacher last Sunday said from the pulpit that they would be to blame for losing religious freedom, innocent deaths, and loss of biblical marriage if they did not act and vote. Does that cross the line for the IRS?
Honestly, I think not if they didn't say who to vote for, but I could be wrong.
Dana: Moving is the woooooorst. Good job making it through so far!!
billytea - Oct 26, 2016 3:49:50 pm PDT #178 of 30002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
The Final Jeopardy answer last night was "echidna" and I got it right by knowing it's one of only two mammals that lay eggs (and Platypus was not a Greek goddess). So thanks, billytea, for the echidna knowledge I've gathered over the years.
Team Echidna! Though the Greek Echidna was strictly a monster rather than a god.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 26, 2016 3:55:18 pm PDT #179 of 30002
"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
Not to mention that, even at minors salaries, they can afford to pay for their US care (assuming its not offset by the club, making it more affordable) out of pocket as needed.
That's definitely not the case. I saw what my friend Stéphane was making back then, that team's pay for its non-stars was roughly in the same ballpark as my salary at that time. They'd have wanted insurance or the team to pay so they could eat the month of the doctor's visit.
meara - Oct 26, 2016 4:42:34 pm PDT #180 of 30002
Yeah, I think as long as they're saying "you have to vote!" But not "you have to vote for Person X!" It's ok?
I am feeling like crap but it's been too hard to sleep, the past couple nights, with the cold I have. So going to bed early isn't sounding great, but neither is "being awake". :(