If anyone is feeling like they cannot manage their family this holiday, my guest room is welcome. TX is still a red state, but my family is blue and welcoming.
I said I'm sorry. I've made mistakes, but fear was never one of them.
Lilah ,'Conviction (1)'
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.
msbelle - Nov 10, 2016 10:43:01 am PST #1754 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Tom Scola - Nov 10, 2016 10:50:51 am PST #1755 of 30002
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
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Connie Neil - Nov 10, 2016 10:51:09 am PST #1756 of 30002
brillig
why do some think it's better not to be smart/informed?
Because that makes you part of the great Common Man who made this country what it is! The stalwart pioneers who came to this land and carved a nation out of the wilderness!
And don't point out how many of our Founding Fathers had lots of higher education/book learning.
Zenkitty - Nov 10, 2016 10:56:52 am PST #1757 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I have to detach myself from most social media and "news" tv. I just can't stay with it, it's making me too angry and bitter.
Dana - Nov 10, 2016 11:04:56 am PST #1758 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
That's not out of pocket, is it, Dana? Yikes.
Yep, out of pocket. I have a $1000 deductible and had only put about $60 towards it. Because copays for doctors and prescriptions don't count towards the deductible.
And no, not workman's comp. My doctor/surgeon is actually pretty insistent that it's a genetic thing, rather than a repetitive stress injury. You're just born with a carpal tunnel of a certain size, and it may end up being too small. Which means he thinks I'll need to do the left hand at some point in the future.
Fred Pete - Nov 10, 2016 11:06:11 am PST #1759 of 30002
Ann, that's a ferret.
I have to detach myself from most social media and "news" tv.
Hubs turned off the news last night because I kept yelling at the TV. (We have a DVR. I assume he watched the rest later.)
Atropa - Nov 10, 2016 11:11:46 am PST #1760 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I want to be the person who does the latter, but I don't think I've got it in me.
I want to do more than just signal boost other voices and link to good causes to donate to. But I don't know if I have the energy or emotional fortitude.
Dana - Nov 10, 2016 11:37:30 am PST #1761 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I just installed an extension to block me from going to FB on my work computer. Does that make me more or less of an adult?
amyth - Nov 10, 2016 11:50:25 am PST #1762 of 30002
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
I'm going to the movies tomorrow, I'm seeing Arrival with amyth!!!
I can't wait! This has improved my mood by a huge amount.
billytea - Nov 10, 2016 11:59:10 am PST #1763 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.
elitist="you think you're smarter/better than us!"
"You voted for Trump! Damn right I'm thinking I'm smarter/better than you right now!"
Today I'm furious about the Republicans in Congress. They spent eight years white-anting the government institutions and conventions that underpin American democracy, and they got away with it. No, they got rewarded for it. There's enough to worry about in the impact of everything they did, but right now it's that they got rewarded for it.