Oh, JZ I'm so sorry. Fuck cancer indeed. Please let us know if there's anything we can do.
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
Book ,'Serenity'
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.
Maria - Jan 15, 2018 12:58:52 pm PST #21056 of 30002
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
DXMachina - Jan 15, 2018 2:15:24 pm PST #21057 of 30002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
So sorry, JZ. If it helps, a good friend got his diagnosis two and a half years ago, and is still doing well.
sarameg - Jan 15, 2018 3:45:55 pm PST #21058 of 30002
I'm sorry, JZ.
I tried to rake up the fucking monkey balls/anklebtreakers from the street, but seems they fell during the ice, so I guess parts of my street are basically cobblestoned with those fuckers until we stay above freezing at a convenient time. I filled 3 half (because plastic started giving from weight.I was bagging ðŸ‚-monkeyball popsicles) bags with what I could break free.
I think I have work problems, but because this is my weekend, am willfully ignoring them. Boss has my #s if she really wants answers.
dcp - Jan 15, 2018 3:58:55 pm PST #21059 of 30002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
monkey balls/anklebtreakers
Fruit of osage orange trees or seed pods from sweet gum trees, or something else?
Beverly - Jan 15, 2018 4:22:55 pm PST #21060 of 30002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Fruit of osage orange trees or seed pods from sweet gum trees, or something else?
My question, too.
Fuck cancer, for real. DH's younger brother spent the past year in treatment for esophageal cancer and recovery from surgery. He just had his followup appointment. He has liver cancer. They're giving him twelve months, but they don't sound at all positive about it. I'm so sorry about your brother, JZ. The best of all possible outcomes to him, and strength and comfort to him, you, and your family.
JZ - Jan 15, 2018 4:24:30 pm PST #21061 of 30002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Thanks again. So much love to everyone.
DX, that's comforting to hear about your friend.
Amy - Jan 15, 2018 4:31:07 pm PST #21062 of 30002
Because books.
Oh, JZ, I'm sorry. And what everyone said about you being the center here. ::hugs you::
And Bev, I'm so sorry about your BiL!
Steph L. - Jan 15, 2018 4:37:11 pm PST #21063 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Fruit of osage orange trees
Does anyone else call these hedge apples/hedge balls? I didn't realize they were from osage orange trees until a year or two ago.
seed pods from sweet gum trees
Which are known in my house as "ding-dong balls," because my mom has a goofy nickname for everything you can think of. (Honestly, though, they should just be called "You Will Break Your Ankle, Puny Mammal."
sarameg - Jan 15, 2018 5:15:21 pm PST #21064 of 30002
Some sort of maple-y tree? It also drops leaves late, which is a pisser. I'm mid Atlantic, remember.
sarameg - Jan 15, 2018 5:20:31 pm PST #21065 of 30002
Google indicates sweetgum.
I hate them. And their helicopter flowers. Pretty tree when they aren't bad neighbors, though.