I'm trying to remember how young I was when I realized that if you do something wrong and no one knows who did it, you won't get in trouble if you keep your mouth shut. Oh, and if you're not standing over the evidence and pointing at the dog. As I recall, it was a very dismaying moment. Grown-ups weren't omniscient. It's still a bit disconcerting, realizing how many times I can make a goof at work that simply doesn't get noticed. I bounce between "Bwa-ha-ha, now for my life of crime!" and "Is no one paying attention to what's going on around here?" The sheer obliviousness of humanity boggles me.
Never goes smooth. How come it never goes smooth?
Mal ,'Safe'
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.
Connie Neil - Aug 29, 2018 1:10:21 pm PDT #28966 of 30002
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Sheryl - Aug 29, 2018 1:40:15 pm PDT #28967 of 30002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Happy Birthday meara!
Mr. S would.not.go.to.sleep last night. We put him to bed, and he kept getting out of bed and out of his room. Finally Gary put him in the car seat and drove around for a while until Mr. S fell asleep. Of course he's being cranky boy complete with meltdowns. Let's hope tonight goes better.
quester - Aug 29, 2018 3:33:28 pm PDT #28968 of 30002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Happy Birthday meara!
aurelia - Aug 29, 2018 6:24:04 pm PDT #28969 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Happy birthday, meara!
meara - Aug 29, 2018 8:26:33 pm PDT #28970 of 30002
Thanks! My friends came over for patio party, and persevered through sudden chill and wind, and everyone left by 9:30, because I am officially old. It was great.
Not great--my one tonsil has been all painful and swollen feeling the last couple days, and tonight I suddenly felt like it was a sharp pain--tried to look with flashlight, and it seems I have like, a blister on my tonsil or something? WTF body. Also, ow. I had a thing removed from the same tonsil a few months ago (and it cost like, $700 after insurance even! But was biopsied and was not anything bad) so I am side-eyeing hard.
Shir - Aug 30, 2018 12:42:49 am PDT #28971 of 30002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Happy belated birthday, meara! You share a birthday with one of my favorite persons.
Jesse - Aug 30, 2018 3:45:56 am PDT #28972 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That does not sound like a great birthday present, meara! Ugh.
-t - Aug 30, 2018 3:59:30 am PDT #28973 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Tonsil~MA, meara! Hooray patio!
Laura - Aug 30, 2018 4:03:59 am PDT #28974 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Eeep, no fun. I hope it calmed down overnight. Does salt water help?
sj - Aug 30, 2018 4:34:27 am PDT #28975 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Someone keep me from making snarky replies to the other edx students in th course I'm taking.