No studying? Damn! Next thing they'll tell me is I'll have to eat jelly doughnuts or sleep with a supermodel to get things done around here. I ask you, how much can one man give?

Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Spike's Bitches 49: As usual, I'm here to help you, and I... are you naked under there?

Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Toddson - Nov 24, 2020 9:28:41 am PST #7418 of 8185
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

oy ... so much pain, physical and emotional. I have managed to strain my back so it's quite painful. First I was trying to move furniture; then I was trying to carry two heavy bags of groceries home and couldn't get any kind of transportation. sigh ... I'm finding that it's low-level enough that I can mostly deal with it by using a heat patch and lying down a lot of the time. My Thanksgiving plan is to stay home. Unexciting, but safe. If my back allows, I'll try moving some small things around the apartment; I'm going to have to hire someone much stronger than I am to get the big furniture moved.

Meanwhile, may I offer some eye candy? it's more or less safe for work (depending on who might see it).


Atropa - Nov 24, 2020 9:46:49 am PST #7419 of 8185
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Well, 20 years later and I’m toying with the idea of going full on silvery gray.

Full silvery gray looks so good. I recommend using Wella Blondor (in our house spoken as "BLONDOR!!") bleach with 20 vol. developer and their pale silver toner.


Toddson - Nov 24, 2020 10:08:17 am PST #7420 of 8185
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I've let my hair go to its natural color, which turns out to be a mix of silvery white, gray and some of the original dark brown. It's also - without being dyed - grown in thicker and curlier. I kind of like it. And I was SO tired of trying to maintain the auburn (local tap water is highly chlorinated, which made the color fade quickly).


Aims - Nov 24, 2020 10:27:38 am PST #7421 of 8185
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Toddson - all that! Plus, as it starts to grow out, the dark brown roots will hopefully give it a bit of an ombre effect. I hope.


Laura - Nov 24, 2020 10:36:41 am PST #7422 of 8185
Our wings are not tired.

Oh dear, Todd. I hope a few quiet days eases the pain. Or ya know, watching eye candy.


sj - Nov 24, 2020 10:53:14 am PST #7423 of 8185
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Todd, feel better.


Toddson - Nov 24, 2020 10:53:56 am PST #7424 of 8185
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I enjoyed the eye candy (several times, just to MAKE SURE). It does strike me as ironic that Australia doesn't have white Christmas ... for them, December is the middle of summer.


sj - Nov 24, 2020 10:57:06 am PST #7425 of 8185
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

ltc just now doing a workbook with me Me: Draw a picture of a hat. ltc: I want to draw a crown. Me: Draw a picture of a car. ltc: okay, I’ll draw a Queen mobile. One of us or what?


Atropa - Nov 24, 2020 11:12:25 am PST #7426 of 8185
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Oh no, Toddson! I hope it lets up soon.


Toddson - Nov 24, 2020 11:15:37 am PST #7427 of 8185
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Back is improving; I just pushed my luck. Luckily, there's a four-day weekend coming, so I can take my time ... although I MUST do laundry at some point. I'm grateful for elevators and my little grocery cart.