Weekend party for a friend's birthday, she rented a house on the lake with a dock, so that other friends could bring their boat for the weekend and we could all swim and play on the boat and stuff. Sadly, the boat died, and started sinking. So some of the time was spent bailing out the boat with teacups (before they finally got a real pump), and eventually trying to paddle the boat to the launch where it could be driven away (luckily a neighbor saw it and towed them in). Made me very glad it was not my boat.
Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.
'Shindig'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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.
meara - Aug 18, 2019 11:29:56 am PDT #10555 of 30019
Theodosia - Aug 18, 2019 12:16:23 pm PDT #10556 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
meara, at least it's a weekend you will all remember, so there's that.
meara - Aug 18, 2019 12:39:35 pm PDT #10557 of 30019
Oh, it was still a fun weekend, and at least the cheesecake I made came out good! (I'd not made one in years, and was using a random recipe that called for a water bath with a springform pan, and I wasn't sure on the timing of taking it out, and I was worried I'd messed it up--but it looked good released from the pan and tasted great!).
Crossing my fingers that next weekend is not rainy like the one weather forecaster is saying, though--my rescheduled backpacking trip is then!
Dana - Aug 18, 2019 12:54:12 pm PDT #10558 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Holy shit, AO3 won the Hugo.
Steph L. - Aug 18, 2019 12:56:48 pm PDT #10559 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Holy shit, AO3 won the Hugo.
That is so goddamn fantastic!
DXMachina - Aug 18, 2019 1:41:35 pm PDT #10560 of 30019
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I first read that as AOC and was very confused.
In other news one of the potential mass murderers mentioned in this news story [link] is a student at a school I teach at (although currently under indefinite suspension).
Tom Scola - Aug 18, 2019 1:54:46 pm PDT #10561 of 30019
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Oh, jeez, DX.
currently under indefinite suspension
Before or after he got busted, may I ask?
DXMachina - Aug 18, 2019 2:00:37 pm PDT #10562 of 30019
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
After. Banned from campus, too. (Not that the last is really a deterent, since the campus is wide open.)
Jesse - Aug 18, 2019 2:03:27 pm PDT #10563 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh yikes.
msbelle - Aug 18, 2019 4:50:10 pm PDT #10564 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
today I picked up the dogs from sitters and then had a pretty lazy day. I got my new printer/scanner set up and then I tried to do one or two bits of straightening or putting things away each time I got up. I have a half filled box of things to get rid of from my kitchen and I got a pile of clothes put away into storage bags. Not bad.
I think I am going to take a book and go to bed early. Back to work tomorrow seems like a cruel joke.