Just a quick reminder: Holiday card exchange deadline is tomorrow.
What you did to me was unbelievable, Connor. But then I got stuck in a hell dimension by my girlfriend one time for a hundred years, so three months under the ocean actually gave me perspective. Kind of a M.C. Escher perspective, but I did get time to think.
Angel ,'Conviction (1)'
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.
Kat - Nov 26, 2019 5:49:22 am PST #14042 of 30019
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Gudanov - Nov 26, 2019 6:17:06 am PST #14043 of 30019
Coding and Sleeping
So sorry, Plei.
Gudanov - Nov 26, 2019 6:19:15 am PST #14044 of 30019
Coding and Sleeping
So my office is going to move pretty soon and there is a holiday party the day before. I have started a secret campaign to try to put together a "spontaneous" rendition of 'One Day More' (cut down to simplify and shorten it a bit). Don't know if I can pull it off, but I have a Valjean so far.
sj - Nov 26, 2019 6:25:33 am PST #14045 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Plea, I'm so sorry for your loss.
Zenkitty - Nov 26, 2019 6:43:37 am PST #14046 of 30019
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Plei, I'm so sorry.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 26, 2019 7:00:02 am PST #14047 of 30019
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
My condolences, Plei.
Mom's plan is to have her ashes combined with Dad's, then I'm to scatter them over the family plot (in a lovely smalltown graveyard with oak trees and a gentle hillside leading down to a meadow) and somewhere up in the Ozarks where they had their honeymoon. I may end up dodging authorities to do it, but it'll be like having one last adventure with them.
NoiseDesign - Nov 26, 2019 7:12:01 am PST #14048 of 30019
Our wings are not tired
The ashes for both of my parents are in urns, and I'm assuming still sitting on a shelf at their old house which my sister now has. I do not expect to see those ashes every again unfortunately.
Jesse - Nov 26, 2019 7:46:20 am PST #14049 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Every time I think, "oh man, I really have to get cracking on that work I'm supposed to get done today...." it's almost time for another meeting! Good news/bad news.
dcp - Nov 26, 2019 8:49:14 am PST #14050 of 30019
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Does anyone have knowledge on how to start freelancing?
Zenkitty - don't forget about the consequences to your income tax preparation. Most freelancers receive a form 1099-MISC. Will your employer be withholding any taxes for you? Will you be filing a Schedule C? Will you be able to claim any expenses?
I cannot offer tax advice, but I can point you toward some resources. Profile address is good.
Beverly - Nov 26, 2019 9:09:30 am PST #14051 of 30019
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Have I told this story before? Before we picked up StE's ashes, I searched for antique and vintage silver snuffboxes, pillboxes, and matchsafes, H spent some time spooning a thimbleful of ashes into each container and soldering them closed.
We made one for each of his kids, one for his brother, two for H and I have three, two of which can be worn as a pendant.
To some people it seems macabre, but for us it was, and remains, comforting. We've scattered his ashes in places he loved, and in places he'd wanted to see but never got to visit. We scattered some at a family only service at a local landmark with a gorgeous view, so his kids will have someplace to "visit" him.