That sounds like a good plan, meara!
I seem to have sent my grocery money on takeout again this week. Oops.
I can hurt a demon!! That's right. I'm back. And I'm a BLOODY ANIMAL!
Spike ,'Showtime'
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.
-t - Apr 24, 2020 12:37:29 pm PDT #20284 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Sheryl - Apr 24, 2020 12:54:06 pm PDT #20285 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
sj, Mr. S's PEP class has been holding ZOOM sessions every weekday. He hasn't been very interested in it, and has actually closed Gary's computer during it a couple times.
Tired because Mr. S woke up early today. Nova being very vocal in the mornings doesn't help.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 24, 2020 12:59:28 pm PDT #20286 of 30019
What is even happening?
That happened not long after I joined the board. 20 years. Huh.
He was six when that happened Zenkitty (which was far too old for that nonsense).
DebetEsse - Apr 24, 2020 1:02:22 pm PDT #20287 of 30019
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I was just telling DH about Looked Like a Tooth, but It Wans't a Tooth.
We're halfway through 4th quarter, so halfway through Zoom-school (for now. I think Fall's going to be a shitshow). I'm 100% ready to be done.
The gumball's preschool thing is doing Zoom, but he's too young to really get anything out of it. We've started talking about how we'll do his birthday at the beginning of June.
Theodosia - Apr 24, 2020 1:04:13 pm PDT #20288 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"
Faced with a choice of no flour or Very Fancy Expensive Flour at the local Whole Foods, I went with the latter, a Bob's Red Mill Organic bag. Turns out that it makes a much more denser than normal loaf, but oh my goodness, it really does taste very nice!
I felt quite proud of myself for finding it -- the shelves were empty, but looking way way up, there were some unopened shipping cartons labeled Bob's Red Mill that I asked a strapping young store worker to fetch down. I lavished him with praise for it, observed that I had been baking my own bread "before it became trendy!" and then ran off, metaphorically cackling with glee.
-t - Apr 24, 2020 1:12:00 pm PDT #20289 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Happy birthday to young Mr Looked-like-a-tooth! Your account of the supposedly linear progression of time is not making sense to me, Cindy, but does anyone's ever?
Amy - Apr 24, 2020 1:13:52 pm PDT #20290 of 30019
Because books.
I think of Looked Like a Tooth quite fondly as Chiclet. Happy birthday to him!
Royalty checks are always a victory. Nice, David!
Beverly - Apr 24, 2020 1:28:28 pm PDT #20291 of 30019
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh me too, Amy! HBD, Chicklet. Mr. Chiclet now, I guess.
Woot! Royalty check! In whatever form it manifests.
(still puzzling over one rousing. OH!)
I'm...the only person left alive, with the possible exception of your aged Aunt Erma, who still uses Woot!, aren't I?
-t - Apr 24, 2020 1:32:10 pm PDT #20292 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I had to skim back to see what one rousing OH might mean hahahahahha
meara - Apr 24, 2020 2:57:23 pm PDT #20293 of 30019
I think if you didn't qualify based on last year but would this year, you can get a check next year in your taxes or something? Still a weird combo of metrics between 2018 2019 and 2020...I got one because of my sabbatical last year, even though most years I'd have been above the cutoff. Yay for filing my taxes early, I guess! I plan to donate it, since it looks like I don't have to pay it back even if this year's income is over the limit.