This year ... the Cuyahoga is on fire (last time was 1969).
Dang, that just got the R.E.M. song stuck in my head. #deepcut
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
Steph L. - Aug 25, 2020 6:40:11 am PDT #25292 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Jesse - Aug 25, 2020 6:57:44 am PDT #25293 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And now, the lawn guys are outside doing something for the complex, the result of which has been AN HOUR of weed whacker tree trimmer whatever outside.
I have this every two weeks. All summer! I live in the city! I can't figure out what the eff they are leaf blowing all that time! Actually, some of it is my sidewalk, which I'm sure they think they are doing me a favor, but I haaaate it.
I also realize it's better than the absentee landlord next door NOT hiring landscapers....
sj - Aug 25, 2020 6:59:50 am PDT #25294 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I am taking two classes on edx, and in everything I read I see HoYay. I'm taking notes and marking things as I read, and I keep wanting to underline all the HoYay. I just wanted you to know that I blame all of you.
Dana - Aug 25, 2020 7:10:05 am PDT #25295 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Dang, that just got the R.E.M. song stuck in my head.
It always gets the Randy Newman song stuck in mine.
Toddson - Aug 25, 2020 7:36:01 am PDT #25296 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
sj - it's one of the dangers of hanging around with Buffistas (I knew I belonged here when I was walking by a couple of co-workers who were discussing the Hershey spa and, after one mentioned the chocolate mud bath, the other asked why someone would want to do that and I automatically responded they could have someone lick it off)
Katerina Bee - Aug 25, 2020 8:09:55 am PDT #25297 of 30019
Herding cats for fun
Saw an article at the Mercury News about a terrible fire at an unoccupied home in the Oakland hills. I think I've seen pictures of JZ's dad's house. It seems even sadder to know this is newsworthy.
Days of bad air at my house. My lungs feel like they are lined with cement. Carrying groceries into the house yesterday got me so winded I scared DH with my gasping for breath.
-t - Aug 25, 2020 8:47:12 am PDT #25298 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
My mom saw that story, too, although she didn't realize whose house it was until I mentioned it (she'd found a print copy of the obituary, so she did know something of JZ's travails this year)
The air actually seems better today here, although that is a relative thing.
I feel like HoYay is a valid litcrit thing - although not the preferred term, probably
Toddson - Aug 25, 2020 9:52:37 am PDT #25299 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
sigh ... I heard something on the news about a woman whose house had burned down while she was evacuated; the first she heard of it was when a reporter contacted her to ask how she felt about it.
-t - Aug 25, 2020 9:59:01 am PDT #25300 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, that's awful.
We just got informed that we *are* having the outlet sale this year. I am shocked. They aren't requiring everybody to work 2 shifts, at least, and they outlined extensive safety measures but it still seems like a bad idea to me.
Vortex - Aug 25, 2020 11:47:51 am PDT #25301 of 30019
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman