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Xander ,'Touched'


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.


Sheryl - Oct 01, 2020 11:56:58 am PDT #26958 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Mr.S's school is going to a hybrid model, starting Monday. He will be doing in-person classes Monday and Tuesday, and virtual classes the rest of the week. One new wrinkle is that the nanny/aide we've been using has decided she would not be able to do pick up at the school, and would only come on the virtual school days. So we need someone to pick Mr. S up at school and bring him home on those days. Gary's posted on a few places, but for next week we'll be doing that.


Toddson - Oct 01, 2020 12:02:18 pm PDT #26959 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I was watching an interview with Rep. Katie Porter; she's a single mother with three kids, one in high school, one in middle school and one in elementary school. She'd dropped the high school one off and five minutes later he called to be picked up. The middle schooler got lost on the way to the school they'd been attending for six years. At the time, she hadn't heard from the third one, so assumed all was OK.


chrismg - Oct 01, 2020 12:07:28 pm PDT #26960 of 30019
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

This sounds like the start to a creepypasta. Or a fairy tale, which is kind of the same thing.


-t - Oct 01, 2020 12:53:49 pm PDT #26961 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I know creepypasta is a thing but it just makes me think of WWDitS decorating for the Baron


Jesse - Oct 01, 2020 1:16:48 pm PDT #26962 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Woo hoo, Laura!

For the first time since 2019 I'm back at work processing documents that are related to Nazi Germany and Nazi thinking/rationale. I'm always a bit low when I'm working with these materials, but doing so these days...

That's got to be wearing. My job was mostly about Ebola back in 2014 or whatever, and it was just so exhausting. Great to do important work that matters, but exhausting.


-t - Oct 01, 2020 1:45:47 pm PDT #26963 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

End of the work day and I am all out of ice cream sandwiches. I do have a bottle of bellini (or Trader Joe approximation, anyway) which might be calling my name. Or I might just lie down in front of the fan and not move for a while.


Steph L. - Oct 01, 2020 2:00:42 pm PDT #26964 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism

End of the work day and I am all out of ice cream sandwiches.

That sounds like a metaphor.


sj - Oct 01, 2020 2:04:35 pm PDT #26965 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I spent 6 months teaching ltc how to write her letters, and she insisted the whole time that she had to draw them from the bottom up, no matter how many times I tried to correct her. Today she comes home and says, "Guess what momma! Ms K said you should start letters from the bottom!" t headdesk


lisah - Oct 01, 2020 2:12:48 pm PDT #26966 of 30019
Punishingly Intricate

Why does it matter, sj? (I switch back and forth.)


sj - Oct 01, 2020 2:17:15 pm PDT #26967 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

lisah, I think when you're learning to print it is just easier to do it that way. All of the tracing books have arrows that show you the easiest way to make the letters.