my "I made eggs and talked at the same time!" claim.
Most mornings I could not pull that off.
Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.
Host ,'Why We Fight'
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.
Calli - Oct 15, 2020 8:03:59 am PDT #27682 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Toddson - Oct 15, 2020 8:28:01 am PDT #27683 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Some mornings, I don't know if I could pull off either alone until I'd been up for a while.
In me me me news, I got my oven to light. I checked the Hotpoint site and it looks like all their 20-inch stoves are self-igniting without a pilot light. So last night I gave it a try - turns out that if I wait for a little while, both burners and ovens will light on their own ... I just got nervous about gas pouring out and didn't wait long enough.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 15, 2020 8:38:12 am PDT #27684 of 30019
What is even happening?
Oh that's good news, Toddson.
Calli - Oct 15, 2020 9:09:19 am PDT #27685 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm glad that's working for you now, Toddson.
Say, did anyone else get an Amazon "holiday wishbook" in the mail? I think they're trying for a Sears Christmas catalog feel. And I think they're kinda hitting it, although I like to think Sears had somewhat fewer labor violations. At least, after the '30s.
Steph L. - Oct 15, 2020 9:13:45 am PDT #27686 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The kitty's Advent calendar was delivered less than 24 hours after I ordered it. That's service! I didn't pick next-day shipping; just the flat-rate option. So now we need to hide it until December 14.
sj - Oct 15, 2020 9:21:37 am PDT #27687 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Calli, I just handed that catalog off to ltc so she can circle things she wants.
My town is currently a maze of different detours of construction projects, and every time I pass a group of construction workers and cops talking to each other without masks on I get angrier and angrier.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 15, 2020 9:33:59 am PDT #27688 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
Much the same here, sj, minus the cops. And me thinking "hope they have ICU beds left for you, ignorant motherfuckers!"
meara - Oct 15, 2020 9:38:02 am PDT #27689 of 30019
I have not yet received an Amazon catalog, but since my ballot wasn't mailed until yesterday I sure hope a catalog isn't gumming up the works.
I've seen multiple friends on fb or elsewhere ask for a ride to the airport, in the past few days. Which is frustrating—I know there are some folks that feel they have to travel (for a sick family member, say) or are appropriately quarantining on either end and combining with testing and whatnot, but man it makes me annoyed I'm doing the "right" thing when I really want to be going somewhere and seeing someone (anywhere, anyone!)
sj - Oct 15, 2020 9:38:32 am PDT #27690 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
There are like 4 cops being paid goodness knows how much to direct traffic at every construction site and you know they are also interacting with the public.
-t - Oct 15, 2020 10:07:01 am PDT #27691 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
My department is apparently reorganizing. I am tense and anxious about it. I think the changes are probably good, but I don't know yet what it'll mean for me personally, so, anxious.