It's always a challenge, between shopping in department stores and half the local radio stations converting to 24/7 Christmas music the day after Thanksgiving. But I wouldn't have guessed I'd lose going "more Mongolian beef please, pa rum pum pum pum—dammit!"
You can't open the book of my life and jump in the middle. Like woman, I'm a mystery.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 01, 2021 9:37:48 am PST #11021 of 30000
"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
Tom Scola - Dec 01, 2021 9:59:30 am PST #11022 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Went to a new-to-me Thai place for lunch, and they used SO MUCH SUGAR. Eww. It was like eating candy for lunch.
DavidS - Dec 01, 2021 10:33:15 am PST #11023 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I just sent off an email to the Purveyors of Robyn Hitchcock's online stuff.
I signed off, "Yours in a wry array of awry."
Which I think is (a) the only way to end a message to Robyn Hitchcock's people; and (b) may only and exclusively be employed with other Hitchcockians.
Steph L. - Dec 01, 2021 10:35:07 am PST #11024 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Went to a new-to-me Thai place for lunch, and they used SO MUCH SUGAR. Eww. It was like eating candy for lunch.
Ugh, bad very bad.
Toddson - Dec 01, 2021 10:57:51 am PST #11025 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
There are probably people who'd like it ... not me, but ....
In me me me news, I really love Michaels. In addition to all the craft-y stuff, they carry this candy that's basically a fruit flavored hard candy with a filling of sale, lime and chile. So ... sweet and very spicy combined. I like it a lot.
-t - Dec 01, 2021 11:06:49 am PST #11026 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That sounds good, I'll have to look for it next time I'm in Michaels
-t - Dec 01, 2021 11:36:42 am PST #11027 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I love it when a higher up schedules a recurring meeting with no explanation and at the first one says "I want this to be a conversation" and the silence is deafening because we were not prepared for a conversation, we did not know what this meeting was for, we were feeling pretty good about showing up at all and he says a couple of times "I don't expect a power point presentation" like I think he's joking but maybe not? Really great for that whole I-don't-know-what-my-job-actually-is feeling I have going on.
But two days in a row with no interruptions to our regular processes, knock on wood, so things are looking up!
Dana - Dec 01, 2021 12:15:23 pm PST #11028 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Ha, guess whose family member has been diagnosed with covid after our Thanksgiving gathering? It's mild, and they already sent her for the antiviral infusion. All the rest of us were boostered, and she wasn't yet because her doctor told her to get her flu shot first. So I'm not worried. But I do wish I'd known before going into the office this morning.
Cass - Dec 01, 2021 12:21:15 pm PST #11029 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
And then I had to explain the game to my entire extended family (along with Whamageddon) because apparently this is not as common a thing as I thought it was.
But all my blinvisible friends on the glowy screen know about it...
Ugh, Dana,
-t - Dec 01, 2021 12:34:22 pm PST #11030 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Booster shot powers activate, Dana!