Good Saturday! Today is a day to celebrate Karl's birthday. May your day and the year to come be filled with delightful surprises and love.
Jayne: What're you gonna tell the others? Mal: About what? Jayne: About why I'm dead. Mal: Hadn't thought about it. Jayne: Make something up. Don't tell 'em what I did.
'Ariel'
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.
Laura - May 06, 2023 4:56:56 am PDT #22082 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Calli - May 06, 2023 5:07:04 am PDT #22083 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Happy birthday, Karl!
JenP - May 06, 2023 6:51:52 am PDT #22084 of 30000
Happy Birthday, Karl!
We are going to the Winchester Apple Blossom Festival today -- DH found it this morning. Pretty drive out to a Winchester , so even if it's a dud, no one loses. Plus, there's a ferris wheel.
But first, we swim.
Good days, all.
shrift - May 06, 2023 7:20:34 am PDT #22085 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Happy birthday, Karl!
Dance recital is today. Anyone who wants to picture me in a Shirley Temple dance costume is free to do so.
Steph L. - May 06, 2023 7:33:11 am PDT #22086 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Anyone who wants to picture me in a Shirley Temple dance costume is free to do so.
Done!
-t - May 06, 2023 7:46:14 am PDT #22087 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Happy birthday Karl!
Laura - May 06, 2023 7:54:19 am PDT #22088 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Looking good there, shrift!
We are going to the Winchester Apple Blossom Festival today
Pretty! Take pictures.
I just had the most heartwarming call from one of my office managers. This practice only treats children for speech and/or occupational therapy. Mostly autistic children. Their office is fun with toys and even has a sandbox. Definitely one of my more interesting practices. They bought a bunch of tablets for their therapists who go on home or school visits and Brendon went by to get them all set up for remote access. He was working at the lunchroom table when one of the children came through. She told me the child had been in therapy for ten years after being diagnosed with echolalia, which is where the child just parrots what is said to them. The therapist said to the child, "This is Brendon, he is fixing our computers". The child turned to Brendon said hi and stuck out his hand to shake. (he did it 3 times and of course, Brendon happily reciprocated) The therapist was overwhelmed and cried with the mother because he never initiates behavior, only mimics it. Of course, DH didn't know this wasn't his normal behavior and has always connected well with kids. So the office manager called me this morning to let me know what had happened, and she was choked up telling me about it. Me, I'm not surprised because children are always drawn to him. Also, filled with awwwww.
brenda m - May 06, 2023 8:15:00 am PDT #22089 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
My upstairs neighbors are having an open house today. I’m intrigued to see how fast their place goes and for how much. I’m also debating going and taking a look myself - there are some slight differences in our floor plan that I’m curious about.
I’ll miss them as neighbors - hopefully we get someone good when they go. They’re having a baby this summer and moving to a larger place.
JenP - May 06, 2023 8:20:48 am PDT #22090 of 30000
Laura, that's so sweet and also amazing.
Wishing you good new neighbors, Brenda.
Swim accomplished. Waiting for DH in the lobby now. I'm going to need some food before we venture forth. Well, and a shower.
Karl - May 06, 2023 8:38:56 am PDT #22091 of 30000
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
Willie Mays is 92 today, and George Clooney is 62. Huh, I hadn't thought about Mr. Clooney being born on the 30th birthday of the Say Hey Kid.
Mr. Mays and I share a middle name, and I have every reason to believe it was deliberate; my parents were both big Giants fans.
Thanks for the birthday wishes, everybody. It's been a rough year, and it would have been so much rougher without you. I wish you all love and every good thing.