You guys, a friend of mine is driving to the Arctic Ocean from Cincinnati (which is not a thing I knew a person could do until she planned her trip). She's in her mid-60s, took an early retirement, bought a fully tricked-out campervan, and has been making treks all over the US for the last year or two. And this summer is her bucket list trip of driving up through the US into Canada and the Yukon Territory up to the Arctic Circle (she crossed into the Arctic Circle on Tuesday) so she can jump in the Arctic Ocean. She's been thoroughly documenting it with photos on Facebook, and it's been delightful to follow along.
Inara: I think she looks adorable. Mal: Yeah, but I never said it.
'Shindig'
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.
Steph L. - Jun 09, 2023 11:46:29 am PDT #22673 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
brenda m - Jun 09, 2023 11:54:38 am PDT #22674 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
That sounds amazing! It also makes me remember my friend Carlos (who was himself from the Yukon) who took a bus from Montreal to Mexico City.
-t - Jun 09, 2023 11:54:51 am PDT #22675 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's so great!
Calli - Jun 09, 2023 11:55:43 am PDT #22676 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
And this summer is her bucket list trip of driving up through the US into Canada and the Yukon Territory up to the Arctic Circle (she crossed into the Arctic Circle on Tuesday) so she can jump in the Arctic Ocean.
How very cool! In both senses.
NoiseDesign - Jun 09, 2023 12:04:42 pm PDT #22677 of 30000
Our wings are not tired
That sounds like an amazing trip!
Tom Scola - Jun 09, 2023 12:29:31 pm PDT #22678 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Boris Johnson is standing down as the Conservative MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, after he was sanctioned for lying to Parlaiment.
And the hits just keep coming.
Dana - Jun 09, 2023 12:31:06 pm PDT #22679 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Man, with that and the details from the Trump indictment, today's been a pretty good day.
erikaj - Jun 09, 2023 12:57:59 pm PDT #22680 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
As somebody else who's...fairly chill but people don't want to see me get really pissed twice, I can appreciate that you might bring the same energy, Hec. (Except maybe not *totally* the same because people wouldn't boggle like they're getting cussed out by a broken Hummel figurine and want their co-workers to watch. But maybe close.) Glad you're not getting stranded.
Laura - Jun 09, 2023 1:25:19 pm PDT #22681 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Amused by the following observation -
Pat Robertson is dead, and somewhere out there a dyslexic Twilight fan is crying.
NoiseDesign - Jun 09, 2023 1:29:38 pm PDT #22682 of 30000
Our wings are not tired
You know the stress is high when I have a telemedicine appointment checking up on your anti-depressants and the doctors shifts gears from, "I think you are in a good place to get handed off back to your GP since you are stable" to "I'm going to raise your dose and I'll talk to you in three weeks"
Sigh.