For your consideration: Buffista Castle.
Look at all those summer pictures with nary a winter picture to be had of what frequently is a frozen hellscape of the Lake they call Michigan.
Patron: That girl is a witch. Mal: Yeah, but she's our witch.
'Safe'
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.
shrift - Apr 21, 2021 12:00:47 pm PDT #5786 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
megan walker - Apr 21, 2021 12:00:58 pm PDT #5787 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
One time I got as far as the voir dire but wasn't chosen.
When I wasn't chosen for the kidnapping case, where everyone was trying to get out of it, but I wasn't (since I was in grad school and had all the time in the world and NY was paying a decent amount for a broke student), I gave all the "right answers" in the voir dire but (and I know you'll all be shocked by this) I'm pretty sure my smart-ass first comment sealed the deal on not getting chosen. The prosecution, who was making a point of using and remembering everyone's name, joked about my name being difficult to spell. My deadpan response? "I learned when I was six."
megan walker - Apr 21, 2021 12:01:21 pm PDT #5788 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Look at all those summer pictures with nary a winter picture to be had of what frequently is a frozen hellscape of the Lake they call Michigan.
Truth.
-t - Apr 21, 2021 12:03:11 pm PDT #5789 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So, lowering the portcullis and staying in the castle with whatever goods may be needed to survive the siege of winter is not a good plan?
DavidS - Apr 21, 2021 12:14:31 pm PDT #5790 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
No. Every actual appellate lawyer (and the judge is not one) says that for it to be grounds for appeal there has to be a finding of a direct link -- a juror who heard the statement, brought it into the jury room and that MW being angry at them affected decision making. Can't be speculative in any way.
Thanks for the clarification, Sparky. Always better to hear from the experts.
-t - Apr 21, 2021 12:22:54 pm PDT #5791 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have to share - I am officially taking a sick day today but I'm getting a little work done because there are things that can't wait that no one else knows how to do and I feel ok. Anyway, I checked my email for anything urgent and there was a question about this ongoing thing that I felt like I should respond to. So I did, and got back three OOO autoresponses from other people in the conversation. This seems hilarious to me - so urgent and none of us are actually there working on it!
amyparker - Apr 21, 2021 1:44:43 pm PDT #5792 of 30000
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
We managed to get appointments booked! First shot on Saturday, wheeee!
{makes Kermit arms} Yay!
Jim just used the phrase "I'm completely aligned on this" in a meeting. I am going downstairs for the flamethrower.
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-t - Apr 21, 2021 1:55:02 pm PDT #5793 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hahaha that’s our current buzzword for everything and I hate it! Driving alignment has become my primary priority, apparently. Ugh.
JenP - Apr 21, 2021 2:20:19 pm PDT #5794 of 30000
Toddson! Jesus, how scary!
I've been called once, and I reported, but I just sat in the room all day. I'm all registered and licensed and stuff, but... only ever been called once.
Sheryl - Apr 21, 2021 2:56:49 pm PDT #5795 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I've been called twice to jury duty, once in NC, once here. Didn't end up on the jury either time, though the one here was close(I was the first person after the alternates, I think).
Meanwhile today was not a great day. I was teleworking, which turned out to be a good thing as our nanny was sick. I ended up sitting in his room during one class which he wasn't paying much attention to. Later I ended up going outside with him, and of course he had to go to the playground that's a mile away. He ended up running far ahead of me on our way home(I was taking his bicycle back) and locking the front door on me. Sigh...