I had a whole section about civic pride.

Mayor ,'Chosen'


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.


Jesse - Dec 12, 2020 4:35:31 pm PST #992 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh jeez, Pix, good luck with all of that! What kind of help?

Well, they might be amused at the time I got hopped up on cold medicine and wrapped gifts all night on Christmas Eve and made a gift for last minute Uncle’s girlfriend while watching a weird Steve Martin movie that was based on Silas Marner, but modern day., and the whole time I couldn’t figure out if I was high or it was really based on Silas Marner. And honestly that was one of the last times I took the red Sudafed.

I am amused!


sj - Dec 12, 2020 4:36:56 pm PST #993 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

{{{Pix}}} Good luck to you and much ~ma for your dad.


meara - Dec 12, 2020 4:54:43 pm PST #994 of 30000

Yikes, good luck Pix!


Calli - Dec 12, 2020 5:35:59 pm PST #995 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I hope your travels go as well as possible, Pix.


DavidS - Dec 12, 2020 6:11:12 pm PST #996 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Even with all the protective gear, I'm anxious about your travels, Pix. I hope they go safely and well.


meara - Dec 12, 2020 6:19:33 pm PST #997 of 30000

WIN!! I left the dog at home to go to Trader Joe's, and this time, while he did bark like crazy as I left, by the time I came home he was quiet and just on the floor....wrapped in toilet paper...which I'd forgotten to remove from the bathroom. Hadn't touched the peanut butter filled Kong, but whatever! Success! (Except in that I forgot my shopping list and they were out of one of the things I remembered, so I have to go back to another store to get those, but...close to success!)


Sophia Brooks - Dec 12, 2020 6:20:08 pm PST #998 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I hope everything goes well, Pix. The random “they” at my university seem to be emphasizing eye protection for us if we have contact with students and patients. They think that glasses are enough, but if you don’t wear glasses, they have you do eye protection.


Sophia Brooks - Dec 12, 2020 6:23:38 pm PST #999 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

And the Steve Martin/Silas Marner movie is real, and has Catherine O’Hara, who I somehow replaced in my head with Dana Delaney from Housesitter. [link]


DebetEsse - Dec 12, 2020 6:28:28 pm PST #1000 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.

The Silas Mariner movie is less surprising when you remember the Cyrano movie (complete with nose). Which are both less surprising if you're read or seen Picasso at the Lapin Agile.

I guess what I'm saying is that Steve Martin is pretty clearly a culture nerd.


JZ - Dec 12, 2020 6:51:50 pm PST #1001 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

a weird Steve Martin movie that was based on Silas Marner

It looks like you solved the mystery on your own, but I was going to say that either I took the same Sudafed or I also remember that movie. So it must be a real thing, not Sudafed.

eta:

the Cyrano movie (complete with nose)

We quote that all the time chez Zmayhem--at some point in the post-language-acquisition years you may well end up with a child who neither speaks very loudly nor listens to their parents very much, leading to a constant stream of misunderstandings, and you and your spouse will end up feeling strangely comforted by saying, "Earn more sessions by sleeving" to each other.