It's good to have cargo. Makes us a target for every other scavenger out there, though, but sometimes that's fun too.

Mal ,'Shindig'


Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration

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 - Jul 10, 2024 10:58:59 am PDT #1459 of 4215
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Sometimes it's good to roll over and go back to sleep.

But sometimes it feels better to get up and get out the door early.

I basically always feel better about life if I get up and out the door early, but it is VERY HARD to remember that when it is early.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 10, 2024 11:03:45 am PDT #1460 of 4215
"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

I stumbled across a groundhog in my driveway this morning while bringing in some laundry. Cute little fella(?) froze, then scampered across the street into a neighbor's yard. I hope the local cats aren't a problem for it.

In related news, I've abandoned the idea of growing cucumbers or other vegetables in a backyard garden. The groundhogs are welcome to all the wild strawberries they want to eat, however.


JenP - Jul 10, 2024 12:53:30 pm PDT #1461 of 4215

but it is VERY HARD to remember that when it is early

It's so annoying that this is so true.

Wild strawberries! Cool.


Jessica - Jul 10, 2024 1:31:32 pm PDT #1462 of 4215
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

I basically always feel better about life if I get up and out the door early, but it is VERY HARD to remember that when it is early.

The problem is that the feeling better about life doesn't kick in until AFTER you get up and do the moving-around thing, which is hard to convince yourself of from the comfortable position of staying in bed.


Jesse - Jul 10, 2024 1:57:00 pm PDT #1463 of 4215
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Also, now that I know it's called hurkle-durkling, lying around in bed is even more appealling!


dcp - Jul 10, 2024 2:08:28 pm PDT #1464 of 4215
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

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-t - Jul 10, 2024 2:15:32 pm PDT #1465 of 4215
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I have been up and about and working and so forth for hours today and I would love to go back to lying around in bed as soon as possible


Atropa - Jul 10, 2024 3:41:03 pm PDT #1466 of 4215
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I basically always feel better about life if I get up and out the door early

NO. The nocturnal/delayed sleep phase disorder side of the house says NO.

(Guess who now has a migraine from getting up way too early?)


Theodosia - Jul 10, 2024 4:17:45 pm PDT #1467 of 4215
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Groundhogs are pretty good in a scrap, they just look waddly and slow. And most cats are smart enough to leave alone anything that weighs as much as them, at least as prey.


Steph L. - Jul 10, 2024 4:46:57 pm PDT #1468 of 4215
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

At least one groundhog, but probably more, lives under the porch of the house across the street. One day when I was backing in to our driveway, I noticed this little face watching me park, with the most judgmental expression you can imagine. I feel like if that groundhog could have asked to see the manager about my parking job, it would have.