This is not funny. This... this is a morality tale about the evils of sake.

Simon ,'Objects In Space'


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.


askye - Jul 30, 2024 5:22:58 pm PDT #1864 of 3384
Thrive to spite them

ooh ! we had Taco Bell for dinner tonight. Still haven't seen Deadpool & wolverine though


-t - Jul 30, 2024 6:35:59 pm PDT #1865 of 3384
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Taco Bell Tuesday! Which I didn’t actually realize until just now, I’ve just been trying to try the Cheez-It tostada for days. It did not rock my world, but now I know.

Now in the theater with a free popcorn and an overpriced drink, yay!


Theodosia - Jul 31, 2024 3:19:46 am PDT #1866 of 3384
'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"

Today there will be a lot of driving, at least in the sense of time spent, because I have no less than three trips across the Charles into Boston -- two of them in our short bus, alas, and of course into the most dense and traffic jam prone areas.

But then I do get paid for driving. And it's much more Zen to navigate difficult traffic and geography when you, yourself, are not the one who's going to be late. I once saw a bumper sticker that said YOU ARE NOT STUCK IN TRAFFIC, YOU ARE THE TRAFFIC JAM.


Pix - Jul 31, 2024 7:26:34 am PDT #1867 of 3384
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

I once saw a bumper sticker that said YOU ARE NOT STUCK IN TRAFFIC, YOU ARE THE TRAFFIC JAM.

Ha! Too true.


askye - Jul 31, 2024 10:11:00 am PDT #1868 of 3384
Thrive to spite them

I found another piece of clothes with bleach spots. I have no idea what M's Mom does to get bleach in spots on my clothes. ...I'm going to replace all the bleach bser cleaners with Clorox non bleach cleaner.

E will be flying in tomorrow! I won't see him until Friday but yay I'll see my nephew. Hopefully we will hear more about his Greece trip and not just that it was "fun".

Part of the remodel at work is delayed, the actual construction part because of a permit that is needed. Best case scenario it comes through in 2 weeks and we are only 2 weeks behind. It's for the pharmacy, right now they are in a temporary pharmacy...it looks like a fort in the store.

Walmart is raising their base pay back to $15/hr. So I'll be getting that "raise" soon. Until they decide to take it away again I guess.

I keep reminding myself that because we live with M's mom it's possible for us to have things we would to be able to afford if we rented a place. So I need to keep reminding myself of the frustrations we get a pretty yard , a nice location and it's cheap.


Vortex - Jul 31, 2024 1:06:00 pm PDT #1869 of 3384
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

This morning, turned on the TV to my favorite line in Prophecy Girl “Read the signs! Tell me my fortune!”

Still makes me verklempt almost 20 years later.


Laura - Jul 31, 2024 1:57:22 pm PDT #1870 of 3384
Our wings are not tired.

{{Vortex}}


Sheryl - Jul 31, 2024 5:18:33 pm PDT #1871 of 3384
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all! We can't seem to get a break here. I got home and Mr. S and the nanny were waiting for me.(Usually he doesn't get dropped off until after 6, close to when Gary gets home.) Things went fine for a while, we put together a lego-ish kit to make a kitty, I warmed up some food he brought home for him and he watched Netflix. All of a sudden he kicks over a small chair, grabs my purse, dumps it out, grabs my phone and locks himself in the bathroom. He then calls 911, and breaks my phone. The police arrive and he tells them he wants to go to the hospital. Meanwhile I'm crying. This is not helped my the cops telling me I need to be the parent, need to be calm.(My inner voice is all "Fuck you very much", which stays inner.)

Eventually Gary gets home and agrees to take Mr. S to a facility with a behavioral center that is 40 minutes away, rather than the nearby ER where he might encounter the same nurse who told him on two separate visits to consider relinquishing custody.


-t - Jul 31, 2024 6:21:32 pm PDT #1872 of 3384
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, Sheryl. I’m so sorry. Such a rough experience and to have it be made worse by the people who are supposed to be helping. I can’t do anything but sympathize, but I certainly am doing a lot of that!


NoiseDesign - Jul 31, 2024 10:32:07 pm PDT #1873 of 3384
Our wings are not tired

Sheryl, I'm so sorry. That is all so hard. It's also such an example of where we need first responders that aren't all police.