Happy birthday Laura.
Take jobs as they come -- and we'll never be under the heel of nobody ever again. No matter how long the arm of the Alliance might get, we'll just get ourselves a little further.
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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.
msbelle - Feb 22, 2025 6:40:52 am PST #5673 of 5686
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
lisah - Feb 22, 2025 6:41:48 am PST #5674 of 5686
Punishingly Intricate
Happy birthday, Laura!
-t - Feb 22, 2025 6:46:03 am PST #5675 of 5686
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Happy birthday Laura!
Calli - Feb 22, 2025 6:47:03 am PST #5676 of 5686
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
The status changes for Haitians in the US are horrible. And you know they wouldn’t be doing this if they were refugees from, say, Sweden.
Even with all that, I hope you have a happy birthday, Laura.
Today I’m getting ready to drive back to NC for a work thing this coming week. As I have a new cat sitter from my sister’s soon-to-be former conservative church, I’ve de-paganed and de-porned things a bit. My previous cat sitters did not care. Some of them asked for recommendations. But needs must.
Tomorrow I’ll be going with my sister to check out New Baltimore. It’s not on a Great Lake, but it’s on a reasonably good lake, so I’m going to give it a shot. The surprisingly high geek quotient in Port Huron gives it an edge, though. (Plus, Lake Huron’s right there. It’s in the name and everything.)
meara - Feb 22, 2025 8:16:43 am PST #5677 of 5686
Happy birthday Laura!!
Calli are you planning to move again or just checking out places for fun?
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 22, 2025 9:22:10 am PST #5678 of 5686
"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
Happy Birthday Laura!
The task I have set for myself today is painting birdhouses and hanging them from the edge of my carport. In the hope that they'll be more attractive to birds than building a nest in the overhead lights and pooping on my car.
shrift - Feb 22, 2025 9:41:36 am PST #5679 of 5686
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Happy birthday, Laura!
Calli - Feb 22, 2025 9:46:28 am PST #5680 of 5686
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Meara, I’m looking to move to a permanent location in MI. My current apartment was just a place to land and give me time to explore more carefully. My sister will be moving to a small town in Michigan’s thumb when she retires in 4-5 years, so Port Huron would be convenient for hanging out with her. We’ve done that a lot since I moved, and I’m enjoying it.
megan walker - Feb 22, 2025 11:34:26 am PST #5681 of 5686
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The status changes for Haitians in the US are horrible. And you know they wouldn’t be doing this if they were refugees from, say, Sweden.
As I find myself saying more and more these days, I'm a first-generation American, daughter of someone who never became a U.S. citizen, with a weird-ass name most people don't dare pronounce unassisted, and yet in my entire lifetime I can't remember anyone questioning my right to be here. Funny how that works.
meara - Feb 22, 2025 12:17:14 pm PST #5682 of 5686
Shocking, Megan. Can’t imagine why. Utterly baffling. (Ugh)
I’m left wishing any of my ancestors were more recent immigrants because even the most recent ones were my grandparents’ parents.
I am on a plane right now and dang this seat is uncomfortable! There’s like zero padding. Also I thought there was one hour left but there are two hours (my phone had magically updated to mountain time somehow?). But we had a successful takeoff and fingers crossed we will land successfully.