Some people have found it difficult to cope with the weather this season, whether it be flooding, constant snow and ice, drought or extreme heat. To cope, post what gets you to your happy place. SFW, please.
QOTD
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This Friday is Valentine’s Day, a holiday combining pagan festival with the honoring of Catholic martyrs, including a young priest condemned to death for officiating illegal marriages under Claudius II. Lore goes that he befriended his jailer’s daughter and left her with a letter that closed with “From your Valentine” before his beheading. Over time, the day has evolved into a date to celebrate romance in literature, popular culture, and sales on prison-made lingerie. Continue reading
It’s 2009. My mother retired and moved to Maui. Visiting her twice a year was expensive. During one visit, I decided to save some money and got a rental car from a place akin to Rent-A-Wreck. I got this purple jalopy of a Nissan Sentra. Continue reading
Pretty much anything in the Magic Box. I loved the Magic Box.
When Buffy was awarded a sad little decorated umbrella for being ‘class protector’ at the prom that time.
When she tells Angel that Spike isn’t her boyfriend, but he is ‘in her heart’.
When she says, “Mom… Mom… Mommy?” when she finds her mother’s body. Her voice becoming slower and sadder as the truth sinks in is heart-breaking. Continue reading
Fox Mulder. Women want him. Men want to be him.
Dana Scully. Men want her. Women want to be her.
Remember the one in the Florida prison? Mulder asks Scully, if she could kill five people who had pissed her off, who would they be? Her answer: “I only get five?” Continue reading
I was a little crazed for most of the first quarter of the game as I finished up the last of my party snacks, so I may have missed a couple good ones, but I thought the commercials were a little “meh” this year. However, I did really like the RadioShack one where the 80s called, asked for their store back and then numerous stars from that decade raided the store. Continue reading
Does anyone else feel a cold chill of dread run down their spine and curl up in their stomach in a ghastly blob when they press Start on an appliance and nothing happens? I mean a really, really cold, fat thread of impending doom. And a little bit of taking it personally?
If you rent, now you have to contact the landlady/lord and hope s/he is a decent type and will repair it for you in a timely manner.
If you own, you have to find a repair person you hope knows their ass from their elbow and will come soon and give you a window of less than 8 hours. And you have to fret about what they’ll charge. And whether they’ll give you that sad shake of the head that means you really ought to replace the whatever. Continue reading
The FCC, previously worried that your personal wireless gadgets (“hi Ma! we’re on the runway now!”) would interfere with the plane’s wireless gadgets (“roger that, Ground, Keepusintheair device functioning A-OK”), is in the midst of changing the rules. Continue reading
Either as a customer or as a staffer. Do we have any restaurant managers here? I bet that’s a fun job 🙁
I’ve researched this topic inside my head and can’t come up with too many examples of bad restaurant meals. Lucky me! Hunh. Cautious me. There’ve been a few times when Mr. has eyeballed a place and I eyeballed him right back with one of those are-you-even-kidding-me eyeballs that are so useful between friends. Continue reading