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Who says you don't get to choose your family?
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Hey John... don't think I haven't noticed you keep showing up when i'm nekkid.
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These are the philosophical questions we keep you around to ask gran.
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How much vid could the master vid if the master could vid faster?
Oh that was a disaster, Let's just move past er.
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The answer is 7. Duh.How much vid could the master vid if the master could vid faster?Oh that was a disaster, Let's just move past er.
Have I ever told you why you don't see Vidmaster 1-6,8, 9 ? They are all afraid of me because Vidmaster7 8 9.
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I have a comeback for this, but it's not very nice. So, for once, I'll refrain.Have I ever told you why you don't see Vidmaster 1-6,8, 9 ? They are all afraid of me because Vidmaster7 8 9.The answer is 7. Duh.How much vid could the master vid if the master could vid faster?Oh that was a disaster, Let's just move past er.
... wow it must be real bad.
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Hey John... don't think I haven't noticed you keep showing up when i'm nekkid.I get here when I get here.
Darn it! I hate when gran is right!
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Today's high of 28 degrees will be the coldest day of the week.
I love saying that.
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Today's high of 28 degrees will be the coldest day of the week.
I love saying that.
its still winter! Don't usher in spring too early!
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Hush you!
It's spring, deal with it!
That said, it is supposed to snow today because it's still Wisconsin.
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Also, the sooner it melts, the sooner I can start building the X-Men patio at the 5 million dollar mansion that was chosen specifically because it looks like the X-Men academy.
And then after that I get to turn an indoor pool into an indoor grotto.
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Also it sounds like I'm going to be helping coworker build himself an outdoor pizza oven, but that will be for fun.
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its still winter! Don't usher in spring too early!Today's high of 28 degrees will be the coldest day of the week.
I love saying that.
You'd be delighted with today's freezing fog, I'm sure.
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You'd be delighted with today's freezing fog, I'm sure.its still winter! Don't usher in spring too early!Today's high of 28 degrees will be the coldest day of the week.
I love saying that.
I would be, as I love Silent Hill.
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Freezing fog can die in a fire.
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Freezing fog can die in a fire.
Unless it gets the fire first.
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Today's high of 28 degrees will be the coldest day of the week.
I love saying that.
In today's signs of spring, the skunk cabbage are burning their way through the snow drifts in the marsh. Tiny tips are now visible, within the little craters.
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My problem boarders move out today. We took them in a few months ago, just before the holidays. They're 2 gals, one of whom works with my older daughter. They were with us for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and at first I thought these people were good folks in a bad situation.
Suffice it to say, I feel confident in suggesting they put themselves in the bad situation that landed them at my door in the first place. This is my family home and I want it respected as such by renters. These boarders never quite got on board with this concept.
I won't go into details. I'll just say that the last straw was the suspicion of substance abuse coupled with a belligerent outburst directed at my younger daughter, the one who has serious depression and anxiety issues.
They've asked for more time, tried to bargain with me. I refused. I felt that the 2 weeks I'd given them was more than generous, considering the circumstances.
Over this past weekend I've been watching them like a hawk as they packed and moved many smaller things. The only thing I appear to be missing are a pair of hand towels; I'm choosing to ignore this fact. By tonight they will be gone and my girls and I won't have to deal with this any longer.
Last night they apologized to me for the incident with my daughter (though they've never admitted to the substances I thought were being abused in my house). They thanked me for the family and holidays and having a roof over their heads and such. They didn't use this for more bargaining, just tried to leave things on a good note I guess.
I am glad to be closing this chapter. Need to deep clean the house, and not just carpets and walls. Thankfully the weather is going to be warming this week; I can justify opening a window for a few minutes, getting some much needed fresh air and sunshine in. Hopefully brighter days lie ahead.
Going a bit political here, but yeah, that's my experience as well. You see someone who's been rendered homeless "through no fault of their own". You take them in and let them live with you for a few months. You try to set rules and boundaries. They ignore them. You quickly learn that "through no fault of their own" is a gross overstatement, and you need to deal with the repercussions of throwing them out.
I was fortunate that it was my parents who took the person in when I was in my early 20s, so I was a witness rather than the person having to deal with throwing someone with no other place to live out of your home.
The person we threw out came back to us a few years later and thanked us for it; it had been the "slap in the face" she'd needed to set herself on the right track. I doubt everyone is so lucky, but I thought it was really gracious of her to come back and tell us.
You're doing the right thing. It's just hard.
EDIT: Surprisingly, I've known two women who ended up homeless: Two of GothBard's best friends growing up. Both of them ended up being taken in by friends, both of them ended up getting kicked out for bad behavior, and both of them said that that expulsion by a friend was the impetus they needed to straighten out. A sample of 2 certainly provides nothing other than anecdotal evidence of anything, but to me it means that throwing your tenants out isn't the end of their world.
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My problem boarders move out today. We took them in a few months ago, just before the holidays. They're 2 gals, one of whom works with my older daughter. They were with us for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and at first I thought these people were good folks in a bad situation.
Suffice it to say, I feel confident in suggesting they put themselves in the bad situation that landed them at my door in the first place. This is my family home and I want it respected as such by renters. These boarders never quite got on board with this concept.
I won't go into details. I'll just say that the last straw was the suspicion of substance abuse coupled with a belligerent outburst directed at my younger daughter, the one who has serious depression and anxiety issues.
They've asked for more time, tried to bargain with me. I refused. I felt that the 2 weeks I'd given them was more than generous, considering the circumstances.
Over this past weekend I've been watching them like a hawk as they packed and moved many smaller things. The only thing I appear to be missing are a pair of hand towels; I'm choosing to ignore this fact. By tonight they will be gone and my girls and I won't have to deal with this any longer.
Last night they apologized to me for the incident with my daughter (though they've never admitted to the substances I thought were being abused in my house). They thanked me for the family and holidays and having a roof over their heads and such. They didn't use this for more bargaining, just tried to leave things on a good note I guess.
I am glad to be closing this chapter. Need to deep clean the house, and not just carpets and walls. Thankfully the weather is going to be warming this week; I can justify opening a window for a few minutes, getting some much needed fresh air and sunshine in. Hopefully brighter days lie ahead.
damn. That's a lot to deal with.
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In other news, yet another camphor tree is being taken down on our street today.
On the one hand, the trees are supposed to live 150 years, and most of them were planted back in 1929 when the neighborhood was constructed, so they should be OK and when they're healthy their smell is really pleasant.
On the other, they're all disease-ridden to the point of coating all of our cars with a sickly, sticky goo, and they routinely drop massive branches on the sidewalks.
GothBard (and I) are just sad that they're all dying at once; this is the third or fourth of them being taken down on our street in the last few years, and soon we'll go from a pleasant, shady, tree-lined street to just another sun-baked suburb with a few twigs supported by wooden posts sticking up.
Ah, well, no signs of them tearing down the tree in front of OUR house... yet...
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I miss drowtales. Maybe I should check it out.
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We were homeless a few times, but we stayed in camp grounds.
If you like camping try it for three months, it loses it's appeal.
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Freezing fog can die in a fire.
It just so happens I have a flame thrower in my trailer at work.
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The Problem with Not Checking Prices
I use Costco's Saigon cinnamon in my breakfast cereal. I searched for it, didn't bother looking at the price because I always buy it and it's not particularly expensive, then checked out.
Turns out it was for a 4-pack. Of Costco-sized cinnamon.
So now I have 2 1/2 pounds (over 1 kg) of cinnamon in my cupboard.
I'm sure I'll get through it eventually, but how stale will it be by the time I get to the final package?
Mom loved cinnamon toast, from when her mom used to make it for her as a kid:
* Preheat oven 400°F
* Toast white bread slices in counter-top toaster
* Margarine up one side of each piece of toast
* Sprinkle mix of white sugar and cinnamon on buttered margarine'd side of toast
* Bake toast cinnamon-sugar side up in oven for 7-8 minutes
* Eat before it has a chance to cool, preferably slightly scalding the roof of your mouth
I've heard wild tales that people make chili with cinnamon, but that is clearly insane and would never happen in real life.
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"Ms. Scint, for the paragraph about how Eisenhower's concerns are still relevant today, can I just put 'people are idiots'?"
"...I need you to be more specific."
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Bit late, but one webcommic I have been really ejoying latey is Vainglorious
Its about a dragon who has some issues and then gets into some real trouble
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In today's signs of spring, the skunk cabbage are burning their way through the snow drifts in the marsh. Tiny tips are now visible, within the little craters.
For a second I pictured this as another Drejk creation: little fiery, stinky cabbage shoots melting their way through the snow.
I don't know if we have skunk cabbage down here in southwest Florida or not, but we do have swamp cabbage. Supposedly we have skunk apes too.
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We have skunks.
They are adorable.
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Skunks have a permanent "pass" in my book even after spraying the cranky Calico in the face and forcing an emergency vet visit.
When Impus Major was a toddler, he disturbed a yellow jacket nest. I was still in my bathrobe, so I swept him up, wrapped him in it, and took the stings on his behalf. The exterminator did a half-a$$ job on the nest, but at least he cracked it open and exposed where it was.
That night a couple of skunks ensured we'd never have that particular yellowjacket problem again. Nom nom nom!
And yes, they're frigging cute. My mother-in-law used to feed them and the raccoons in her neighborhood every night, so we have pictures of skunks, raccoons, and cats, all in a big happy family eating together. Because food makes friends.
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Ahhhh...
Finished a piece of job. My first case of translating video interview. I had to watch every ten seconds of it multiple times, especially that neither the iterviewer nor the intervieee interviewee spoke English as their primary language...
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I have to go out for a new dishbrush in a bit, but I'm in no hurry.
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They're finally releasing a Galt adventure!!
Tears of joy! These are tears of joy!!
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They're finally releasing a Galt adventure!!
Tears of joy! These are tears of joy!!
They better be, citizen!
You are not one of those aristocratic counter-revolutionaries... Are you?
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For a second I pictured this as another Drejk creation: little fiery, stinky cabbage shoots melting their way through the snow.
I don't know if we have skunk cabbage down here in southwest Florida or not, but we do have swamp cabbage. Supposedly we have skunk apes too.
It might make a good monster. It generates its own heat to melt the snow
Skunk cabbage has a remarkable ability to produce heat that allows it to emerge and bloom even when the ground is still frozen. During the winter when temperatures are freezing, the flower buds can warm up to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, which melts the snow around the plant.
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...That night a couple of skunks ensured we'd never have that particular yellowjacket problem again. Nom nom nom!
Wait.
Wait, wait, wait.
Skunks eat yellow jackets?! {googles} O.M.G. They also eat hornets. Why didn't I know this already? Why doesn't someone rent skunks and possums for yellow jacket, hornet, and tick removal?!
Edit: And anteaters for eating fire ants!
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For a second I pictured this as another Drejk creation: little fiery, stinky cabbage shoots melting their way through the snow.
I don't know if we have skunk cabbage down here in southwest Florida or not, but we do have swamp cabbage. Supposedly we have skunk apes too.
It might make a good monster. It generates its own heat to melt the snow
Skunk cabbage has a remarkable ability to produce heat that allows it to emerge and bloom even when the ground is still frozen. During the winter when temperatures are freezing, the flower buds can warm up to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, which melts the snow around the plant.
*grumble-grumble*
Stupid evolution, stealing my ideas...
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Night John.