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[Nyssa]

Emily wrote: "I have talked before about how awesome my library is so I thought I would share this. Check out this awesome teddy bear sleepover they did recently. We went for story time and they read books about..."

Aww! How incredibly cute!

[Emily]

Evan's was Snoopy. :)

[Jackie]

Emily wrote: "I have talked before about how awesome my library is so I thought I would share this. Check out this awesome teddy bear sleepover they did recently. We went for story time and they read books about..."

Love this idea. Very cute. I love the "campfire" pics.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Aww, that is cute.

[Felina]

Colleen wrote: "Felina wrote: "Ha ha. Only readers understand what character development is. "

Really? I sort of thought anyone who'd been to school would know what it was..."

Yeah no.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Hi, apparently GR decided to stop notifying me about "stuff" here.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Coworker: "Your hair is very punk rock today."

Me: "If by punk rock you mean I woke up with my hair all crazified and I couldn't do a damn thing to fix it, then yes."

;)


Punk rocks works, though, what with the tie and the pixie skirt. :D

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

so glad I work with dudes.

THem: Good morning

Me: Good morning

Them: no more conversation til 3 hours later unless work related.

[Chris , cookie guilt]

They must not be redneck dudes.

Or they'd have an uncontrollable urge to fill that empty air with the sounds of their voices.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Chris wrote: "They must not be redneck dudes.

Or they'd have an uncontrollable urge to fill that empty air with the sounds of their voices."


lol!

One's from MD, one's from Africa and the other is a Georgia boy.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

I pretty much worked alone. I got my job/call I went and did it...I got another call/job. I think that's one reason I stayed with it.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

I want to work from home...

[Mike (the Paladin)]

I've never figured a way to really make a living from home... I considered "hit man" but it seemed incompatible with being a Christian.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

I don't mind being a bit social, actually. At work and at the theater is really the only RL socialization I do, and having some coffee and chatting in the kitchen is certainly better than having to work. ;)

I just thought it was funny she thought I'd styled it this way on purpose, but really I just couldn't get it to stay down this morning if I wanted to.

***

In related news, though, I was just excited that someone (a guy) recognized my tie was from Harry Potter. ^_^

[Mike (the Paladin)]

My daughter struggles with hair issues. If mine covers the bald spots (you know that I can see in the mirror, don't worry about the back of the head) I'm good.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "I've never figured a way to really make a living from home... I considered "hit man" but it seemed incompatible with being a Christian."

lol!

I haven't found anything, either.

[Emily]

I worked from home for a bit and hated it. I am far too social!

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "My daughter struggles with hair issues. If mine covers the bald spots (you know that I can see in the mirror, don't worry about the back of the head) I'm good."

Yeah, I generally have no idea what the back of my head looks like. If I like the part I can see, I'm happy enough not to know what the back looks like. ;)

[Becky]

I'm going to be working from home full time starting next week. It... should be interesting. I wouldn't really say that I'm a "social" person, but I really liked the people that I worked with at the job that just ended, so I was social with them. Otherwise, I'm perfectly happy to become a cat-lady hermit. LOL

So, I'll definitely have to make an effort to not do that.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

I'm in my 60s, retired on disability and live with 3 cats...but I'm a guy.

Are there "cat guys"?

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Becky wrote: "I'm going to be working from home full time starting next week. It... should be interesting. I wouldn't really say that I'm a "social" person, but I really liked the people that I worked with at th..."

I think I would be ok with being at home all day with my dog...

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Colleen wrote: "Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "My daughter struggles with hair issues. If mine covers the bald spots (you know that I can see in the mirror, don't worry about the back of the head) I'm good."

Yeah, I ..."

Are we supposed to know waht the back looks like??

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Some people are just obsessive...

[Chris , cookie guilt]

Weather's supposed to get "bad" in Georgia again tomorrow.

Interestingly, the local forecast (not where it's bad. That's Atlanta. To Atlanta, there is nothing else in the state) has us having a high of 37 and a low of 41 tomorrow.

Err?

That's worse than yesterday when I read my stupid weather app. "It's currently 72. Today's high was 70."

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Chris wrote: "Weather's supposed to get "bad" in Georgia again tomorrow.

Interestingly, the local forecast (not where it's bad. That's Atlanta. To Atlanta, there is nothing else in the state) has us having a h..."


O_O

[Mike (the Paladin)]

I saw the forecast. Here in the south we hope for quick melt. A half inch (or less) will shut down the area. No removal equipment, no snow-tires...no experience in driving in snow unless gained elsewhere...and usually lots and lots of ice instead of snow.

The recent shutdown of Atlanta will make them sensitive. The forecast I saw calls for like 9 inches of snow. That would equate to a glacier covering the northeast. So hopefully they'll get warmed temps and it will be more rain than snow or worse ice...or at least that it melts quickly.

[Christa]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "No removal equipment, no snow-tires...no experience in driving in snow unless gained elsewhere...and usually lots and lots of ice instead of snow."

You forgot "somehow got the idea that 4WD is effective on ice".

Back when I had a daily commute (work at home now) whenever we had mixed road conditions (ice, snow, slush) it was always the 4WD SUVs and light trucks (all engine, no ass) that were halfway off the road, stuck in a ditch, etc.

Driving through downtown coming from work in Bellevue, I'd straddle the lanes if I had an opening. Some people would catch on and soon we'd have a nice line of lane-straddlers, safely chugging along. Others would think we were crazy, not realizing what we were doing.

[HomeInMyShoes]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "I'm in my 60s, retired on disability and live with 3 cats...but I'm a guy.

Are there "cat guys"?"

I like my cat, but she can be annoying when I'm reading. :)

I'd friend you on GoodReads, but you seem to have an aversion to authors named Terry. I must ask, why didn't you stop reading Terry Goodkind? That's an awful lot of 1 and 2 star reads to keep plowing through the series.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "I saw the forecast. Here in the south we hope for quick melt. A half inch (or less) will shut down the area. No removal equipment, no snow-tires...no experience in driving in snow unless gained els..."

*sigh*

I miss living in the South. I shall return one day!!!!!

O_O


But yeah, here we if its still snowing after 1 am they will probably give us the day. Not that DC can't handle the snow...but they've gotten very sensitive since the bad snow we had a few years ago. The govt waited too late to send people home so the highways got clogged with people stuck in the snow. Several people died. :(

[Laurel]

Oh no. I'm so sorry. I know we Canadians make jokes about others not knowing how to deal with the snow, but it can be so dangerous! All my thoughts.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Laurel wrote: "Oh no. I'm so sorry. I know we Canadians make jokes about others not knowing how to deal with the snow, but it can be so dangerous! All my thoughts."

THanks!

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Laurel: Have you read Pale Queen's Courtyard? I didn't see it on you bookcase.

It was written by a Canadian (and I haven't finished it but so far the writing...is outstanding (and very poetic, almost).

[Chris , cookie guilt]

Ouch, sorry.

I really wasn't trying to start a weather discussion. Just pointing out how the forecasters are calling for highs lower than the lows. And yesterday's current was higher than the high.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Chris wrote: "Ouch, sorry.

I really wasn't trying to start a weather discussion. Just pointing out how the forecasters are calling for highs lower than the lows. And yesterday's current was higher than the high."

The weather is on our minds, though.

[Chris , cookie guilt]

Right...Wasn't trying to rub it in.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Terry Goodking, ahh yes... I was trapped. I liked the first book and the first few after that were pretty. My son and his best friends (two young men who practically grew up in our house) were reading it. I'd introed them to Wizard's First Rule. Thus I felt responsible. I'd led them into this series of books that slowly but inevitably turned into Mr. Goodkinds's diatribe on life, politics and metaphysics.

I was greatly relieved to get through it. I had this happen with a few other books I got into with reading groups and so on.

But hey...I like Terry Pratchett pretty well, his name's Terry.

Christa, yeah I forgot to mention that. Somehow people with 4WD on ice don't realize that the ability to move at a good clip on ice does not translate to the ability to stop on ice. I drove a service truck here (Nashville) for twenty+ years. It was always a risk some 4WD driver would take someone else out with himself.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Chris wrote: "Right...Wasn't trying to rub it in."

Suuuuuuuure you weren't.


72, huh??

*goes looking for tar and feathers...or China Meiville*



:-D

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Equally frightening.

[HomeInMyShoes]

Terry Pratchett is the only author with a first name of Terry that I allow myself to read anymore.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

MrsJoseph (taking back my data & giving GR the middle finger) wrote: "Chris wrote: "Right...Wasn't trying to rub it in."

Suuuuuuuure you weren't.


72, huh??

*goes looking for tar and feathers...or China Meiville*



:-D"


I vote Mieville!

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Wait, wait I like some of Terry Brooks' work...

[Dawn, Dawnerys, Mother of Modding]

It's double digits in Detroit right now! Pretty bad that 12 degrees is now exciting.. But whatever. It'll pass. Maybe. I keep thinking about Swan Song and wondering though.. And Narnia.. Winter forever and never Christmas?!?!?




I miss the sun :(

[Chris , cookie guilt]

The tar and feathers might be better.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Chris wrote: "The tar and feathers might be better."

lol

I had a feeling...

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Ok, soooo off subject but

Since we're reading Lord of the Silver Bow next month, thought I'd let yall know that The Song of Achilles is on sale for $1.99 (ebook).

I'm not going to read it - it's not my cup of tea coffee - but others have greatly enjoyed it.

[HomeInMyShoes]

^Pusher. :)

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Homeinmyshoes wrote: "^Pusher. :)"

Who, innocent moi?


*adjusts halo*

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

So, we just got a PS4 for Jer and with V-day coming up I was gonna get him something game related.

But there aren't any games he wants that are out.

But I saw that one game he has listed is out the 25th.

So -

Should I pre-order him the game and give him an IOU, or buy a second controller for the actual day? (V-day isn't a huge deal for us, but we do like to do a little something.)

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Speaking as a guy I'd be just as happy with a card saying I've pre-ordered the game. Just me so i don't know if he'd feel the same. Give him a cake or something along with the card, the he gets the recognition and knows he has a game coming.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Speaking as a guy I'd be just as happy with a card saying I've pre-ordered the game. Just me so i don't know if he'd feel the same. Give him a cake or something along with the card, the he gets the..."

^

I'd be ok with the pre-order and a card. You could print out a pic of the game and put it in there.

And Cake! We always love cake...