I love that conversation - I would have totally misinterpreted that phone call too. I was working in a bookstore and late one night I received what I now recognize as a obscene phone call: scruffy man’s voice, “do you have Adult books?”... me, “Oh yes and a big children’s section too!” ...confused silence....dialtone.…

OMG you are wonderful. I would be freaking out. I have a total mania about not earning money - I worry constantly that I can’t earn enough to support myself at retirement (which is probably a total pipe dream)

sad skinny people are lovely and waif-like and fat bitches are just ugly, lazy and morally reprehensible and why don’t they get their fat faces out of the pig trough, eh?. In other words: they don’t look good on TV. At least that’s what I’ve learned from our culture.

If it is any consolation everyone (male and female) are more likely to be killed or attacked by someone they know (friend, family member, significant other, cellmate, business colleague) than by a total stranger. Not to derail how awful DV is or how awful this event was.

I really did not expect that at all. I thought it was a, “surprise, yall thought I was a woman but I’m really a man” party. Which would be really cool. But to crash what is basically a baby shower with guys. That is so not cool. What a heart breaker. :-/

What a heart breaker - he was so much fun and so talented. His poor family and friends must be devastated. :-/

Hopscotch?

It’s the bathroom situation (or lack thereof) that keeps me from festivals. And all the people (too many people)

Sorry NH....but, secretly thrilled that this isn’t NC acting wackadoo in public for once.

My advice is: do not start drinking before the guests arrive or the food prep is completed. One drink and my priorities shift from “let’s have a nice dinner” to “let’s have another drink and potato chips”

I’m with you menu-wise - nothing snooty. But we do use cloth napkins every day even when it is just me and Mr. Part of our lonely ‘save the trees’ campaign. It does make for a bit more laundry; but since we are too lazy to iron, it isn’t much work to fold them up and throw them in a drawer.

I hear you! jjill carries larger sizes only online or in the catalog. They don’t want fatties in their store spoiling the perfect decor I guess.

You win for totally random Ernest reference!!

It is NYC (Brooklyn) and Conn too - I coworkers who say “bot-tle”

I could listen to New Z’rs talk all day every day. It is a lovely accent!

Sorry - i thought you were against all food in bags. I misread. Please carry on with your well-traveled bananas :-D

Why not carry food in bags? My sister just few to Scotland with a bag of grits. It isn’t like a bag of grits are going to react to cabin pressure or temperature changes.

I find bidets are 1000x better than paper for cleaning up after sex or a period. It is a mini shower for your nether regions. Most bidets include both a front wash and a back wash, temperature controls, spray intensity controls - you can even get a white noise generator if you are sensitive to your bathroom noises.

As a progressive NC citizen who has been fighting and fighting and fighting to take back the state - I am thrilled with the court’s decision.