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Nice! That weed control sheeting is the bane of my existence. That stuff is everywhere in my yard, not doing a damn bit of good regarding weeds, and seems to be made out of some kind of indestructible hybrid of adamantium and witchcraft.

Pretty good. Started ripping up the old landscaping in my yard. I finished my last furniture project - refinishing a hutch I bought at a garage sale. My friends and I went to a male stripper/improv comedy show. It was thoroughly entertaining, but the tiny theater it was in was close quarters to have 6 nearly naked men

Also, spies accidentally trying to recruit fellow members of their own agency.

Fiancee? Damnit. I thought I'd finally found my soul mate.

Nautilus of competition.

Just started The Lies of Locke Lamora and I'm liking it quite a bit. I was hesitant at first because the description made it sound like an "edge-ified" Oliver Twist, but it quickly moves in a very different direction.

Done.

I got a sprinkler system installed at my house! Gardening and yard work has never been my forte, so I'm hoping that having regular irrigation will at least keep the plants I do put in the ground alive.

My "shut off" wish would be the panicky, out of control feeling (that's totally irrational) that leads to binge-ing.

Super productive. I ran a bunch of errands, finished cleaning up my yard (the weeds were out of control) and aaaaaaaaaalmost finished a new furniture project - refinishing a hutch and turning it into a bookshelf and TV stand. And today I'm working from home while my new sprinkler system gets installed! Hurray for

Maybe that shift in emphasis would've given them time to explain the correlation between the presence of Clovers and a drop in temperature. I've always wondered…

Those damn pearls falling over, and over, and over again…

Finally nailed home made egg drop soup last night! The key is to put cornstarch in everything. And a bit of cayenne.

I don't usually play on this thread because I don't listen to a lot of music, but I just discovered the Amazon streaming music with my Prime membership, and now I have a whole day's worth of new stuff queued up to listen to. Right now it's all Pearl Django (swing jazz), then the Hamilton soundtrack.

When wearing it, please sing "See My Vest" at all times.

I'm loving my new team at work. Apart from the fact that my job is infinitely more interesting and satisfying now, I'm really enjoying being on an actual team (rather than basically doing everything by myself). Yesterday, we had a team hoppy hour - they brought in beer and bunnies (and other petting zoo creatures). It

Tom Cavanaugh's dream of being this generation's Walter Matthau should be realized somewhere in season 6.

Half of this season's dialogue has been "speedster" and "zoom". But I do like cranky-but-not-actually-evil (hopefully) Harry.

This One Weird Trick to Get Your Boyfriend to Notice You Is Borderline Genius!
Spoiler Alert: be in danger a lot.

Dang I thought I was winning the Outdated Phone award with my 4s. You win, madam.