Random Thoughts

[Pixelated]

So I partially stripped my bed today so I could launder the bed linens.

I didn't get around to doing the laundry.

Now, at 11:30 p.m., I get to put my bed back together ...

[apocolypse101]

I am continuously tickled by the fact that the Pokemon Sun/Moon version of Dugtrio has beautiful golden hair.

Couldn't you tell that it's meant to be Fabio and his twin brothers?

[AnaKhouri]

Heard an interview with John le Carre on NPR. 'Write what you know' works really well when you used to be a SPY.

[Pixelated]

Heard an interview with John le Carre on NPR. 'Write what you know' works really well when you used to be a SPY.

I haven't read a lot of his work but this is one of my favourite quotes:

And now and then frightful scandals broke, usually when one or other of this company of clowns literally forgot which side he was working for, or made a tearful confession in his cups, or shot his mistress or his boyfriend or himself, or popped up drunk on the other side of the Curtain to declare his loyalty to whomever he had not been loyal to so far. I never in my life knew such an intelligence bordello.
~From The Secret Pilgrim, by John Le Carré

Also, I started my job in the law office today ... and I'm pretty sure I'm working in the only office in the Western Hemisphere that doesn't have a microwave ...

[Jay 2K Winger]

Heard an interview with John le Carre on NPR. 'Write what you know' works really well when you used to be a SPY.

Heh. Right up there with Sir Christopher Lee telling Peter Jackson, while blocking out the scene where Wormtongue stabs Saruman in the back, "Have you any idea what kind of noise happens when somebody’s stabbed in the back? Because I do."

[apocolypse101]

Heh. Right up there with Sir Christopher Lee telling Peter Jackson, while blocking out the scene where Wormtongue stabs Saruman in the back, "Have you any idea what kind of noise happens when somebody’s stabbed in the back? Because I do."

I forgot he served in WWII!

[Nunavut Pants]

Not just served, but was in a particularly .... interesting unit. The SOE (Special Operations Executive).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ...cond_World_War

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Saw this sign in front of a nearby barbershop/hair salon this week...

[AnaKhouri]

Every cat in the house is your BFF when you're stripping the meat off a rotisserie chicken.

[Dreamstalker]

Is there any way to force an authorized user on a credit card to be wholly responsible for their own charges, or am I stuck with "I'll pay it, I promise!"?

[dalesys]

Is there any way to force an authorized user on a credit card to be wholly responsible for their own charges, or am I stuck with "I'll pay it, I promise!"?

Other than perp-cuss-ive maintenance, probably not.

[AnaKhouri]

It must be a bittersweet week for the Cassini scientists. Such pride in their achievements, but it must be like losing an old friend.

[Pixelated]

It must be a bittersweet week for the Cassini scientists. Such pride in their achievements, but it must be like losing an old friend.

I can imagine.

Then there's this one, about the Mars Rover ....

[MoonCat]

I hate this.

And I hate how stupid I was 30 years ago when I didn't start saving money.

[Dreamstalker]

If we only have one printer in the apartment, why are there THREE open (each with less than half the contents missing) reams of paper?