Random Thoughts

[mjr]

I had a weird experience of...something...yesterday.

At my workplace, we had a small "celebratory" event that we have quarterly. Well, I don't really have friends at work. I generally have a little bit of trouble making friends anyway. I've actually gotten a couple of friends from previous workplaces, but I rarely see them.

Anyway, during the "eating" part of the event, I barely talked to anyone, and they barely talked to me other than pleasantries.

I don't dislike my co-workers. I get along fine with them.

The problem is, after the eating part, I shot a game of pool, then shot a game by myself. And when I was getting ready to leave, I felt this (for lack of a better word) loneliness there. It was strange.

[Ironclad Alibi]

I do, but it's very thick and heavy. No clip will hold it and even in a ponytail it becomes a tangled mess very quickly. I am trying to stick it out though.

It's time to resort to science to make you cooler. Find a Van De Graaf generator, use it to make all your hair stand on end, like this. Instant coolness.

[dalesys]

... Find a Van De Graaf generator, use it to make all your hair stand on end, like this. Instant coolness.

And you can shock the sheep out of anybody you touch!

I recomment holding a house key and touching them with that to reduce backflash to yourself.
Be very very sure you are discharged before indulging in ingestion or excretion.

[AnaKhouri]

Is it normal to go to the farmers' market and buy no produce, only desserts?🤔

[dalesys]

Is it normal to go to the farmers' market and buy no produce, only desserts?🤔

I fondly remember going to school on a breakfast of homemade fresh baked strawberry shortcake...

[Mental_Mouse]

Is it normal to go to the farmers' market and buy no produce, only desserts?🤔

Yes, that's normal. Maybe not healthy, but normal.

[AnaKhouri]

I can get okra anywhere though. Individual peach cobblers made in a hippie yoga commune are only at the farmers market

[Mental_Mouse]

I can get okra anywhere though. Individual peach cobblers made in a hippie yoga commune are only at the farmers market

Or breakfast sandwiches with quail eggs.

[AnaKhouri]

Yesterday my son jumped up as I was leaning down and...teeth through my lower lip. Not pierced all the way through thank goodness, but torn flesh, 10+ blood-soaked cotton balls, massive swelling.

I figured out how to drink but still can't smile and eating is not fun. Swelling has gone down except for the directly ripped-up part.

My older son once jammed the corner of a hardcover Richard Scarry book in my eye, causing a whole host of new floaters, so I guess they both have their licks in now. Hopefully I am safe after this.

[dalesys]

Yesterday my son jumped up as I was leaning down ...

And he's telling everyone, "Mommy bit me!"

[greek_jester]

I do, but it's very thick and heavy. No clip will hold it and even in a ponytail it becomes a tangled mess very quickly. I am trying to stick it out though.

Have you tried plaitting it? It's the only thing that worked when I was a kid and used to be able to sit on my hair.

[AnaKhouri]

Ha, that's what I usually do but I was trying to find something different. It's too thick to wear up for very long, it gets awfully heavy.

[greek_jester]

Ha, that's what I usually do but I was trying to find something different.

How about putting the plait up in a bun? If you French plait it first it tends to stay up better as you can stab the pins through the pattern on top for extra grip. You can also try making a "crown" with it, but that usually involves enough pins to pin a hot air balloon down.

By the way, weird fact that never seems to get taught; hair grips are supposed to be stuck in wavy side down or they don't grip properly. Getting my hair to stay put got a little easier when someone told me that!

Anyway, I'd better get to bed. It is my birthday in *checks clock* 6 minutes so I'd better get some beauty sleep!

[Ironclad Alibi]

Anyway, I'd better get to bed. It is my birthday in *checks clock* 6 minutes so I'd better get some beauty sleep!

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear greek_jester,
Happy Birthday to you.

And may you have many more.

Now to go convince Mrs. IA I have to eat a cake in your honor.

[AnaKhouri]

Watching a TV show with my husband about a woman who helps her son cover up a murder he committed, I comment that if he or his brother every killed someone, all they had to do was call their mom and she'd show up with a shovel and some quicklime (she's a sweet lady, but absolutely reptilianly cold-blooded in defense of her family). Husband told his parents what I said and they laughed (and agreed).

Yesterday I was talking to her on the phone and she ended the conversation, as usual, by saying that if we needed anything to call and she'd be there. In the background I heard my father-in-law yell, "...with a shovel!"