She "looked disappointed. She'd been a respectable young woman for some time. In certain people, that means there's a lot of damned up disreputability just waiting to burst out."

Yeah - that's all I have to say for now except that: 2. I love Terry Pratchett.

But first I am in desperate need of any place AT ALL with a bathroom. What am I, in a bad sitcom here? :grin:

I just got this in my inbox this morning as my question of the day from Mensa.

The CultureQuest®-ion of the Day for 1/16/2009 is:
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

When I went to check out with my new ipod (with a slightly adapted engraving since the á in Sláinte couldn't be done) I noticed a 2gig purple refurbished ipod shuffle! Yes, purple is my favorite color, (although it looks a little pale in the pic) and it's $10 cheaper than a new one, with the same 1 year warranty - but I'm a little concerned about ( Read more... )

Much in the way of happiness to be posted about shortly - I wanted to type it out now, but the adrenaline keeps short circuiting my brain!

GRIN

Don't know if this already spread - but I really liked it.

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I woke up this morning feeling indignant, proud, and ready to take on the world - not to mention well-rested. :grin: I laid in bed for a few extra minutes, running my dream-speech over and over in my head, making sure it didn't fade as I started to get up and moving. I ran into the den and started sketching it out. Next thing I knew, I had taken ( Read more... )

This, at least, made me giggle.


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One of the people that I worked with this weekend talked on end about being strong - being courageous. Considering that he was an engineer who had brain tumors removed that caused him to lose his sight, hearing, balance, and control of the left side of his face and THEN went on to become a master gardener (and "boogie down master") - I think I'll ( Read more... )

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