The Totally Radical Thread for Crotchety Old Bitches

Yay, no more headache. It was touch and go for a while there.

The wind is kicking up and the sky is clear with one skillion stars.

One holiday down, two more to go.

for anyone interested, my husband's musical website is here. www.orangetreesamples.com

Doodles

Sorry. That should have been: "If you can't figure out if you are watching a DVD or something ... other, you are STONED."

My bad.

My Dad was a Flight Chief for SAC B52's. So, I am seeing you, Tuef. We have similar DNA. Except, of course, my DNA is prettier. Because my DNA comes out of an NCO source, which is inherently prettier than that OC junk.

Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty

Feeling where blackcat is coming from. Not a big fan of the season, meself.

Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty

Yeah, I always try and imagine what December would be like without the holidays.

This is a lot like imagining July without the heat.

edited 26th Nov '10 9:18:46 PM by blackcat

I am excited for Advent. Because it means chunks of family time every day for 25 days whether you want them or not. Which, while it annoys the crap out of me some days, ultimately, I'll look back on it fondly, like I do every year.

‎"Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair."

Eddie Its redeamable in my case. My father was old school officer school meaning you worked and treated your crew chiefs with respect. He is redeamed though. My grand father was enlisted with the Screaming Eagles and my Uncle was enlisted Navy and I also chose to be an enlisted man.

I wonder about the Scottish side of the families military service though? Anyone familiar with the history of the Forbes/Bruce family in the modern era?

Who watches the watchmen?

No idea what is going on with things like Advent. That one and Easter are all about "Uhm... okay." to me.

Just in case anybody was wondering, I am now supremely tipsy on this expensive swill I'm tossing back.

Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty

I first heard of Laphroaig sp? in a Dick Francis novel called "Proof". I bought a friend a bottle to celebrate his promotion to Associate Vice Grand Poobah In Charge Of Everything several years ago and he liked it a lot.

Not big on scotch myself.

We understand that, it being plain from the use of 'Scotch' when speaking of single malt whiskey.

We all lurves us some blackcat, in spite of her frailties.

Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty

Sports are a form of ritualized, symbolic warfare.

From what I've heard, humanity needs some kind of mid-winter celebration. Eat a big meal and hope that the sun starts coming back. Just about everyone in the temperate parts of the Northern hemisphere had some festival along those lines. Then Christianity caught on and they hijacked it, and they decided that, when God said, "That's it, I'm sending my boy down to clean up that mess you made!", December 25 was the day the boy arrived.

Anyway, that is a Nice Hat you're sporting, Eddie.

I'm feeling pretty good from eggnog and rum myself.

'Scuse my bad for saying Scotch when I must have meant Single Malt Whisky, that was made in Scotland. Boy I wish I had the technical ability to communicate all of the nuances of how I would sound if we were sitting around in a room crotcheting.

Edit to add: thanks, my frailties are what make me interesting.

edited 26th Nov '10 9:51:29 PM by blackcat

My only memories from Advent are those wonderful childhood ones where you're excited about getting candy from a calendar twenty five days in a row because you're a little kid and they tend to miss the point on things like this.

I'm finding this conversation probably far more amusing than I should.

“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”

Me too.

Note that I'm twenty-one years old and that's still what I get excited about.

月を見るたび思い出せ

One believes one has been snarked by blackcat.

One pulls up one's socks and proceeds with being a major drunken dork.

Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty

Waitafuckinminnit.

Blackmoon is younger than I am?

Charlatan is older than me?

月を見るたび思い出せ

@Blackmoon: What, you still get candy? Lucky you.

@Fast Eddie: You have fun with that.

@Charlatan & Blackmoon: What, you guys didn't know that?

edited 26th Nov '10 9:58:38 PM by KrisMahai

“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”

Well, I still buy the calendars.

月を見るたび思い出せ

Loser. :P I'm cheap, and my money can be spent on far more useful things. Like video games.

“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”

Meta Four: I am going to ignore all that cool stuff you said and go with a comment about hats.

Yes, I agree. My hat is way cool.

For further inanities, see ...

Any of my other drunken posts this evening.

edited 26th Nov '10 10:03:53 PM by FastEddie

Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty

I do not snark.

I just slurred typing that. The original spelling was schnark. That is funny as all hell.

I thought Blackmoon was between 20-23 and Charlatan between 18-20. WTF?

Me t-dear god, why do I feel old all of a sudden?

月を見るたび思い出せ

We have 13 gingerbread women and 12 gingerbread men cut out of paper, and we decorate them with various crafty things. And my dad makes a big list of 25 activities we want to do/ought to do to prepare for Christmas. Like watch various specials, go sledding, lights before christmas at the Toledo Zoo, assemble the tree, decorate said tree, deck the halls, carols at the spinnet, various performances we were in, going up to Idyllwild, that sort of thing. Obvious location change is obvious.

Wait. Watching a second Charlatan age confusion is excellent.

edited 26th Nov '10 10:06:46 PM by Buttercupistiny

‎"Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair."

@Blackmoon: ...That's a good question. Two years isn't that much of a difference.

“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”