Only you can prevent sex with bears that have head wounds.
Speaking of stories, I’ve been writing one for the last two weeks that keeps veering off into weird directions. I want to get it done by this weekend so I can show my friend, but I won’t be finished if my characters keep wandering off in all directions. I need a Story Border Collie.
I sing in a church choir. One of the best parts of singing in this church choir is the variety of styles of music that we sing.
Last night the director introduced Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Pie Jesu.
There was grumbling about learning Latin for the “whole song”.
Guess what?
This song features a duet between two sopranos.
The choir just adds a few little tidbits.
Sopranos not singing solos sing the words “agnus dei” about 4 or 5 times (altos add a few oos or hms, men add ooos or hms and one more latin phrase that they probably already know how to pronounce).
I was irritated at the people who were grumbling. And am very happy that we will be singing this on a Sunday I expect to be at church. (I work retail-- sometimes my schedule does not permit church on Sunday morning).
Anything 50 Shades. I’m totally perplexed as to why such a horribly written book is so popular.
I had to take my skirt off at work and wash out the ink from a leaky gel pen, and then dry it under the hand dryer. It was just going to be one of those days. Good thing I always always always wear leggings under my skirt. Used to be, I’d be wearing a petticoat too, so I’d still be totally decent (by modern standards, of course).
The writing isn’t elegant, but it is simple. Your eye can glide over it. There are never too many words. They don’t get in the way of the story.
I’m not like a writer like you so a lot of what you’re seeing is lost on me, but I can’t stand how it appears to be written by a teenager with a romanticized notion of what “love” is. Unreadable.
I am quitting the pharmacy I go to now because of this. Last month I went to pick up and gave my name and the idiot girl says “OK, BoBettie…so that’s you PAXIL and your VICOPROFEN, right?” and I was furious. First off I live on an island. The whole damned local world doesn’t need to know I’m on narcotic pain medication and crazy pills. Second, WTF?? Just show me the two prescriptions and I’ll tell you if it’s right or not! I’d like not to get purse snatched from some addict that overheard you say you just filled my narcotic. So aggravating and 100% against HIPAA to be blurting that out loudly for no reason.
My four year old has hand, foot & mouth disease, fair enough, she probably caught it from the other pre-schoolers at nursery. Mid-week I texted one of her little pals mothers to say we might not make it to their party at the weekend if we were still ill, and received a very polite but clear dis-invite from the party as she feels my daughter would still be infectious.
I don’t know why I’m so annoyed by this. My daughter is clearly still ill and wouldn’t be able to go anyway. I gave her the information, and yes, she has the right to decline infectious children coming into her house. But I’m still kind of annoyed that she made the decision for us not to go, rather than me getting the final call?
I don’t know, maybe I’m just a control freak. And hurt that I have to tell my daughter she’s not going to her best friends party 
And utterly mini-rant - I can’t decide between these two dresses for a posh event next month. Burgundyor purple?!
But the story is utter crap.
A bear as in the animal. If it was just a relationship with a “bear” guy, the novel wouldn’t’ve gotten as much attention.
Purple because the burgundy one is SO much an Isabella look it’s silly. It should come with its own Ferdinand. Also, I realize both are labeled “pagan”, but if that isn’t a cross I’m the queen of Denmark.
I don’t think the cross necklace is included in the listing 
Thank you - I’m tempted just to buy them both to be on the safe side. Looks like she takes returns okay 
Cinnamon Imp - I agree about the purple dress, it’s much nicer than the burgundy one. But I’d buy them both just because I like both of them!
Mini-rant…I’m also fed up with so many people banging on about 50 Shades. The book was crap, the writing style is appallingly teenage and honestly, the woman hasn’t got a clue about real relationships. I could do so much better and I only write for my own amusement.
As an eBay seller, I’m asking you to please not buy with the intention of returning. For a smaller seller as it looks like this one is, it’s rather painful financially, and a return through the eBay system will hurt her standing via what’s called a “defect”.
A return for a legitimate reason, sure! But please not like this.
Because too many parents are morons who would send the kid anyway?
I don’t see anything to be offended about. Unless you and this woman know each other fairly well, she doesn’t know whether she can trust you to be responsible here. There are parents who would send an infectious kid to a party because they can’t bear to disappoint little Snookums. So she’s doing the responsible thing herself and making sure that doesn’t happen. (If you’re good friends and she should know you wouldn’t do that, then yeah, you have a right to be offended.)
It sounds like your daughter wouldn’t be able to go anyway, so it’s not this woman’s fault she’s not going. Poor little thing I hope she feels better soon.
Definitely the burgundy. I wish I had an excuse to wear it.
Burgundy is the one I prefer if I wasn’t going to make my own or wear something I already have. [Hm, I have a lovely loden green wool broadcloth I haven’t any plans for … I could do it up for spring Crown Tourney.]
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I wish Google’s safe-search would allow for a “no dead babies” filter too. I occasionally need to look up photos of people with genetic conditions for work. There’s no good reason for a dead harlequin baby photo to show up when searching for a completely unrelated and non-fatal condition.