Udder Balm FTW. Makes make-up removal easy.
I almost got zits just reading that!
I find the Glad or store-brand reuseable / disposable containers are a great compromise. Cheap enough to own 50, last long enough to cost negligibly compared to the food they protect over their lifetime, and everything fits together like it was planned. Because it was. And if Bob or Suzy forgets to return it after you generously shared your e.g. lasagna largesse, no hard feelings.
Just be sure to standardize on just one brand! IME they are not interoperable.
I re-use the lunch meat containers. I have many that are clear plastic with blue lids… but there are two slightly different sizes and the lids aren’t interchangeable. I have noticed that the lids have different markings on the corner tab but I can’t tell the containers apart from each other. And I never seem to be able to match lid and container on the first try.
It’s the one decent zombie story in a sea of meh.
The movie pissed me off because they just took the name and ignored the story
Yeah, it bore no resemblance to the original book. Wasted opportunity.
I liked Warm Bodies. Who doesn’t love a good zombie romance?
Happy Halloween, my fellow grouchies.
I’m exhausted, I’m having an asthma flare up, I have a headache, it’s that time of the month, and I have an hour to rest before I have to do stupid Halloween shit with my son’s cousins and the neighborhood kids. I know, I know, so cute, but I just want to go to fucking sleep.
I’ve been holding it in but ATT phone store is about to make me spew!
GD it, we go to buy 4 phones and trade in the 12’s. The rep says I’ll save by adding a fifth line, he adds it to one phone. The installment agreement is on the fifths line. This fucks up the trade in for one phone as it is not tethered to an agreement. But remember the fifth line was added to a contractual agreement. So how can I cancel the fifth line if it’s under contract for a new phone. I have 4 phones and five lines. I see charges for elite plan 5 lines and charges for a premium plan 5 lines. Activations fees next up fees and insurance fees. Was told at time of purchase activation fees are waived, we declined insurance and skipped next up. The bill comes the charges are grossly incorrect I am fucked.
Numerous phone calls. I return in person to the store I get a runaround told to not worry about the bill, promised a 196$ credit. Prints out what should be my ongoing bill. Just get a call, sorry only 70$ credits and th dude is still working on it with CS for additional credits. Not the dude in the store but the dude that sold us the phones who is scheduled in another store has to correct these charges. I’m Told don’t worry about th fifth line and plans charges. Well when the fuck should it concern me?
Gd it to hell!
Three little witches at the door.
Cute, but who let them in the building! The main door is locked 24/7, and has been for decades. People can’t get in unless somebody lets them in. Halloween is not a thing here, so there shouldn’t be any trick or treaters. Told them that I’m sorry, but I don’t have any thing.
Get off my lawn doormat!
I enjoyed the Newsflesh series by Mira Grant. Also liked the book version of World War Z (haven’t seen the movie).
They got in themselves; nobody tells them what they can or can’t do.
The movie is nothing at all like the book. But I saw the movie first, and liked it. Then I picked up the book and wondered how the hell they got that movie from that book.
I went out shopping this afternoon, and it was the kind of weather where it almost crossed my mind that there might be some virtue to living in crazy-ass Florida, notwithstanding the antics of the archetypal Florida Man and the crazy government. It was cold – single-digits on the Celsius (or “Communist”) scale, but mostly it was drizzling rain and very windy. Almost blew my cap right off several times!*
On the plus side, I’m really enjoying the new car, although that made things worse because I parked in a distant part of the parking lot, well away from potential assholes who might slam their door into its beauty! So it was quite a wet and windy slog to the store.
* Although of course, your typical Florida hurricane would do a lot more than blow one’s hat off!
Mom got an email today from her favorite Christmas tree grower. They found a new lot in our town, only 8 minutes away from their previous location! They also announced that they’re expecting to have trees on the lot November 15th. Traditionally, we’ve gone out tree shopping the day after Thanksgiving; one of the big draws of this grower used to be the freshness of their trees, which you could see being unloaded from trucks if you got there early enough. And yeah, we’ve noticed the last couple of years that the trees just don’t stay fresh as long, even with a generous fresh cut.
So Mom ordered an artificial tree this afternoon. It’s prelit, and it looks nice in the pictures. I just can’t believe she finally bought an artificial tree for the living room. 
After decades of stalking and killing trees (it did appeal to my hunter/gatherer genes), we happened to see a real-looking artificial tree. Thought we’d try it for a year, but we’ve been assembling it every December for twenty years now.
Wow, so much time saved; right in the busiest time of the year! And the lack of needle-shedding! I thought I’d miss the fir tree smell, but we bought some “Evergreen” candles (with wooden wicks that crackle like a fire).
And last year, Spouse said “Do we have to have that huge tree?” So I just set up the top third of the tree on an end table, and we put it in our front window. Very cute.
New month, new mini-rants:
Oh yeah, I’m sooooooo looking forward to sleeping in the day after Thanksgiving. We’ve got the candles, and I may even have some wax discs somewhere that still have a decent amount of fragrance.