en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/2599624 Comments by Treeless http://crasstalk.com/2014/02/saturday-open-thread-134/#IDComment790870944 It's been purging the feels, for sure. Sun, 2 Feb 2014 01:42:16 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2014/02/saturday-open-thread-134/#IDComment790870944 http://crasstalk.com/2014/02/saturday-open-thread-134/#IDComment790870883 Thank you. I used to be so afraid that I would sit there for hours and pick nothing all evening--while my best friend sang once every 30 minutes. Now I'm keeping pace with her. It's been weirdly healthy. Sun, 2 Feb 2014 01:41:49 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2014/02/saturday-open-thread-134/#IDComment790870883 http://crasstalk.com/2014/02/saturday-open-thread-134/#IDComment790864185 Very much. 1-2 times a week. The quality of singers is all over the place. The great ones are amazing; even the brave bad ones are still inspiring (it's like: "Get it girl. Express yourself.") and when you do well, it's a huge rush. If you screw up, people clap anyway--& after you've been there once or twice, they know you by name. I'm never seen anything like it. (I live in the aloof corner of the states.) Sun, 2 Feb 2014 01:04:57 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2014/02/saturday-open-thread-134/#IDComment790864185 http://crasstalk.com/2014/02/saturday-open-thread-134/#IDComment790860846 My winter coping strategy has turned out to be . . . uhhh . . . karaoke. Is that bad? Sun, 2 Feb 2014 00:46:13 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2014/02/saturday-open-thread-134/#IDComment790860846 http://crasstalk.com/2014/02/saturday-open-thread-134/#IDComment790856112 I was expecting something way worse. Sun, 2 Feb 2014 00:21:07 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2014/02/saturday-open-thread-134/#IDComment790856112 http://crasstalk.com/2014/02/saturday-open-thread-134/#IDComment790855502 This is my great Facebook fear . . . because not only is it obvious to everyone else what happened, but the answer to the question . . . "What's on your mind?" . . . is awfully true. Sun, 2 Feb 2014 00:17:48 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2014/02/saturday-open-thread-134/#IDComment790855502 http://crasstalk.com/2014/02/saturday-open-thread-134/#IDComment790854418 One of my absolute favorites. In addition to being able to tell a great story, he has beautiful style. Sun, 2 Feb 2014 00:11:32 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2014/02/saturday-open-thread-134/#IDComment790854418 http://crasstalk.com/2014/02/saturday-open-thread-134/#IDComment790854261 . . . I'm the kind of weirdo who loved the unabridged "Les Miserables" and was pissed that the abridged form I read in high school talked itself up so much in the introduction. Sun, 2 Feb 2014 00:10:33 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2014/02/saturday-open-thread-134/#IDComment790854261 http://crasstalk.com/2014/02/saturday-open-thread-134/#IDComment790853722 I'll admit my first guess was much more illicit, but this is better. Sun, 2 Feb 2014 00:07:34 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2014/02/saturday-open-thread-134/#IDComment790853722 http://crasstalk.com/2014/02/saturday-open-thread-134/#IDComment790853550 Chinese food, then dancing. Hopefully not too close together. Sun, 2 Feb 2014 00:06:44 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2014/02/saturday-open-thread-134/#IDComment790853550 http://crasstalk.com/2013/12/tuesday-open-thread-107/#IDComment769600102 I LOVE HIM. He looks like a benevolent god. Tue, 17 Dec 2013 21:36:45 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/12/tuesday-open-thread-107/#IDComment769600102 http://crasstalk.com/2013/12/tuesday-open-thread-107/#IDComment769599432 Hopefully they're going to be able to lower a guy in a harness from the helicopter. Tue, 17 Dec 2013 21:35:12 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/12/tuesday-open-thread-107/#IDComment769599432 http://crasstalk.com/2013/12/monday-open-thread-106/#IDComment765011909 Nooooooo. Mon, 9 Dec 2013 21:19:32 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/12/monday-open-thread-106/#IDComment765011909 http://crasstalk.com/2013/12/monday-open-thread-106/#IDComment765010701 I thought I was the only gift card hoarder! . . . I had $9 left on a Borders card and despite having stood around in a Borders store a week or two before they closed for good, I couldn't choose even a CD at a discount or something. Folks who have given me gift cards and find out that I'm pretty slow with them are sometimes a little irked, but it's really that I want to honor their generosity by getting something really amazing. (I once pooled three Amazon gift cards + $50 of my own money and bought a very nice Juki serger sewing machine.) Mon, 9 Dec 2013 21:16:32 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/12/monday-open-thread-106/#IDComment765010701 http://crasstalk.com/2013/12/monday-open-thread-106/#IDComment765007708 Sometimes you can get away with phoning your doctor's office and asking a question without being charged--a receptionist will probably be the one to call you back. Be specific and say "Can I drink beer or wine at 1 or 2 holiday celebrations if I'm taking __ mg of __ daily?" Note: if I were in your shoes and had found such results in the literature and the online news, I would probably risk it. Mon, 9 Dec 2013 21:09:24 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/12/monday-open-thread-106/#IDComment765007708 http://crasstalk.com/2013/12/monday-open-thread-106/#IDComment765003448 Please tell me that this is an Arrested Development reference . . . because it's flickering really effing fast, but I think I watched a season 2 episode last night with her in it, and I love the timing. Mon, 9 Dec 2013 20:59:22 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/12/monday-open-thread-106/#IDComment765003448 http://crasstalk.com/2013/12/monday-open-thread-106/#IDComment765001770 Oo, you seriously can't go wrong with Harry & David. I've gotten to plunder those baskets about every other Christmas for my entire life and even as a child I didn't miss it if it were just the 'spensive fruit and no candy. Mon, 9 Dec 2013 20:55:19 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/12/monday-open-thread-106/#IDComment765001770 http://crasstalk.com/2013/12/monday-open-thread-106/#IDComment765000742 Oof. Thank you. I have been on a terrible rollercoaster of emotion between Tchotchke's post and yours, and while it lasted only 30 seconds, it was one of those 100 year old wooden coasters and badly maintained. Mon, 9 Dec 2013 20:52:54 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/12/monday-open-thread-106/#IDComment765000742 http://crasstalk.com/2013/12/monday-open-thread-106/#IDComment764997829 As a short woman, I'm glad some people insist on 6-foot plus, because I do not care as long as they are taller than me. Mon, 9 Dec 2013 20:46:25 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/12/monday-open-thread-106/#IDComment764997829 http://crasstalk.com/2013/12/monday-open-thread-106/#IDComment764996947 And she brought forth her firstborn kitten, and wrapped him in a towel to trim his claws, and laid him in a cat bed; because there was no room for them at the groomer's. Mon, 9 Dec 2013 20:44:19 +0000 http://crasstalk.com/2013/12/monday-open-thread-106/#IDComment764996947