Got two mice in the traps. Only 26,000 more and I'll have that fur coat.

Well played Sundae.

Mouse skins are so so soft, make sure you chew those hides.

:lol: A fur coat ... now I know what to do with these little critters.

sundae - good decision. I'm proud of you

ortho - we'll gladly make you a squirrel coat. for the collar where tails are uncomfortable, we use rat skins. we dry tan, so make sure you don't wear it in the rain

My minion eyes look great!

:)

Much happiness tonight!
a) No call-back from last Friday's ultrasound = no news is good news. :D
b) Enjoying some aged Manchego on Almond Nut-Thins with an Oregon Pinot gris
c) Have an intense academic day tomorrow, after which relaxation will be in order :)
d) Going to jump up and down in the 'Oakland Zoo' (i.e. student) section for a Pitt Panthers bball game Saturday afternoon - might even paint my face Pitt colors!
d) Then going to see The Hobbit (part 2)!

Simple things can make me happy and tonight, it's this. I saw it at Kroger and had to get it. :-D

Here's my one pound Snickers!

This seemed more appropriate here than in the video clip thread ...



Arrgh! No! Why can't I embed this video? Melissa Etheridge and Joss Stone ... :(

>laffs< @ Lola's snickers

Thank you, thank you, thank you Bruce! I learn how to do this and then chemo-brain cleans out my short-term memory. But I love, love, love Melissa Etheridge in this.

J got us DAVE CHAPPELLE tickets for next Saturday!

Merry Xmas to us!

Oooooh. Nicely done, J!

Making me happy is:

Working on my thesis I've leaned very heavily towards the property crime side of things, and done very little towards the section on violent crime. So, since I am now all about the getting serious and shit, and trying to do a chapter a month to get this bastard in, and having more or less finished the introduction and the first chapter (defining terms and assessing sources and methodology and stuff) I decided to start work on the violence section and get that sorted before going on and doing the property crime section, which should pretty much write itself with the copious notes I already have.

I have been dreading this bit. It just feels thinner on the research and less accessible - stepping out of my comfort zone.

It's coming along nicely! And, having had very little success finding anything in the soldier journals and memoirs to use as evidence for soldiers' attitudes to and experiences of crime (except for crimes of survival whilst on campaigns, such as during the terrible march from Corunna) I've suddenly found a little flurry of examples showing attitudes towards violence as am incidental day to day thing - and an example of a cuckolded soldier killing his wife and then not being put on trial for murder because he was blinded by passion and because her behaviour was considered to have precipitated his action.

Speaking of British crime, I just read today that you lot have made it legal to be an "incorrigible rogue."

If you keep this up, what remains of the British empire is sure to fall.

Ha! Thanks for that. Most amusing.

One of the things that makes analysing crime during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries a bit of an interpretive challenge is decoding the charges. Doubly so for military justice.

I think my favourite one is: along with being drunk and a few other regulatory charges, 'behaving in a most scandalous manner'

Closely followed by 'Taking very indecent liberties with two privates', though my amusement at that usually falters quite quickly given the appalling punishments meted out to gay men.

...
The artless Aide-de-camp was mute, the gilded Staff were still,
As, dumb with pent-up mirth, they booked that message from the hill;
For clear as summer lightning-flare, the husband's warning ran: -
"Don't dance or ride with General Bangs -- a most immoral man."
...

Happy today: the memory of attending a concert with Twil, her two daughters, SonofV and my BelovedDaughter *and* her beau (who I met for the first time). The headliner:

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

He's big, and he started in Seattle, and this was the homecoming concert of his world tour. He sold out the Key Arena, three days, three shows. This was the first one of the three and his exuberance, his happiness, and his energy was abundant and obvious. The show was EPIC!!!!!

pics and details to follow!

Ya pays ya money, ya takes ya chances.

Having said that, Dave Chappelle fucking rocks.

:neutral:

:neutral:

Kipling! Once again I am humbled ...

Made me smile!

Just finished wrapping my presents.
One step closer to Christmas, which means one step closer to Glasgow and Arran.

One day closer to picking my daughter up at the airport and heading home for the holidays.

I received my final grade on my thesis, "Standardized Multi-Discipline Training for Army National Guard Staff Exercises". It was 55 pages of pure hell! Anyway, I got an "A".

I might break my rule and drink a little Jameson's tonight. I'll be sure not to take my other medicines that conflict with alcohol.

Well done! I haven't written 55 pages of anything since college. And I don't think I even did that then.

Wow!

CONGRATULATIONS!

Bloody hell, way to go Sarge!

That's great, Sarge! Congratulations!!!

Great work, Sarge! x

Woof!!! Much better than I.

Nice one, sarge!

great stuff Sarge!

:)

YAY! Sarge!

Clicking back pages to see what's got BIGSARGE on the up? :smack:

Buster - An extra dose of Viagra. I got it mixed up with blood pressure medicine.

Thanks for all the good wishes. I admit I struggled hard with school. My thesis grade truly lifted my spirits

Watching White Christmas for the first time ... great dancing. And OMG ... Danny Kaye. Was anyone ever more talented?

Get it ?
Got it !
Good.

A big congrats, Sarge!! A 55 page thesis!!! WOW!!

Finished my latest rotation and on holiday until Jan. 1!! Picking up my daughter at the Pittsburgh airport tomorrow afternoon - assuming her flights get into and out of Chicago - and then heading north. SO much still to do before Christmas! :eek:

with your daughter at home, will that mean all of the chicks have come home to roost?

Haha! Yes, we're in the minority in our household! Don't know how much roosting we'll get to do before Christmas, though. I'm so not ready ...

Don't stress over Christmas preps. The only thing that matters is being with your loved ones

You're absolutely right. We could eat canned beans and have no presents and it wouldn't matter at all, as long as everybody gets home safely.

I didn't know you are a Who. Are you related to Cindy Lou?

Gag me. :greenface
No Pollyannas here - just aware that things don't have to turn out all right. Case in point: my daughter was just bumped from her flight out of Chicago, had to pay $200 for a guaranteed seat on the next flight, and won't get into PIT until about 8:30 (assuming no delays). We'll be driving north in temperatures that mean ice and freezing rain instead of making it home while it's still just raining.

Speaking of ice, foot3 - looks like lots of it will be coming through your general area. Better fire up the generator.

hmmm... looks like the in-laws could get trapped in VT.

Home safely with my girl! Enjoying a glass of wine together and talking ... it will possibly be a late night. Tomorrow we brainstorm on gifts, do a surgical strike on the outlet mall, come home and decorate the Christmas tree. We'll put some music on and my father will be with us to enjoy the moment ... looking forward to the next several days.

Nice ...

Ortho, that's so cool.

Super Ortho! That gave me a big smile this morning!

My best friend gave me a Nook HD+ for Christmas!!!

This guy rocks.

Happy for you, Ortho.

Thank you, guys! Happy to hear that others are having a good holiday.

Some good things happened at work today. I injected a knee for the first time in a few years ... all went well. It's a bit like riding a bicycle. :)

And another thing went very well today; details don't matter. I never forget that things can go from best to worst in a heartbeat, but I take my happiness when and where it comes.

Sometimes things take a turn for the better. CPS visited about a child I've been worried about for a while. Turns out the social worker had a kid in my class a few years ago, which was cool and they are truly on top of the situation getting family supports in place. fingers crossed

w00T for both of you!!!!11

Great, Griff, it's nice to see you getting some help with your kids.