The person below me

[ygmir]

well, I always did when my daughter was little, we'd take an ax, and go pick one and chop it and carry it back....sigh...........

TPBM does not like "the holidays".

[Eric]

Not my damn holiday, don't miss "celebrating" it. I have an official No "Required" Gifts policy all year round (ie: birthday, anniversary, housewarming, baby-shower) and it goes double for shopmas. It's not a gift when it's expected, and I don't want them, won't give them.


tpbm thinks I'm the one missing the point

[Box Burner]

I agree about shopmas.
Time was when the only gift was a visit to family or freinds, planned or unplanned. Compay and freinds was all that was wished for.


TPBM wishes the spooky holiday would also return to the time before expected handouts.

[theCryptofishist]

I don't know if a bunch of Celts carrying around carved turnips is my thing either. (Or that that turnip thing is real, although i do like it.)
TPBM just wants all the holidays to be maximally syncretized.

[MikeGyver]

No, best part about holidays in my opinion is paid days off. (till this recent job that i work no matter what day it is) if they were all sync'd that wouldn't happen as much.

TPBM sees patterns in everything.

[Eric]

to a degree, but mainly because we're hard-wired that way via evolution


tpbm would never eat a bread-mustard-sauerkraut sandwich like I just had for a snack

[FossaFerox]

Oh heck no. I don't eat anything remotely that flavorful. I'm a super taster with a texture aversion. I eat the blandest things imaginable and treasure the rich flavors they provide. I'm one of the few people who enjoys the actual unadulterated taste of beef, for example.

TPBM loves spicy food.

[peyote2004]

Nope ... I can't handle spicy food. However my 2 closest friends are from cultures that seem to think that if your tongue doesn't feel like it's burning off, then you need to add more spice. Their version of 'not spicy' is enough to leave me sweating, and in tears. I always suffer when I eat at their places.


TPBM thinks orange cats are extrordinarely bad and mischefious compared to other colors.

[Aurelia]

Red meat is a favorite source of energy when it is still red and unadulterated with anything and right off the grill

TPBM is slicing up 3 kinds of apples for a pie

[theCryptofishist]

Don't make pie, don't have theories about orange cats.
TPBM is glad that I caught that extra, hanging statement.

[name redacted]

Better that than catching an std
Tpbm loves technology

[MikeGyver]

Not really, probably be better off without electronics (within reason)

TPBM would like to live in a different century

[Eric]

I read history - I'm more than happy to live with our current levels of sanitation & medicine, and don't need to mythologize a non-existent version of the past. Visiting might be nice, but I'd have to figure a way to block the odours...



tpbm thinks I responded to seriously to the last question

[Simon of the Playa]

there is a reason why they called it "the dark ages".....


tpbm hates renn faire too.

[theCryptofishist]

Never had enough to proximity to develop a dislike. Dickens Faire is another matter.
TPBM hates the spelling "faire" (and the spelling faerie, for that matter.) Perhaps tpbm even hates unexpected diphthongs and triphthongs. Definitely hates the spellings thereof.

[bedlamdoll]

Extra letters make me twitchy, and I find that the people who are the worst offenders in using them are also the people who strain my ability to be kind/generous or at least tolerant of beliefs I find silly. I had a girlfriend at one point who (along with her gaggle of like minded friends) who was really bad about it, and so now, if you add unneeded letters, I'm judging you. Sorry.

TPBM is already making up lists and projects plans for next year.

(ok, seriously, my autocorrect keeps turning "lists" into "lusts"...)

[Savannah]

Indeed, I am making up lusts for next year.

The person below me is guilty of gluttony.

[theCryptofishist]

I might be more of a sloth kinda gal...
TPBM is shocked.

[fernley1]

I am shocked that for the past 20 years I lived 80 miles from BLC, and 2013 was my first year. All the years I missed!

TPBM eats MRE's while at burningman.

[shroom]

nope

TPBM really hates peppermint

[MikeGyver]

nope

TPBM really hates peppermint

Dont hate, just slightly avoid, but thats really most candy, Teeth are bad enough from all the soda I drink.

TPBM doesnt trust elevators

[tootled]

Not a lack of trust exactly, but I'm cautious around them after seeing one particular intro to an episode of Six Feet Under.

TPBM is addicted to Candy Crush Saga.

[theCryptofishist]

I don't even know what that is.
TPBM has really nice colored pencils.

[Thecatman]

I had Crayons as a kid.


TPBM is confused as to how football players can be bullied.....just to ad, I don't know the whole Miami Dolphin story

[theCryptofishist]

I don't give a shit about football, but bullying isn't just about physical stuff, verbal bullying is still bullying. And fuck, from what little I know, the coaches pass out verbal abuse like it's candy on Hallowe'en. (To use a timely metaphor.)
TPBM doesn't care about football, basketball, baseball or hockey, but finds stories about bullying chilling. (Not "chill".)

[Eric]

I started to write a novel. Let's just whittle it down to: seeing the after-affects of childhood bullying, and losing friends to it; and having too many friends "bashed", which is just another form of it, means that "chilling" isn't nearly descriptive enough for my feelings on it.



tpbm has something happy to share

[FossaFerox]

tpbm has something happy to share

I just spun fire for the first time. It was awesome.

tpbm also picked up an exciting new hobby.

[theCryptofishist]

Yeah, it's called, what is the absolute worst time to kick and scream about my chair being down, so that Elliot's delicate sensibilities will be completely abused. :eye roll:
TPBM plays an instrument.

[gaminwench]

Yes, several.

TPBM wishes they'd had piano lessons as a child ...

[Eric]

Piano might have been nice, since I sucked at drums (no rhythm in this boy)



tpbm is pining for the fjords.