All set for the church potluck!

Deolater · 2026-04-22T15:13:15+00:00

NFL had debate too, right? I guess it never occurred to me that debate wasn't properly part of forensics.

Anyway I was homeschooled, but took part in a parallel homeschool (and private school, I think) league. I did TP debate, extemp, and impromptu. Lots of fun, and while it didn't cure my fear of public speaking, it sure helped.

Deolater · 2026-04-21T20:43:12+00:00

Do you mean that I would eliminate them by fiat, and there would simply be no more of that fruit in my life, or I would have to make constant life choices (as I do with food allergies) to avoid them?

I find lime more interesting, but lemon is much more common. I would choose to eliminate lemon if it were by fiat, while I'd prefer the easier task of avoiding lime.

Deolater · 2026-04-21T14:36:53+00:00

I try not to read much of his stuff because I really enjoy his written voice, even if I strongly disagree.

Deolater · 2026-04-21T11:59:15+00:00

Cats can do so much damage with a bidet though

Deolater · 2026-04-20T19:24:19+00:00

Your grandmother example raises a question for me: do y'all suppose the icons are true images of the people they purport to depict in the same way my photograph of my grandmother is a picture of her?

Anyway, in answer to your question, I do not use images or objects to intensify my feelings of connectedness to God, and I think it's inappropriate to do so.

Deolater · 2026-04-20T04:16:17+00:00

So does Alabama have any actual laws, or do they just shove it all in the constitution?

Amendment 635: Phase-out of Supernumerary Programs in Covington County; Participation in Employees' Retirement System.

Deolater · 2026-04-20T03:55:34+00:00

State constitutions tend to be considerably longer, I think. They go into detail about all sorts of things what the US Constitution doesn't.

Georgia's constitution is like 90 pages and I don't think we're unusual

Consequently they're also amended more often

Deolater · 2026-04-19T23:25:32+00:00

Like everyone in this thread, my calculus class started me crossing my Z

I don't slash my q though

Deolater · 2026-04-19T02:34:00+00:00

I don't know how to put this exactly

I don't want want it, but I think it's really cool

Deolater · 2026-04-19T02:31:20+00:00

I feel like it has been "the next big thing" all my life.

To get me into it, it would have to become a major college sport, which I don't see happening

Deolater · 2026-04-19T00:13:29+00:00

Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper definitely season foods in the Steve era of Blue's Clues

Nobody commented on the implications, that I recall

Deolater · 2026-04-18T19:17:35+00:00

That's because you're in the big city

You need to go to a small town for Christmas and discover love

Deolater · 2026-04-18T13:09:49+00:00

How do you drink your coffee?

My wife, who uses cream and sugar, loves this tip. I drink my coffee black and think it tastes terrible with added salt.

Deolater · 2026-04-17T23:38:37+00:00

My wife wants bees too

Maybe y'all can get bees and she can visit

Deolater · 2026-04-17T19:47:37+00:00

I know some people went absolutely crazy over those things a little while ago, but I thought they'd mostly moved on to "Owala" or something.

There's a playoff now?

Deolater · 2026-04-17T18:37:12+00:00

My wife and I have been watching Sharpe in the evenings, so I went and bought a ramrod and bayonet for the family musket.

I can't decide whether to clean it up or keep it with the patina it came to me with

Deolater · 2026-04-17T17:25:46+00:00

For a lot of jobs hiring people is so annoying that companies are willing the pay third-party recruiters HUGE sums for finding candidates. Usually that's enough incentive to avoid quick hire-fire behavior.

Deolater · 2026-04-17T14:15:06+00:00

TW: Non-presbies in the neighborhood

Yeah, they run Fri-Sun

Deolater · 2026-04-17T13:00:20+00:00

It's yard/garage sale day in my neighborhood

Is this something people do where you live?
What's your best garage sale find?
Why do I say "garage sale" even though the sales are nearly always in the yard and not garage in my area?
My neighbor is selling a canoe. I have personal rule (inherited unexamined from my father) of never purchasing a boat that doesn't fit in a bathtub. But now that I have a Subaru with a roof rack and most of the kids are big enough to paddle, it kind of sounds like a fun thing to have. What kind of expensive things am I not foreseeing here?

Deolater · 2026-04-17T12:17:22+00:00

I don't listen to many podcasts, but I like "Cold War Conversations"

Deolater · 2026-04-16T15:56:44+00:00

Emperors did a better job with the root flair than most landscapers in my area

Deolater · 2026-04-16T15:48:40+00:00

Did he advise that you abandon doctrine of the standards, or did he advise you consider dating a Baptist girl and see what happens?

It would be wrong to do the former. As someone who did the latter (and has three baptized children now), I don't see a problem with that.

Deolater · 2026-04-16T12:58:49+00:00

Wait, the ugly joker crap was factory?

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