A Life of Crime and Chocolate

heyjude said:

I'm going to be honest, Bob, I really think he's right. You're not giving Russia the attention it deserves. This is why we're paying you the big bucks, right?!

I'll be logging off, soon, by the way, until after the storm. Please pray and send good wishes. I hope to be back in a few days. Alleycat will be keeping my Facebook page updated as I'm able to update him. The eye of the storm is headed directly over me. Not sure what to expect but we're keeping our sense of humor and our faith. We'll be just fine, no matter what.

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Hoping and praying you are alright!

HJ is safe! (Though probably in need of a lot of coffee. )

Cassiopeia said:

(Can you tell I'm missing SA?)

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Oh, yes. But not for the math.

'Fess up, Cassie. It's really the potjiekos, the boerewors, the melktert and the integrated conviviality.

And 'cos we're all so darn good-looking.


Okay. Maybe not that last bit.

heyjude said:

I'm fine, thanks for the care, all!

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Yay! Glad to hear from you!

heyjude said:

I'm fine, thanks for the care, all!

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Great news!

Glad you are safe, hj!

My brother's in Tallahassee, and says they lucked out there as well, for the most part.

It's gone very quiet in here. You all behaving?

I've always said you should worry most when it goes quiet.

onesecondglance said:

I've always said you should worry most when it goes quiet.

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Exactly! And there are various types of silence. This one has a furtive quality about it. You agree?

GailD said:

Exactly! And there are various types of silence. This one has a furtive quality about it. You agree?

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Yes. In exactly the way that doesn't implicate me. Totally.

heyjude said:

HA HA HA! YES! WHO SAID OTHERWISE?! *nervous laughter*

*tries to look cool*

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*is not buying it*

onesecondglance said:

Yes. In exactly the way that doesn't implicate me. Totally.

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Of course!

*cough*

*thinks the lad doth protest too much*

That reminds me - I haven't made a coffee cake in ages.


*is easily distracted*

heyjude said:

yet

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Nice qualifier....

HJ AND OSG'S SUPER SECRET PLAN
1. steal gail's coffee cake
2. ???
3. profit

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Nothing to see here, nosirree...

Uh-huh. I've seen nothing before. And it didn't look good.

I think you're all confused with this talk of cake. It should be PIE.

Namatu said:

I think you're all confused with this talk of cake. It should be PIE.

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Are you saying that you prefer tarts?

You guys are always misspelling CAKE.

Anybody have some inspiration they care to share today? I'm feeling glum and I'm cake-free and I need to be slapped with the CHEER THE @#$!! UP stick.

lizmonster said:

You guys are always misspelling CAKE.

Anybody have some inspiration they care to share today? I'm feeling glum and I'm cake-free and I need to be slapped with the CHEER THE @#$!! UP stick.

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I don't know if the fall has already begun where you are but if it has, take a nice long stroll and look at the colors. Look for a homeless person and give him/her every last cent that's in your wallet. (It's hard to feel down when you're helping someone else feel better.)

And if you can't find cake - eat doughnuts.

GailD said:

I don't know if the fall has already begun where you are but if it has, take a nice long stroll and look at the colors. Look for a homeless person and give him/her every last cent that's in your wallet. (It's hard to feel down when you're helping someone else feel better.)

And if you can't find cake - eat doughnuts.

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You are excellent. These are lovely suggestions.

As it happens, we live in the woods, and I noticed earlier that we're starting to get some red on the trees in our front yard. It goes spectacular here in the fall, although sometimes only for a day or two!

I have not been out enough this week to encounter any homeless people, but we made some disaster relief donations earlier. It's never enough, but dammit, it's something that will help someone.

And someone said something lovely about my book on Twitter, so being the shallow person I am I find myself a tad cheered up.

lizmonster said:

And someone said something lovely about my book on Twitter, so being the shallow person I am I find myself a tad cheered up.

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Ha! You're about as shallow as the Mariana Trench! I know. I've read your books! You plumb the depths of your characters with consummate ease and it takes a lot of deep thinking to do that. I'm waiting for the new one to get onto Kindle and I'm buying it!

So there! Don't even try to talk me out of it.

I found this kinda inspirational, if only in a "I'm actually doing fine" way.

GailD said:

Ha! You're about as shallow as the Mariana Trench! I know. I've read your books! You plumb the depths of your characters with consummate ease and it takes a lot of deep thinking to do that. I'm waiting for the new one to get onto Kindle and I'm buying it!

So there! Don't even try to talk me out of it.

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*sniff* Thank you, Gail. You are a wonderful person.

(Also, character-wise, I feel like Ted is a little bit shallow, but I think it's a coping mechanism for him.)

onesecondglance said:

I found this kinda inspirational, if only in a "I'm actually doing fine" way.

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That Gatsby cake is nightmare fodder, but I totally want a graduation cat.