My defrosted freezer
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 12:23 (nine years ago) link
turquoise, pink and red colors used in any handmade item, felt especially
― *tera, Thursday, 22 January 2015 01:54 (nine years ago) link
I'm listening to Men at Work: Cargo. Right now for the first time in years. It was the first record I ever owned. I played it all the time when I was 4-5 years old. Enjoying the shit out of it.
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Thursday, 22 January 2015 03:47 (nine years ago) link
I decided recently to become more handy by force of will -- will just try things I don't know how to do, look them up on the internet, and not give up when I face setbacks. Today I removed an old shower door from our tile shower stall, and the hardware was really old and rusty and there were a few stripped screws, and I wrestled mightily with them, and I got the motherfuckers out.
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Friday, 20 February 2015 02:47 (nine years ago) link
When you say hi to a dog you don't know, and it starts wagging its tail so hard you think it might tip over.
― Miss Anne Thrope (j.lu), Saturday, 21 February 2015 03:32 (nine years ago) link
^^^that's a good one! Also: street cats, whom you expect to be pretty shy, who actually bound over to you purring when you bend down to call them.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Saturday, 21 February 2015 07:29 (nine years ago) link
Free tupperware with every takeout soup order.
― WilliamC, Thursday, 7 May 2015 00:46 (nine years ago) link
People who go into Starbucks or Costa and say, in all seriousness, "i'd like a coffee please". Must be infuriating for the baristas but i find it oddly endearing, like they've just stepped out of 1954.
― Petite Lamela (ShariVari), Thursday, 7 May 2015 11:31 (nine years ago) link
apologies i shd have promoted it more here but i only just discovered i still had a password :D
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― drash, Monday, 18 May 2015 21:29 (nine years ago) link
haha
― time trafel 2015 💨 2012 (wins), Monday, 18 May 2015 21:30 (nine years ago) link
I've got a new purse (wallet) and it's a big MUM PURSE. I'm sitting watching TV and transferring everything carefully from my old purse to the new one.
― kinder, Friday, 17 July 2015 19:04 (eight years ago) link
18 oz of organic raspberries (fresh, not frozen) for $3.61I feel I could make it rain raspberries and still have some leftover to eat
― La Lechera, Friday, 17 July 2015 19:30 (eight years ago) link
when i provide detailed easy-to-follow instructions and someone actually follows them
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 14:01 (eight years ago) link
― Petite Lamela (ShariVari), Thursday, 7 May 2015 11:31 (3 months ago) Permalink
I similarly feel IA at people who in 2015 are still harping on "OMFG I DON'T UNDERSTAND STARBUCKS ORDERS WHAT'S A GRANDE I JUST SAY LARGE" -- at this point you either know how it works and are being pretend simple or you just never set foot in Starbucks which is completely fine but then why are you commenting on your inability to understand their ordering system?
― five six and (man alive), Tuesday, 18 August 2015 15:08 (eight years ago) link
then take it to the IA thread, megan complainor
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 18 August 2015 15:57 (eight years ago) link
haha whoops
― five six and (man alive), Tuesday, 18 August 2015 16:05 (eight years ago) link
read the "endearing" part out of the quote and thought I was in the other thread for a second
surgical adblocking
― koogs, Thursday, 10 September 2015 21:50 (eight years ago) link
haha yes
― mookieproof, Thursday, 10 September 2015 22:00 (eight years ago) link
yes! i am a latecomer to adblock and it is amazing. Before my browser would crash or slow down to a crawl anytime I went to an ad-heavy, flash-ridden site
― marcos, Friday, 11 September 2015 00:06 (eight years ago) link
Case in point was the two elements the Washington post adds to obscure its pages when you're using an adblocker. 8)
From there I went on to remove all the comments, the side bar, the social media div, the 'popular articles' div... Element hiding helper ftw
― koogs, Friday, 11 September 2015 04:59 (eight years ago) link
minor social successesit's like they buoy my spirits just enough to make me want to try to make them happen more often (inertia, etc)
― La Lechera, Friday, 25 September 2015 19:47 (eight years ago) link
I love old couples holding hands. This week I saw one couple walking with their arms around each other.
― tokyo rosemary, Friday, 25 September 2015 21:17 (eight years ago) link
Slowly coming to realize that Amory's current mayor is actually a cool guy and not discernably conservative. He doesn't mind when I address him as Illustrious Potentate, he's younger than me, and he's a Ween fan.
― defibrillate after opening (WilliamC), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 15:02 (eight years ago) link
Facebook ads where the comment thread is all people taking the piss out of the product
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Thursday, 9 June 2016 18:58 (eight years ago) link
When kittens get crazy eyes and run diagonally.
Walking across a parking lot at sunset and having a 30-foot-long shadow.
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 10 June 2016 03:34 (eight years ago) link
On Facebook, seeing my first-grade teacher wishing my kindergarten teacher a happy birthday today.
― pplains, Tuesday, 28 June 2016 17:40 (seven years ago) link
The morning of a summer day.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 17:55 (seven years ago) link
half of a leftover birthday cake in my fridge atm
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 18:20 (seven years ago) link
happy birthday!
― oh, amazonaws (wins), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 22:57 (seven years ago) link
lol i should clarify, half of *mr veg's* bday cake
that he's kindly sharing with meso vicariously my birthday
thanks! :D
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 June 2016 23:46 (seven years ago) link
When ILX maintenance or repairs cause a server restart, because that means Blog View will work for a week or two.
― aaaaaaaauuuuuuuuu (melting robot) (WilliamC), Sunday, 29 January 2017 18:48 (seven years ago) link
Seeing green shoots from flower bulbs emerge in late January.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Sunday, 29 January 2017 22:38 (seven years ago) link
Lost my phone on the metro this morning. A couple of hours later call my own phone, somebody answers, we set up a meeting point and I get my phone back.
People, they're the best!
― silverfish, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 17:42 (seven years ago) link
p rational
phones are like wallets these days
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 17:49 (seven years ago) link
Unzipping a zip file, releasing the folder within, then dragging the zip file into the released folder before dropping everything into the garbage can.
― pplains, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:40 (six years ago) link
Squirrels. Definitely pests, never tire of watching them, wish they knew how much we loved them so they would stop being so squirrelly.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 September 2018 23:21 (five years ago) link
Took my car to the garage because something was faulty in my reversing light. Bear in mind every time I took my car to my old garage it ended up costing £££.Got the bill at the end - £2.12
― kinder, Sunday, 3 March 2019 11:53 (five years ago) link
Playing "heads will roll" and my 13 yo goes:"oh i know this!"
― nathom, Sunday, 3 March 2019 19:37 (five years ago) link
A handful of things that make me happy:
1. A good cup of English-style tea (PG Tips and Yorkshire Tea especially).2. Good music that reaches my soul and heals me from within.3. My friends.4. When I'm on my medication and I'm thinking clearly and neurotypically.5. Doggo/pupper posts on the interwebs.
― The Colour of Spring (deethelurker), Saturday, 23 March 2019 22:18 (five years ago) link
32. Seeing distant snow covered mountains on a clear morning while driving to work
― VegemiteGrrrl, Thursday, September 30, 2010
When a line of distant cumulus clouds hug the horizon and look like impossibly tall snow covered mountains.
― Hideous Lump, Sunday, 24 March 2019 07:12 (five years ago) link
^ similarly, seeing a cute dog being walked on morning/evening commute.
― D. Joe, Sunday, 24 March 2019 07:28 (five years ago) link
Haha I have introduced dog spotting at work. Hey look at that cute dog! Oh wow. Lol. What breed is that?
― nathom, Sunday, 24 March 2019 08:56 (five years ago) link
Living in my town: you discover everyone knows everyone. At a funeral yesterday seeing it again: hey they're friends of my dad and now I'm here saying goodbye to the daughter. That made me unhappy (duh) but you feel a closeness.
― nathom, Sunday, 24 March 2019 08:59 (five years ago) link
The burial made me unhappy I mean. Goes w/o saying. Made me unhappy and exceptionally angry. Fuck drunk drivers. Really.
― nathom, Sunday, 24 March 2019 09:00 (five years ago) link
All doggos are good girls and boys. Their existence is one of the genuinely good things about this world. Drunk drivers are one of the many terrible things. I'm terribly sorry for your/your family friends' loss, Naths.
― The Colour of Spring (deethelurker), Monday, 25 March 2019 16:09 (five years ago) link
Not hitting a red light for TWO WHOLE MILES
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Monday, 25 March 2019 16:13 (five years ago) link
there should be awards for thatbest feeling ever
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 25 March 2019 17:41 (five years ago) link
Dee for real. I was so angry. Still am.
― nathom, Monday, 25 March 2019 18:27 (five years ago) link
It makes me happy that Thad Cochran died Thursday and didn't merit a mention on the obituary thread. Fuck that guy. Always smiling, always genteel, always a reliable party line vote for shitty policies.
― The Bite Game with Jim Lamprey (WmC), Sunday, 2 June 2019 15:57 (five years ago) link