"do not stick the small tree up your ass", said my girlfriend.

[apiphile]

I return from the land of intermittent internet and NOTHING WORTH DOING with a strong commitment to becoming an urbanite asshole. Fuck the countryside. And fuck the parental generation

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[wolfy_writing]

The land of intermittent internet sucks. (I keep thinking I'm going to be all productive and creative without internet, but mainly I just end up doing puzzles.)

Your dog? Someone else's dog?

Sorry about having to sit through other people's bigoted conversations. That sucks.

Can we just write off 2016 and skip ahead to next year?

[apiphile]

Yeah I failed to be productive so much, I just read a lot.

In-law dog. He's gone yappy and paranoid since they stopped treating him with steroids.

[wolfy_writing]

It's like "Eh, I just want to poke idly at something and be entertained" moods aren't a modern invention caused purely by electronics!

Aw, poor dog. And poor humans having to deal with that.

[apiphile]

ALMOST.

[swear_jar]

parents have terrible opinions, which is to be expected, but it's really unpleasant when you can't argue with them. sorry bab.

[apiphile]

it's also unpleasant when yr stupid boyfriend WON'T disagree.

[ruthi]

Cake? I volunteer to eat cake.

I am glad you are returned from the land of intermittent internet, it is a stressful place.

[apiphile]

Well be near me sometime soon and cake will happen.

NO SHIT. Sadly the land of functioning internet and no inlaws is also fucking traumatic.

[tsuki_no_bara]

welcome back to the land of internet and no inlaws!

i too would volunteer to eat cake, if i were in the vicinity of cake to eat.

i saw spqr in the bookstore on saturday - there was a display right by the front door - and my first thought was "oh, that must be the book derek's always talking about", followed by "damn, that's a big book". i may or may not have been slightly intimidated.

[apiphile]

I wish I could mail you some of this cake, it is Very British Cake.

Ah! Well, I bought the kindle version so all I have to care about is the percentage at the bottom and I can immerse myself in Rome for ages. I did wonder why I was making such slow progress from several hours of reading!

[minervasolo]

Have you seen the documentary on the rise of the egyptians on iplayer? That's got some interesting stuff about ancient civilisations and the shift from "we love cows" to "we worship cows" to "jeez, cows, where did all the rain go?" to "we've tied a cow's tail onto this one dude and maybe now they'll grant our wishes through him if we sacrifice his entire court when he dies and bury them along side him".

Fruit cake lasts pretty much forever, so maybe you could ration it into a diet-friendly piece per week to last until next christmas?

[apiphile]

Noo! I maybe I should hit that one up when I can handle actually looking at and concentrating on moving pictures (if that ever happens again).

TRUE. But generosity suits me better, the last one went pretty manky.