Today, I replaced the cartridge on the bathroom taps, fixing the leak that had moved from manageable, to annoying to turn off the hot water under the sink. This involved identifying the model, figuring out where the set screw was hidden and, taking the tap apart sufficiently to find a part number to confirm the model and the required cartridge. The cartridge was free at the hardware store and ...
... say to him. ... Their actual lesson is the next day, but Leonard is there, floating around in the background, pulling books off shelves, and sighing heavily as he flips through pages and taps away on his laptop. Sheldon teaches her the melody for 'The Entertainer', which she finds jaunty and upbeat, but Penny feels distracted and tense and completely self-conscious in his presence, which is ...
...films that the curator dubbed "Brit Noir"), Gerald Kersh's source novel isn't really noir : it's more of a screed of misanthropic humanism, of a similar vein to the one that Harlan Ellison taps. Based on just this one book, I can understand why Ellison declared Kersh to be his favorite author ; also, like Ellison, Kersh's forte was apparently the short story (although I personally prefer Ellison...
..., tattoos over his arms and an earring in one ear, shaved head like Joe. "J.D." Red said promptly. "Molson, and I'm buying hers, Fireplug." Ken said and looked at her. Becka eyed the taps. "Sam Adams Summer." She better not have a shot. She hadn't had a drink in ages. They got their drinks. Becka took a sip. "So I hear you're a shoplifter." Red dropped a big hand on...
... foot to hit all the beats and one to balance on in the middle. I'm shy about jumping and hopping because we have people below us. I do it at reasonable hours and try to do the lightest of toe taps, but soon that won't be enough. I just don't want the neighbors to have any cause to complain. I haven't been good about studying this week. I've been knitting like crazy. I started to watch Hedwig ...
...that was alone at the Winter Ball. All of her friends are out there dancing, enjoying the song, the music, the happiness that she is supposed to be enjoying. But he hasn’t come. She taps her foot impatiently, looking around the room. It was decorated to look as if it was snowing. Snowflakes were hanging from the ceiling and white tinsel was hanging everywhere. It looked cliché, but beautiful all...
... wall was lined with a refrigerated unit full of bottles, another full of bottles stacked on shelves, and the third lined with the bar. A huge chalk board hung behind the bar, over a long row of taps, with beer after beer listed in a neat hand. After pouringhimself a glass of something called "Boon Faro," he stepped outside to look over the front again. Which was when, of course, he noticed the...
... * * "Is that kind of what bondage is like?" I blink, take another drag from my cigarette, and shake my head. "That's what you want to talk about right after I fuck you through the mattress?" Justintaps my chest, just a fleeting touch of his fingertips. "Brian. Is it?" "Yes and no." I stub out the cigarette and roll to my side, steeling myself for yet another one of our talks. The boy has the...
...'s scratch don't work for his previous plan. Out the window it goes while a new one comes in. Matt sets the cue ball down and takes aim. “Hot blonde at twelve o'clock.” “What?” “Hot blonde--” Matt tapsthe tip of the cue against the cue ball. The ball rolls, hits the 10 ball, sinks it. “--at the bar, directly across from me. Small black dress. Red heels. Curvy.” He flashes her a little ...
...'s Philou, also wanting to give Simo a facial (don't be a perv and think of the other facial) Frenchie wants to piggy-back? 2-1 Roma! The Unloved get busy on the ground: *taps Marcolino's bum* Mirketto was my personal pick for MOTM for scoring the equalizer and setting up Simo's goal: OMG Juan's aliiiive! At the end of the match, Frenchie and Fra hugged. Roma are ...