Anya, the Shopkeepers of America called. They wanted me to tell you that 'please go' just got replaced with 'have a nice day.'

Xander ,'Selfless'


Natter 31 But Looks 29  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Lilty Cash - Dec 25, 2004 1:48:34 pm PST #545 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."

I'm all alone in my apartment cleaning furiously with my new Sarah McLachlan concert dvd on, and haveing an odd moment of simple happiness. Won't ponder too long lest it goes away. The dvd'll end soon enough anyway, but 'tis good.


tommyrot - Dec 25, 2004 1:56:23 pm PST #546 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Penguins escape huge earthquake

Not quite as interesting as the headline might make one believe. I mean, the penguins didn't detect the earthquake before it happened and escape in some sort of penguin ark....


-t - Dec 25, 2004 2:03:51 pm PST #547 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I mean, the penguins didn't detect the earthquake before it happened and escape in some sort of penguin ark....

Well, they cleverly avoided building a large city that would crumble around them. That takes foresight.


DCJensen - Dec 25, 2004 2:29:27 pm PST #548 of 10002
All is well that ends in pizza.

That headline reads like someone had just gotten a good christmas bonus and was giddy.


Betsy HP - Dec 25, 2004 3:21:48 pm PST #549 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

USAIR really, really screws up the Christmas luggage. [link]


Pix - Dec 25, 2004 4:05:03 pm PST #550 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

t staggers into thread, weak with laughter

Okay, I now have conclusive proof that Dave and I are 1) lame and 2) geeky.

So we each got each other an iPod for Christmas. I got him what I really wanted--a full-on 40GB iPod good for 10000 songs so he wouldn't never have to worry about sorting through the music he wanted to listen to, etc.

He got me an iPod mini, because he really liked how little and sleek they are, plus he already rates all of his albums song by song, loved the idea of only taking the 400-500 songs he actually listens to, and assumed I'd feel the same.

We both pretended that we really liked our own gift while greedily eyeing each other's.

Finally, I admitted, "I'd kinda like a bigger one."

"Huh," he replied. "I really wanted the mini."

We stared at each other a second. We looked again at the free inscriptions we'd both done for each other on the back of each iPod ("if music be the food of love, play on" on mine; "music in the bedroom, laughter in the hall" on his). It isn't a coincidence that Mac offers free engraving but doesn't allow returns on anything once engraved.

"Do you want to--"

"--Oh thank God, yes."

We traded.

Ah, geeks at Christmas.


Cashmere - Dec 25, 2004 4:13:38 pm PST #551 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.

It's as if Steve Jobs wrote The Gift of the Magi.


§ ita § - Dec 25, 2004 4:14:16 pm PST #552 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

That's so infinitely dorky, Kristin. I like it.


Lilty Cash - Dec 25, 2004 4:15:13 pm PST #553 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."

Kristin, that is adorable.


amych - Dec 25, 2004 4:17:40 pm PST #554 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

USAIR really, really screws up the Christmas luggage

Note to self: carry-on.