Lydia: But you are a vampire. Spike: If I'm not, I'm gonna be pissed about drinking all that blood.

'Potential'


Natter 32 Flavors and Then Some  

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.


Lyra Jane - Feb 03, 2005 5:54:23 am PST #3522 of 10002
Up with the sun

you should tell him, "hey, I really want to support you, but starbucks coffee just tastes better.

What Vortex said. I respect the desire to support independent businesses, but if they're worse than the chains, they shouldn't earn money entirely by playing on guilt.


msbelle - Feb 03, 2005 6:25:41 am PST #3523 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

oh my dear lord, I am gonna fall asleep at my desk. I should probably just give in and get some caffeine, huh?

It is supposed to get up to 40 degrees today. I had to remind myself that that is still cold. The winter has been mild and yet it still feels like it is dragging along forever. or maybe that is just me. I may not make it to March. In my fantasy world, I am getting a week off and going to a warm island to do nothing but walk and read and eat and sleep.


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 03, 2005 6:30:26 am PST #3524 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Ugh. So very tired today. Must make a mental note to turn in as early as possible tonight.

At least I started the day off with good news from my broker - Disney increased in value by 10% over the last quarter. I'm kinda regretting not buying thousands of dollars in shares last year when I had the money to spend. But the whole Roy Disney flap put me off about how the company was being run. Looks like the no confidence vote that resulted in Eisner letting Robert Iger take over day-to-day operations was a good thing.

This nifty inflation calculator tells me that what I did buy back when was done wisely, as it's doubled my investment even after adjusting for the falling value of the dollar.


§ ita § - Feb 03, 2005 6:38:42 am PST #3525 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

So, not about Michael Jackson this morning, despite temptation:

Jennifer Aniston is drawing strength from her girlfriends to get over her split from husband Brad Pitt. The Friends actress is still heart-broken by the collapse of her high profile marriage to the Troy hunk last month, but she is determined to move on with her life by concentrating on her career. The 35-year-old says, "There are times when you look in the mirror and go, 'OK, we're having a good day.' You go through those moments of hating things about yourself and not having any positive reinforcement. You know when I feel inwardly beautiful? When I am with my girlfriends and we are having a 'goddess circle'. The most beautiful I have ever felt is when I am surrounded by a group of women and we are having some wonder ful evening together and are celebrating women. No men allowed!"


msbelle - Feb 03, 2005 6:42:46 am PST #3526 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

that crazy hippy dippy Jennifer.


Polter-Cow - Feb 03, 2005 6:42:54 am PST #3527 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

When I am with my girlfriends and we are having a 'goddess circle'.

Just last week, I saw the Friends episode about this. With the wind and the pools and the whatnot.


Steph L. - Feb 03, 2005 6:46:31 am PST #3528 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Just last week, I saw the Friends episode about this. With the wind and the pools and the whatnot.

"I will never suck your energy again!"


shrift - Feb 03, 2005 6:49:25 am PST #3529 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I hate it when I scuff new shoes the first time I wear them. I must remember to tell that to my goddess circle tonight; they'll understand.


tommyrot - Feb 03, 2005 6:56:15 am PST #3530 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.

What's up with my brain today? Now I feel light-headed....

ION: [link]

A number of science fiction luminaries and a bot got together to write the very worst book they possibly could and submit it to PublishAmerica, and were, of course, accepted.

Subsequently, PublishAmerica apparently found out what was going on and rejected the book, explaining that after having accepted the book for publication based on its high quality someone actually read it and discovered that it sucked.

Now you, the reader, can discover the transcendent badness that is Atlanta Nights, by Travis Tea (say it out loud). The press release is here.


WildDemon Cornelius - Feb 03, 2005 6:59:56 am PST #3531 of 10002
Take your fingers off it, don't you dare touch it, you know it don't belong to you, to you...

(It's Starbucks coffee. I feel bad about this, because on the sidewalk nearby is a guy with a coffee cart who's had that sidewalk spot for about 25 years, and he's got his cart all covered with signs about why we should by coffee from him rather than from Starbucks. And I agree with most of his reasons, but I just really can't stand the taste of his coffee.)

His name isn't Tweak, is it? (South Park episode that's almost exactly like the situation you describe; watch out for Gnomes and hang on to your underwear)

Oh well...I need coffee myself.