Let me guess. We're in a hurry.

Inara ,'Serenity'


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.


Jessica - Feb 03, 2005 7:02:09 am PST #3532 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

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.

Oh, that's beautiful. And, of course, I must now buy this book.


§ ita § - Feb 03, 2005 7:03:09 am PST #3533 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I read the first page of that, and experienced actual pain. Be careful.


tommyrot - Feb 03, 2005 7:06:02 am PST #3534 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.

I read the first page of that, and experienced actual pain.

I had to try very hard to stifle my laughter, as my boss was near....

I think I need to buy it too....


Polter-Cow - Feb 03, 2005 7:09:36 am PST #3535 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I read the first page of that, and experienced actual pain. Be careful.

Yes. Pain. Soooo much pain. Pain. lol


msbelle - Feb 03, 2005 7:11:12 am PST #3536 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I have real coffee. this could turn out very badly.


Lee - Feb 03, 2005 7:12:25 am PST #3537 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

How come we never have goddess circles? ita, Allyson?

I feel so cheated.


Betsy HP - Feb 03, 2005 7:14:12 am PST #3538 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

I love the idea of a goddess circle with ita, for her goddess would kick ass.


Lilty Cash - Feb 03, 2005 7:15:52 am PST #3539 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."

Aww, Lee, next time you're up here, we'll have a goddess circle. I promise.

t /Not here


§ ita § - Feb 03, 2005 7:19:02 am PST #3540 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Let us pick Ishtar as our goddess, and get circling.


Rick - Feb 03, 2005 7:26:55 am PST #3541 of 10002

I spent the morning catching up on the Scandinavian news and I had to share an English translation of this article from yesterday's Aftenposten newspaper. I wonder if the Bush administration would support efforts like this to support America's declining rural areas?

F**k for the boondocks

Echoing the notorious 'Fuck for Forest' stunt that combined public sex and fundraising for the rain forest, an organization of rural youth are trying to find ways to raise the population in Norway's outlying districts.

The "Fuck for bygda (rural areas/boondocks)" campaign from the Norwegian young farmers league (NBU) is a humorous - yet serious - attempt to focus attention on the exodus from Norway's rural areas, NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting) reports.

Besides a declining birth rate Norway's outlying districts also see their residents moving to urban areas, and small local schools have begun to disappear.

Six years ago the residents of little Gloppen held a high-profile 'community reproduction effort' in a local gymnasium that embodies the spirit of "Fuck for bygda". The endeavor was a big success according to organizer Per Svein Reed, who told NRK that the school is now "nearly bursting" with kids.

Gloppen's snow-hole project was less of a hit. Gloppen businesses dug out cozy little caves in the mountainside snow and put out hundreds of torches to add to the romantic atmosphere. The effort did not result in a noticeable rise in the local population nine months later.

"Fuck for bygda" will encourage rural youth to get together and reproduce to help maintain their local societies.