And I wonder, what possible catastrophe came crashing down from heaven and brought this dashing stranger to tears?

Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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.


Betsy HP - Feb 11, 2005 2:18:12 pm PST #6587 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

Yeah, I understand. What I meant is that my experience has been, you don't get any routine raises or COLAs at all; you maybe get a promotion after a few years, or you maybe quit and find another job -- so the lifelong trend is up, but it's nothing nice and predictable like annual increases.

You're right. I think my brain is stuck back in the 1980s. It used to be like that. Really. At least for me.


Scrappy - Feb 11, 2005 2:34:05 pm PST #6588 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Kinda hard to type with my NEW DOG sprawled out halfway on my lap. She's awfully awfully sweet. So far I have observed: Dogs are like cats except they like you all the time.


lori - Feb 11, 2005 2:36:25 pm PST #6589 of 10002

Yay DOG!

So far I have observed: Dogs are like cats except they like you all the time.

Yes!


amych - Feb 11, 2005 2:36:27 pm PST #6590 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Dogs are like cats except they like you all the time.

You must have barky cats.

Also, AWWWWWW!!


DavidS - Feb 11, 2005 2:37:18 pm PST #6591 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

So far I have observed: Dogs are like cats except they like you all the time.

Yeah. Go, dog, go.


Scrappy - Feb 11, 2005 2:39:16 pm PST #6592 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

We haven't heard this dog bark at all yet. She whines a little when distressed, but not big on barking, even though she has seen other dogs, a squirrel, our two cats, and a stranger (Kat, who was the first to meet her! Yay!) at the door. The foster carers said she only barks when she's playing outside.


JZ - Feb 11, 2005 2:39:19 pm PST #6593 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

You must have barky cats.

Or part Siamese. They are very chatty and gossipy and never shut up.


§ ita § - Feb 11, 2005 2:39:59 pm PST #6594 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Eva Mendes isn't pretty.

Lotus Notes isn't good.

Dogs? Pretty cool.


DavidS - Feb 11, 2005 2:41:40 pm PST #6595 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

The foster carers said she only barks when she's playing outside.

Ah, she knows when to use the outside voice and the inside voice. Good dog! Go love Robin more!


JZ - Feb 11, 2005 2:43:05 pm PST #6596 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Eva Mendes isn't pretty.

Huh. Stephanie Zacharek in Salon was just saying that her ass looks like it was plucked from God's personal peach orchard.

Though that's no guarantee of prettiness beyond her ass.