Deal done, offer accepted. Last day on the phones: a week from tomorrow.
Sweet! Congratulations, Alex!
Plus bonus points for use of the word 'mosey'.
Oz ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
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.
DavidS - Mar 31, 2005 10:05:51 am PST #1910 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Rick - Mar 31, 2005 10:06:58 am PST #1911 of 10001
1.1 or 2.0?
Arguing which USB the Buffybot used could be the quintessential Buffista moment. If only there was a way to get porn in there . . .
Oh yeah, it's an argument about Spike's sex-bot.
Gudanov - Mar 31, 2005 10:07:39 am PST #1912 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Arguing which USB the Buffybot used could be the quintessential Buffista moment. If only there was a way to get porn in there . . .
What about Firewire?
Jessica - Mar 31, 2005 10:11:33 am PST #1913 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
What about Firewire?
I think you'd have to ask Spike.
Connie Neil - Mar 31, 2005 10:11:40 am PST #1914 of 10001
brillig
Another visit from Cynical!Connie.
How long do you think it will be before whispers of beatification begin? It could be argued that she was denied proper recognition of her faith and, in essence, martyred.
Some days I hate my brain.
sarameg - Mar 31, 2005 10:12:37 am PST #1915 of 10001
Fuck. I just missed a deadline for timecard. I meant to do it first thing this morning, and then I got distracted and just NOW remembered.
Damnit. Hope my manager doesn't kill me.
Kathy A - Mar 31, 2005 10:12:48 am PST #1916 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
A scary but interesing column about America's drift toward a fascist theocracy--it might be a bit extreme, but it's definitely something to think about.
Don't expect the jackboots to march around the corner tomorrow. Don't expect homes to be indiscriminately raided. Don't expect citizens to be hauled off in the dead of night -- although that has been the case with indiscriminate arrests of many Muslim immigrants since 9/11.
Consider, however, the anti-democratic warning signs: the Patriot Act and subsequent civil liberties-busting legislation; election snafus seamlessly fading into history; a war carried out on the basis of misinformation and disinformation; secret prisons where captives are tortured.
Think about how things change slowly, yet dramatically, while good people either aren't paying attention or are too satisfied to raise their voices.
Nutty - Mar 31, 2005 10:14:39 am PST #1917 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
beatification
Wait, don't you have to, like, have done something on purpose to forward the faith? Like, I don't think somebody who accidentally fell off a cliff could be called an advocate for cliff safety. An example for future advocates, yes; an advocate, no.
Then again, last time we had this conversation, I asked why Kitty Genovese hadn't been beatified.
Connie Neil - Mar 31, 2005 10:16:25 am PST #1918 of 10001
brillig
If the pope can have "holy suffering", I'm thinking Terri trumps him.
Nutty - Mar 31, 2005 10:20:13 am PST #1919 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Well, but the Pope jumped through various theological and ritual hoops to become the Pope. Like, every booger the Pope blows is a holy booger (or, it would be, if we valued boogers) not because he's a guy named Karol but because Karol grew up and did all the things that make one Pope.
Presumably (or anyway theoretically, with apologies to the Borgias), Popely things marry ritual to spiritual milestones, such that getting to the top of the bureaucratic heap makes one automatically higher spiritually.