Let him do his thing, and then you get him out. No messing with him for laughs.

Mal ,'Ariel'


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.


Frankenbuddha - Mar 24, 2005 4:15:18 am PST #64 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I've never actually seen the Theismann play. The descriptions were so bad that I always change the channel when someone says they're going to show it.

DX is wise. Saw it once; never need to again.

It's possible that he's out to get ya, but more likely he's just being extraordinarily self-involved and has his head up his ass.

My paranoid guess was that he reparked so that he could just pull forward into the space in front of the house next door without having to shovel out, or with minimal shovelling, which he couldn't do if I was in that space. Why he didn't park that way in the first place, I have no idea.

That is, if it is the guy next door, and not just some random idjit.


Nutty - Mar 24, 2005 4:16:00 am PST #65 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Gah. Upsetting. No more mousetraps.

Yikes. I mean, yay for the Beatrix Potter gentleness, but boo for having to demonstrate it. I am thinking the humane traps are your best bet. Although now thinking affectionately back to moments in history of my stepmother girding herself to catch a mouse in a bathroom once -- apron, boots, oven mitts, broom and paper bag. She looked like a hockey goalie, lacking only the mask.

Emmett! That face! Glad to see someone has already invoked Owen Wilson. By no stretch of the imagination should anyone say the name Tony Conigliaro to him.

I've never actually seen the Theismann play. The descriptions were so bad that I always change the channel when someone says they're going to show it.

I've seen lots of talk about it, but never seen it either. I don't think they actually show it any more, only still photos of afterwards. (I did watch part of an NFL game where a man broke his neck, and was being breathed for on the field, and the commentators in their booth were carefully not explaining that as they hastily cut to commercial. He ended up OK later.)

Anyone else seen the AARP commercial criticizing Dubya's Social Security plan where the woman has a clogged sink and they demolish her whole house?

I saw that! Halfway through I was like, Oh, this is political! Clever.


juliana - Mar 24, 2005 4:16:04 am PST #66 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

(Is the Theismann play the broken-leg one? 'Cause, ugh.)

Timelies. Poor Emmett! May his ENT be as kick-ass as mine.


Nutty - Mar 24, 2005 4:18:31 am PST #67 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Yes. Basically, if you depend on your legs for your job, don't let Laurence Taylor sit down on your lap. That goes double if he leaps into your lap at 30 mph. IIRC, it was a compound fracture, too.


tommyrot - Mar 24, 2005 4:18:36 am PST #68 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Anyone familiar with Michelle Delio? She's a freelance writer - if you google her you'll see tons of articles she's written.

From Wired:

A Note to Readers
In light of TechnologyReview.com's recent retraction of two stories by freelance writer Michelle Delio, we are reviewing articles written by her for Wired News. We have assigned Adam Penenberg, a journalism professor at New York University who writes a media column for Wired News, to conduct the review.

From technologyreview.com:

Technology Review, Inc. cannot vouch for the accuracy of "Carly's Way," by Michelle Delio, published online on March 4, 2005. Nor can we stand by "Carly's Gone. HP Celebrates," also by Delio, published online on February 10, 2005. We regret publishing the stories.

Details on the retraction: [link]

The “Carly’s Way” story was an “as told to” from the perspective of a former engineer and was billed this way: “A former Hewlett-Packard engineer tells his version of how Carly Fiorina, HP's ousted CEO, wrecked the company's greatest asset: its labs.”

Hmmm... this stuff fascinates me.


DXMachina - Mar 24, 2005 4:19:16 am PST #69 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Is the Theismann play the broken-leg one?

Yuppers.

Or what Nutty said.


Frankenbuddha - Mar 24, 2005 4:20:41 am PST #70 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Is the Theismann play the broken-leg one? 'Cause, ugh

Yep and yep.


Frankenbuddha - Mar 24, 2005 4:22:34 am PST #71 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Basically, if you depend on your legs for your job, don't let Laurence Taylor sit down on your lap. That goes double if he leaps into your lap at 30 mph.

Do I remember correctly that LT knew immediately that something very wrong had happened and got everybody's attention?


Nora Deirdre - Mar 24, 2005 4:23:13 am PST #72 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

When we had some mice a couple months ago, Tom caught them with the top of a stainless steel wok top, slid a thin piece of cardboard underneath, and let the mice go outside. Stealthy, my husband is.

We think they were new mice and disoriented to the layout, which was what made them easier to catch. Hopefully they will stay away, because of the tall dude with the stainless steel cage. They can curse our first floor neighbors who I don't like so much anyway.


Pix - Mar 24, 2005 4:24:29 am PST #73 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

Hello new thread!

That's all I've got.