sort of a couples' festschrift
t weeps in geeky joy at seeing "festschrift" used in a general sentence
When we landed here you said you needed a few days to get space worthy again and is there somethin' wrong with your bunk?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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.
Connie Neil - Apr 20, 2005 10:58:51 am PDT #7450 of 10001
brillig
Jesse - Apr 20, 2005 11:00:44 am PDT #7451 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You can tell I'm not American, can't you?
Even from here.
Emily - Apr 20, 2005 11:02:11 am PDT #7452 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I wish I could pretend that I toss it off insouciantly, connie, but really my mother's been working on one for the better part of a year now and I hear about it (and the tribulations of co-editing) every time I talk to her. Including on the way to buy her wedding dress.
askye - Apr 20, 2005 11:04:22 am PDT #7453 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
Most of the time when these family members start saying things I don't respond. I make polite excuses and leave. If it's during a meal I eat quickly and then leave. If I'm stuck in a situation for long enough I start thinking about gay vampire snuff porn, which usually distracts me.
However, there are times when things are said and I can't keep my mouth shut. Usually the person I have the most problems with is my Southern Baptist preacher relative, he says the most bigoted, racist things and I can't always keep my mouth shut for that. I've been rather successful at politely saying that I find what is being said offensive and I have to leave. Normally I just say I'm taking a walk or a nap or going to read a book, but there are times when I want to state that I'm leaving because I'm offended.
Gudanov - Apr 20, 2005 11:11:37 am PDT #7454 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Somehow my extended family avoids ugly conversations despite some pretty sharp political and religous differences.
lori - Apr 20, 2005 11:14:02 am PDT #7455 of 10001
Allyson's big public thing here at work went wonderfully. Good crowd, people laughed at her jokes in the intro, the speaker was funny and engaging. Yay!
Gudanov - Apr 20, 2005 11:15:19 am PDT #7456 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Yay for Allyson!
§ ita § - Apr 20, 2005 11:15:27 am PDT #7457 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Allyson and The Big Public Thing.
I like the ring of that...
lori - Apr 20, 2005 11:17:26 am PDT #7458 of 10001
Also, I sat next to QPB and got a mini-recap of the Lost shindig.
Sue - Apr 20, 2005 11:17:33 am PDT #7459 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Allyson and The Big Public Thing.
ita makes it sound dirty. It's the capitals.