...because God knows you need some satisfaction in life besides shagging Captain Cardboard! And I never really liked you anyway. And you have stupid hair!

Spike ,'Selfless'


What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35  

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.


Trudy Booth - Apr 29, 2005 7:42:50 am PDT #137 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

And honestly, I don't think because Halliburton took on some liability it really affects this bill in any way.

Just another lucky break for Halliburton then? They seem to get a lot of them from this administration.


Gudanov - Apr 29, 2005 7:51:51 am PDT #138 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

The asbestos litigation IS out of control

That is true.


bon bon - Apr 29, 2005 8:03:55 am PDT #139 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Just another lucky break for Halliburton then? They seem to get a lot of them from this administration.

Halliburton doesn't currently have any asbestos liability. They funded a settlement trust earlier this year. The bill doesn't affect them, luckily or otherwise.


Gudanov - Apr 29, 2005 8:05:55 am PDT #140 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

Halliburton doesn't currently have any asbestos liability

My mistake, I still thought they had liability.


DavidS - Apr 29, 2005 8:32:51 am PDT #141 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

So I went to the Zam Zam last night after work, and Scarlett Johansson and her entourage came in. It was weird.


Connie Neil - Apr 29, 2005 8:34:43 am PDT #142 of 10001
brillig

Scarlett Johansson and her entourage came in. It was weird.

So what do famous folks and their hangers-on do in clubs? Do they dance with the hoi polloi or just lurk in the VIP section and feel fabulous?


Kat - Apr 29, 2005 8:36:23 am PDT #143 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I've been feeling the lack of that for myself lately.

Yeah, Sarameg. It's also hard to get out of that rut.

Today is a lickity split zippy day.


sarameg - Apr 29, 2005 8:46:04 am PDT #144 of 10001

No kidding. On the first. Day is dragging here.

I've been trying to drag myself, kicking and screaming and hanging on to the doorjamb with my fingernails, out to something new-to-me and possible forward moving at least once a week. I'm otherwise content to molder in my cave, but that's just not proving healthy. So far so good. But it's ...work.


Beverly - Apr 29, 2005 8:49:57 am PDT #145 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Moldering in cave...sounds like a plan.

Okay, not so much. But...cozy. And fun, what with imaginary friends in the lighted box, and books, and cat, and, and....

Okay. Walks outside are good too. But yeah, work.


DavidS - Apr 29, 2005 8:50:50 am PDT #146 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

So what do famous folks and their hangers-on do in clubs? Do they dance with the hoi polloi or just lurk in the VIP section and feel fabulous?

What little experience I have with this indicates that certain celebrity types like to find cool little out of the way bars that feel "real" (whatever that means in Hollywood). They like a good jukebox and ambience and want to just hang with their friends. The bar has to have a cool enough clientele that they won't be bothered for autographs. And inevitably they kind of hit and run - they either visit one place for a month or so and discard it, or they only return to that place on an irregular basis. (Note: Survey sample size limited to Sean Penn and Nicholas Cage, who frequent the Tosca Cafe in North Beach (Sean) and The Saturn Club in New Orleans (Nic).)