Sara, obviously your cat has hacked into your company's network in a ploy to avoid getting medicated.
It's just an object. It doesn't mean what you think.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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.
Tom Scola - May 05, 2005 12:12:59 pm PDT #1665 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
§ ita § - May 05, 2005 12:13:43 pm PDT #1666 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
ROBIN!!! YOU MADE THE MAMA CRY!!!
DavidS - May 05, 2005 12:13:51 pm PDT #1667 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Do you mind if I adopt this for wider use? As in, "I have to get up in the middle of the fucking night to test the new blahblah before it goes live. But at least there's a low likelihood that I'll receive an episiotomy in the process."
It puts things in perspective. "Fuck! A $300 ticket! Oh well, at least the odds of having an episiotomy while paying it off are low."
DavidS - May 05, 2005 12:14:38 pm PDT #1668 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think I need a year or two off from the Hectic Life Changes.
Now would be a good year to sit in a lawn chair, water the children and watch them grow.
sarameg - May 05, 2005 12:15:39 pm PDT #1669 of 10001
Sara, obviously your cat has hacked into your company's network in a ploy to avoid getting medicated.
Oh, but he LIKEs getting shot. Besides, he's the dopey one. And I don't really have to stick around for the hubub. I just will have to deal with all the whiners distressed customers tomorrow morning.
Kat - May 05, 2005 12:16:00 pm PDT #1670 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Tom, you totally can do it. Think how far you already have come. Robin and ita are both right on in my experience (at least about this piece). The learning how part is usually so uncomfortable, but worthwhile.
Scrappy - May 05, 2005 12:19:17 pm PDT #1671 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
ROBIN!!! YOU MADE THE MAMA CRY!!!
I never meant to, uh....
slinks off in shame
Burrell - May 05, 2005 12:19:32 pm PDT #1672 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Okay, mama is off to take care of the baby, who just woke from his nap. Hungry, I presume.
eta: don't worry, Robin, twern't you.
sumi - May 05, 2005 12:20:15 pm PDT #1673 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Mr. Broom - May 05, 2005 12:20:30 pm PDT #1674 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Re: "Louie, Louie," good ol' Snopes has exhaustive info on just how wrongfooted the whole thing is. Rumor was actually started by kids to aggravate old people:
Back in 1963, everybody who knew anything about rock 'n' roll knew that the Kingsmen's "Louie Louie" concealed dirty words that could be unveiled only by playing the 45 rpm single at 33-1/3. This preposterous fable bore no scrutiny even at the time, but kids used to pretend it did, in order to panic parents, teachers, and other authority figures. Eventually those ultimate authoritarians, the FBI got involved, conducting a thirty-month investigation that led to "Louie"'s undying — indeed, unkillable — reputation as a dirty song.
EDIT: Funny thing is, the FBI actually spent two years investigating the possibility that the lyrics were actually smutty--great priorities, J. Edgar.