You know, I've saved lives. Dozens. Maybe hundreds. I reattached a girl's leg. Her whole leg. She named her hamster after me. I got a hamster. He drops a box of money, he gets a town.

Simon ,'Jaynestown'


Natter 36: But We Digress...  

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 - Jun 10, 2005 9:55:29 am PDT #1106 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

No DJs, and I think they're going with "anything rock-ish since the 70s is fair game". Their tag line is "Playing what we want". It's obviously automated, and they have a few too many ID blurbs between songs, but they manage to personalize those for the locale enough to make it less obviously a franchise.

Dear God, we're trapped in that episode of WKRP in Cincinnati.


-t - Jun 10, 2005 9:59:42 am PDT #1107 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ooh, Jello with whipped cream. That is good. Though I always get it at cafeterias and never make it at home.


kat perez - Jun 10, 2005 10:03:54 am PDT #1108 of 10001
"We have trust issues." Mylar

See I don't consider pie of any sort to be a strictly summer dessert. I can remember having great strawberry pie and Key Lime pie all year round, or so it seemed.

a new Mariah Carey song that is going to get very old very fast.

Unfortunately, all her songs seem to fit into this category nowadays. I miss "Vision of Love" Mariah. That was some quality pop.


Theodosia - Jun 10, 2005 10:05:26 am PDT #1109 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

What? CBS-FM is gone? What will happen to Cousin Brucie?

(Note that I haven't regularly listened to this NYC station in like 20 years... but CB was on it back then. It's like hearing that your great-uncle has been fired.)


Hil R. - Jun 10, 2005 10:06:16 am PDT #1110 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

What? CBS-FM is gone? What will happen to Cousin Brucie?

He was fired. From what I've read, he's gotten a bunch of offers from other stations, though.


-t - Jun 10, 2005 10:07:34 am PDT #1111 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Key Lime Pie seems seasonal to me. At least, there are certainly times of year when restaurants that have served it to me in the past don't have it. I'm willing to believe that season is summer.

I don't think I've ever had strawberry pie. When I'm making strawberries into dessert, it's probably gonna be shortcake. Mmmm, shortcake.


kat perez - Jun 10, 2005 10:08:08 am PDT #1112 of 10001
"We have trust issues." Mylar

I read in AM New York today that he signed a contract with Sirius.


beathen - Jun 10, 2005 10:08:24 am PDT #1113 of 10001
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.

Favorite summer dessert?

Raspberry sorbet or Dairy Queen Blizzard with M&M's

Beach or pool?

Beach (on an ocean)

Predictions on the overplayed song of summer '05?

I don't listen to current pop music.

What was your worst family summer vacation?

None. They were all good even if I got a little sick.

What was your best family summer vacation?

Scuba diving in Bonaire in the south Caribbean for a week.


Emily - Jun 10, 2005 10:17:05 am PDT #1114 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Anybody mathy around? I've got a geometry question I really should be able to get and feel like a doofus about.

Among other things, I apparently can't properly solve the equation y*y + y*y = 1. Which is getting me down, man. Maybe I need more sleep.

Basically, how do I find the area of a hexagon with sides of length x?


Hil R. - Jun 10, 2005 10:19:07 am PDT #1115 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Among other things, I apparently can't properly solve the equation y*y + y*y = 1. Which is getting me down, man. Maybe I need more sleep.

y = 1/sqrt(2).