That's one spunky little girl you've raised. I'm gonna eat her.

The Mayor ,'End of Days'


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.


Emily - Jun 10, 2005 5:21:38 pm PDT #1218 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Woo! Massive Attack on Numb3rs!


Polter-Cow - Jun 10, 2005 5:22:37 pm PDT #1219 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Cool! What song? I discovered "Future Proof" on Smallville.


Mr. Broom - Jun 10, 2005 5:26:16 pm PDT #1220 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

Predictions on the overplayed song of summer '05?
Skipping ahead a lot to ask if anyone's guessed "Beverly Hills" by Weezer yet. Because twice is overplayed.


SailAweigh - Jun 10, 2005 5:31:56 pm PDT #1221 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Favorite summer dessert?

Key Lime Pie

Beach or pool?

Both, I'm greedy.

Predictions on the overplayed song of summer '05?

None, I only listen to current stuff on the morning drive in for the djs. I ignore the music.

What was your worst family summer vacation?

The year my ex and I drove from Arizona to Ohio with a 6 month old and an 18 month old. The 18 month old threw up on me on the way out, the 6 month old threw up on me on the way back and they both caught the chicken pox from their cousins at the wedding in Ohio.

What was your best family summer vacation?

The year my parents came to visit me in Spain. We saw a lot of southern Spain: Malaga, Granada, Ronda, Cadiz, Sevilla, Rota (the little town where I was stationed), all by car. Then we flew to Madrid and saw the Prado and all kinds of other lovely tourist sights.


Kalshane - Jun 10, 2005 5:33:48 pm PDT #1222 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Congrats Cashmere!

Congrats D. Griswold

And now...

Favorite summer dessert?

Jello pudding pops, but they don't make them any more. So this:

Anything with fresh blueberries.

becomes the default, but that's pretty much a given with me.

Beach or pool?

Beach. At night. Not big with the swimming, but I love sitting on the beach on a summer night. Especially when there's a full moon.

Predictions on the overplayed song of summer '05?

With the stations I listen to, so far it's NIN's "The Hand that Feeds"

What was your worst family summer vacation?

The only family vacations we ever took were to the U.P. so they all just sort of blur together.

your best?

See above

I even heard them playing a Billy Idol song that wasn't Rebel Yell or White Wedding.

You mean he actually wrote more than two songs? Wow! (More seriously, I'm not a fan of his new song they've been playing lately.)

You know what? Repetitions of "sqrt" in conversational prose may lead one to believe that squirting is a math function.

This is me. I just kind of scrolled past and my brain only processed lots of y's, x's and "squirting".

I had a friend who, after straining something while wanking, had to explain to the college health center several times that he'd never had sex, so the antibiotics weren't needed, and could they please tell him if he'd done severe damage to himself, thank you kindly.

I have a friend who went through that in reverse. He thought he had an STD, got everything checked out and was informed he just needed to cut back on the solo act for awhile.

Mmmm, gazpacho--a total summertime lunch item.

The only thing I can think of when I hear/see gazpacho is Red Dwarf.


Kalshane - Jun 10, 2005 5:36:52 pm PDT #1223 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Skipping ahead a lot to ask if anyone's guessed "Beverly Hills" by Weezer yet. Because twice is overplayed.

Definitely not their best effort. By a long shot. Though I didn't like "Hash Pipe" either, but that suffered more from being played to death than from just not being very good.


tiggy - Jun 10, 2005 5:38:25 pm PDT #1224 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

Skipping ahead a lot to ask if anyone's guessed "Beverly Hills" by Weezer yet. Because twice is overplayed.

I like Beverly Hills, but it's definitley not the best song on the album.


Cashmere - Jun 10, 2005 5:42:17 pm PDT #1225 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

I just realized The Age of Innocence is on TCM. I'm missing it.


sarameg - Jun 10, 2005 5:48:35 pm PDT #1226 of 10001

Uh, people have been busy.

Congrats, Cash & D.Gris for totally different things!

I have a sunburn. Somehow. Despite sunscreen. Not sure how it happened. I will never be a Civil War battlefield fan. But Gettysburg is pretty. And some of the sites are dramatic.

No parental murders. Though I did have to tell everyone to quit talking to me until I found a place to eat.

And now my neighbors are showing their good side and some kids are having a yelling argument in front. FUN!

I think I'll have to go with lisah's waterumelon as a summer dessert. Oh god. And you get knocked up side the head with it if you aren't careful.

For water immersion and play, I prefer the pool. For walking and thinking, beach under a full moon.

MY most overplayed song is probably "Just a Ride." The people to blame know who they are.

My worst summer vacation, I barely remember. But according to my parents, it was when I kicked my dad in the eye at age 3, leaving toenail in his cornea at a campground. That was my worst behaved, at least. I'm sure I whined like you wouldn't believe on countless other hikes we took in the summer, but I got over it.

Best? I don't know. As a family, they were all pretty equally idyllic once you subtract the sibling rivalry.


Emily - Jun 10, 2005 6:05:00 pm PDT #1227 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

What song?

Argh... I'm not sure. Maybe "Group Four"? Now that I'm listening to the album trying to remember which one sounds like it, they all sound possible