Timelies all!
We have bypassed spring and are in the heart of summer, weather-wise. It's kinda melty out there.
Gimme some milk.
Jayne ,'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.
Sheryl - Jun 14, 2005 1:07:50 pm PDT #1912 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 14, 2005 1:07:56 pm PDT #1913 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
For some reason I can't pin down, I think Viggo would be most likely to be successful, so I'd go with him.
Yeah, much as I love Hugh, his talent for singing and dancing doesn't fill me with confidence in his rescue abilities. Reports from New Zealand lead me to believe that Viggo is the most capable of the three, though the least attractive IMHO.
For the women it'd be Angelina all the way—I want someone crazier than the terrorists on my side.
Dana - Jun 14, 2005 1:10:34 pm PDT #1914 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
his talent for singing and dancing doesn't fill me with confidence in his rescue abilities.
Yeah, but he's pretty impressive as Wolverine.
There's thunder going on that keeps rattling the windows. I'm a little freaked and I'd like Hugh Jackman to come and rescue me from it. Or Clive. Or hell, Viggo. I'm so bad at these "pick one" games.
§ ita § - Jun 14, 2005 1:10:45 pm PDT #1915 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You say Viggo, but what about when he sees the perfect sunset and needs to stop to paint it in watercolour?
Dana - Jun 14, 2005 1:11:53 pm PDT #1916 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
At that point, he'd probably have dismembered our enemies with his teeth, so I feel he's earned a little downtime.
Toddson - Jun 14, 2005 1:12:39 pm PDT #1917 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Besides, if there's a pretty sunset, the thunder should be over, right?
Dana - Jun 14, 2005 1:13:42 pm PDT #1918 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
An excellent point.
Scrappy - Jun 14, 2005 1:14:18 pm PDT #1919 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
just as full sized cars should NOT park in compact spaces when there are full size spots open, compacts should do the same.
Actually, this is not true. Having just had to deal with a bunch pf inspectors when the company put in our parking lot, I can tell you that "compact" spaces are marked that way only because the length of a larger car would make the driving lane too small and that's why you notice them near the ends of lanes or near poles or whatever. A place only has to put a "compact" sign on spaces which fall under the limit, and you can have an entire lot with no compact spaces in it, like a lot of older lots--so in that case compact cars would have nowhere to park if they looked for labels. Anyone can park anywhere, but bigger cars are supposed to avoid parking in areas which make it dangerous. However, real estate is expensive and business owners are cheap, so they try to finagle as many spaces into each lot as they can, which means more compact only spots and a harder time for big cars.
§ ita § - Jun 14, 2005 1:14:41 pm PDT #1920 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Clive Owen would shoot the horses to get us out. IJS.
Oh -- something else I need explained -- this anti-lynching kerfuffle. Am I to understand that there was anti-lynching legislation that never got passed because people were being racist dickheads, and that is what's being apologised for?
What was this legislation? Was it to make lynching more illegal than murder? Was it proto-hate crime legislation?
Tom Scola - Jun 14, 2005 1:19:39 pm PDT #1921 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
There was an anti-lynching resolution, that passed on a voice vote, so we don't get to see who, if anyone voted against it.
However, there were around 85 co-sponsors to the bill, which means that there are 15 Senators or so that refused to sign a bill condemning lynching.
ETA: The bill was a resolution apologizing for all the lynchings that happened in the USA.