Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.

Host ,'Why We Fight'


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.


§ ita § - Jul 01, 2005 5:42:04 am PDT #6287 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Oh, god, just about everything in that feature is hysterical.


tommyrot - Jul 01, 2005 5:44:14 am PDT #6288 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Oh, god, just about everything in that feature is hysterical.

Oh god, yes!

That's all I got. Except perhaps my post will persuade folks who are wavering to click on that link.


Jesse - Jul 01, 2005 5:45:48 am PDT #6289 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

The Redman thing made me laff and laff.


Fred Pete - Jul 01, 2005 5:47:23 am PDT #6290 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.

I hold out hopes that we'll get another Stealth-Moderate.

I'm not holding my breath. My cynical side says whoever's nominated will have been very, very, very well vetted for conservative correctness.


-t - Jul 01, 2005 5:50:14 am PDT #6291 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I'm freaked out trying to picture the person who is regularly proportioned, except for their rise.

That would be my sister. Long waisted, long legs, short rise. She's 5'2" but gives the impression of being tall and willowy.

I'm long waisted and short-legged with a really short rise. Or so my recent attempts to purchase clothes leads me to believe.

Yay juliana's last day!

But not for Sandra Day O'Connor's last day. Bummer.


Topic!Cindy - Jul 01, 2005 5:51:51 am PDT #6292 of 10001
What is even happening?

If Brooke Shields wants any more babies, I think I'm going to offer to have them for her: [link]

Yep.

::refrains from mentioning I'd linked that 8 posts before::

Is there any known method to get my kid to stop talking about baseball? Scratch that. I don't even want that. I'm thrilled that he's found his first love. Is there any known method to get my kid to talk about things other than baseball, from time to time?


billytea - Jul 01, 2005 5:57:06 am PDT #6293 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Yes, it isn't like "interesting" is that significant a compliment.

No, it was an unambiguous compliment in context.


Jessica - Jul 01, 2005 5:58:13 am PDT #6294 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

HR hasn't sent out a "The office is closing at 1 due to the holiday weekend" email yet, and I'm starting to get worried. I've been working under the assumption that we were closing early today, and if I have to stick around until 6, I'm going to be pissed.


tommyrot - Jul 01, 2005 6:00:48 am PDT #6295 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Will the wonders of science never cease?

Taking a cue from technology that looks to biological systems for inspiration, Hertz has constructed a three-wheeled robotic vehicle that lets a Madagascan hissing cockroach navigate a room while perched atop a ping-pong ball.

[link]

Also, do Madagascan hissing cockroaches really hiss? What does it sound like? Is it loud?


Jesse - Jul 01, 2005 6:01:02 am PDT #6296 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Crap. I was hoping to hear from my freelance client, because I wasn't sure if she wanted me to come to her office to pick stuff up today. But it takes an hour to get there, and it's the Friday before a long weekend, and I'm thinking it might already be too late. Bah. Bye-bye, money.