You know what they say about payback? Well I'm the bitch.

Fred ,'Life of the Party'


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.


shrift - Jul 08, 2005 11:01:35 am PDT #8148 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Damn, it's one of the 5 Classic Literary Conflicts.

In our case, it's a Sweet Christ We're Insanely Busy You'll Get It When You Get It vs. OMG You Suck We Want It Nooooooow I'm Telling Mom!


Tom Scola - Jul 08, 2005 11:01:45 am PDT #8149 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I think they think we're a bunch of incompetent slackers, we think they're a bunch of high-strung, strident morons.

Damn, it's one of the 5 Classic Literary Conflicts.

Exactly. This is the kind of conflict that can only be solved with a toga party.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 08, 2005 11:06:29 am PDT #8150 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

In our case, it's a Sweet Christ We're Insanely Busy You'll Get It When You Get It vs. OMG You Suck We Want It Nooooooow I'm Telling Mom!

Learn from the people you've worked with in the past and make their methods your own. Give the other site the work as fast as you can put it together, as wrong as possible—so as to cause them the greatest amount of delay in untangling it and figuring out what needs to be corrected.


brenda m - Jul 08, 2005 11:07:47 am PDT #8151 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Did someone say the Schiavo thing was over? Pandagon ( [link] ) seems to think otherwise:

On CSPAN this morning, Chuck Todd of the Hotline reported that Tom Coburn (Senatorial Nutjob - OK) is challenging the Terri Schaivo autopsy results.


§ ita § - Jul 08, 2005 11:08:16 am PDT #8152 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

BRAD Pitt and his pal George Clooney just inked a deal with nightclub nabob Rande Gerber to build a new Las Vegas hotel and casino. But while the stars don't have to put in a dime, they'll get a hefty slice of the proceeds."George and Brad are not putting in any money, but they will be getting a percentage of the profits," our well-placed insider says. "Brad will design the hotel and be the face of it with George. After 'Ocean's Eleven,' this makes perfect sense and the three of them are very good friends." Pitt and Gerber first started talking about the project two years ago and recently brought Clooney into the deal.


Frankenbuddha - Jul 08, 2005 11:10:28 am PDT #8153 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I think it may have been that our expectations were too high, because my friend and I fully expected it to be our FAVORITE MOVIE EVAR!!!11!! but all the best parts were in the ads. Bah, I say, BAH.

Yeah, it's very disappointing. Particularly after seeing the live action Tick, or the Venture Brothers and knowing you can actually pull that stuff off with major funny. So much comic talent wasted in that movie.

Nods head vigorously in agreement. Also, talk about wasted cast potential. Yes, you got Eddie Izzard in there. Now do SOMETHING with him. ANYTHING! Please! And make it more than one joke.

Insert Tom Waits for Eddie and repeat.

Insert Lena Olin for Tom and repeat.

Rinse, lather, repeat through 90% of that cast list.


tommyrot - Jul 08, 2005 11:10:52 am PDT #8154 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.

Did someone say the Schiavo thing was over?

I was hoping it was over. So I probably jinxed it - sorry.

Maybe they won't be happy until they pass a constitutional ammendment requiring that everyone who refused to keep Shiavo alive gets a spanking.


Kathy A - Jul 08, 2005 11:17:01 am PDT #8155 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Unless they're a liberal. Then, they're burned at the stake, surrounded by Coburn and his fellow thinkers chanting "Pro-life only applies to the incapacitated and pre-born, you stup!"

Sorry. I'm just so tired of pro-lifers who aren't consistent in their rhetoric.


Volans - Jul 08, 2005 11:24:42 am PDT #8156 of 10001
move out and draw fire

They're consistent. Pro-life only applies to people where the adjective "alive" can be questioned. Or, put another way, to people who can't tell the pro-lifers to mind their own beeswax.

Heh. Originally typed "pro-livers."


shrift - Jul 08, 2005 11:25:16 am PDT #8157 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

This is the kind of conflict that can only be solved with a toga party.

Ides of March would be perfect. That way the backstabbing would be thematically appropriate! I shall await my 'Save the Date!' e-mail.