I swear to god, The Village Voice has the best headlines ever.
Mal: Then I call it a win. What's the problem? Inara: Should I start with the part where you're stranded in the middle of nowhere, or the part where you have no clothes?
'Trash'
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.
DavidS - Jul 11, 2005 9:59:38 am PDT #8829 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jesse - Jul 11, 2005 10:00:05 am PDT #8830 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Randomly looking at headlines, I just remembered that my Uncle Dennis used to be married to a woman named Cindy. Well, Cyndi, but it was the 80s.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 11, 2005 10:06:48 am PDT #8831 of 10001
What is even happening?
Well, Cyndi, but it was the 80s.
Was it a stormy marriage? Ugh. I'm sorry. I couldn't resist. I know Cyndi actually makes more spelling sense than Cindy, given my proper given name is Cynthia, but Cyndi bothers my eyes. When people call me "Cin" (which is pretty much the standard, in person), I always hear it spelled "Cyn" though, which I prefer.
JohnSweden - Jul 11, 2005 10:10:24 am PDT #8832 of 10001
I can't even.
I know Cyndi actually makes more spelling sense than Cindy, given my proper given name is Cynthia, but Cyndi bothers my eyes.
Isn't it a rule that Cyndi is spelled with a happyface dotting the i? Do we have an internet-OED equivalent of the first instance of the use of the smiley-face emoticon? Hmm, off to google.
t yeah, sooo bored at work
Topic!Cindy - Jul 11, 2005 10:11:58 am PDT #8833 of 10001
What is even happening?
Isn't it a rule that Cyndi is spelled with a happyface dotting the i?Hee. Is the exception being when a heart is used, instead?
JohnSweden - Jul 11, 2005 10:13:41 am PDT #8834 of 10001
I can't even.
The first known instance of using text characters to represent a sideways smiling (and frowning) face is in a newspaper advertisement in the New York Herald Tribune, March 10, 1953, on page 20, columns 4–6.[1] Promoting the film Lili, starring Leslie Caron
Hee. Is the exception being when a heart is used, instead?
t slaps forehead
Of course! The heart-shaped dot corollary. How could I forget?
Gudanov - Jul 11, 2005 10:14:29 am PDT #8835 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Hey, some quotes from Rick Santorum's new book "It takes a Family" [link]
brenda m - Jul 11, 2005 10:15:49 am PDT #8836 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
a friend of mine who is a chef swears by making grilled cheese sandwiches by spreading the outside bread with mayonnaise instead of butter, says it makes it crispier.
Ooh, I'll have to try that.
mashed potatoes with mayonnaise
And maybe that too.
Betsy HP - Jul 11, 2005 10:16:06 am PDT #8837 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
One can chew fingernails off babies if one is trapped sitting down with a nursing baby.
IJS.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 11, 2005 10:17:28 am PDT #8838 of 10001
What is even happening?
One can chew fingernails off babies if one is trapped sitting down with a nursing baby.
This is how my grandmother trimmed the nails of her infants, because "Safety First" wasn't making a bazillion dollars in infant products, back in the 20s and 30s.