Hee.
Look, Angel, I know you've been out of the loop for a while, but I'm still evil. I don't do errands...unless they're evil errands.
Lilah ,'Just Rewards (2)'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 13, 2005 4:17:13 am PDT #3794 of 10001
What is even happening?
msbelle - Sep 13, 2005 5:57:24 am PDT #3795 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
too twisted for color tv. all of you.
Gus - Sep 13, 2005 10:31:40 am PDT #3796 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Government worker cuts powerline, downs city. OK, maybe this libertarian things is looking better.
Katie M - Sep 13, 2005 10:58:47 am PDT #3797 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Yes, because electrical privatization worked so well last time we tried it...
Gus - Sep 13, 2005 11:07:38 am PDT #3798 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
I do not have a good sense of whether or not people really want to have a serious discussion about political stuff up in here. Not that that will stop me.
Tim raised a point, a ways back, about how the Coast Guard stood out from the governmental pack in the Katrina thing. All valid, as usual.
I happen to know some first-responder types (in the CG [a cousin], my son [with WHO], and some police-oids who are blind in the herbal bandwidth, who are known to come by Casa Gus on occasion). All of them complain that government is a big piece of the problem.
All three groups (CG, WHO, cop-oids) have a great deal of esprit about their unit (ship, response team, station house), but not so much for the enclosing political entity.
(Katie, I am trying to work out a thing.)
Gus - Sep 13, 2005 11:18:26 am PDT #3799 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Ah, crap. I have turned into Adam Baldwin, John-Wayning around the thread looking for a friend.
Nutty - Sep 13, 2005 11:57:58 am PDT #3800 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
How big is Tim's head anyway? Is it like TV star big or movie star big?
So, a lobster claw-cracker would be too small, is what you're saying?
Government is always a problem. That is government's job. Government is what makes it illegal to scoop out somebody's brains with a melon baller. Does government consider Allyson's needs when it makes this activity illegal? No!
Gus - Sep 13, 2005 12:09:21 pm PDT #3801 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
... Government is what makes it illegal to scoop out somebody's brains with a melon baller.
Actually, government is what makes it legal to scoop out somebody's brains with a melon baller...
Dang! I am arguing the case of everyone that I think is terminally weird.
Betsy HP - Sep 13, 2005 12:14:21 pm PDT #3802 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
All three groups (CG, WHO, cop-oids) have a great deal of esprit about their unit (ship, response team, station house), but not so much for the enclosing political entity.
This is the nature of human beings. Similarly, if you ask Americans about public schools in general, they'll tell you the schools are terrible -- all except for their local schools, which are great. They'll tell you this even if the local schools are lousy to an unbiased eye.
Similarly, at a toxic employer you always assure each other that at least your department is sane.
Kristen - Sep 13, 2005 12:28:34 pm PDT #3803 of 10001
I was just in the car, listening to "The Real Slim Shady." This, of course, made me think of Allyson and her melon baller.