Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.

Anya ,'Get It Done'


Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.  

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.


Aims - Aug 02, 2005 2:50:31 pm PDT #5205 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Wolfram,

[link]

Salad Shooter. I use mine for cheese and it's fab. I love it. Also great for making soups.


Aims - Aug 02, 2005 2:51:10 pm PDT #5206 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Susan, I'm friends with Jennifer Crusie

faints dead away at Betsy's feet


sarameg - Aug 02, 2005 2:55:28 pm PDT #5207 of 10002

Salad shooters still exist? Cool.

lori, thanks.

I'm pleasantly amused at the intersection of fandoms and the path of gossip/news.


Susan W. - Aug 02, 2005 2:58:16 pm PDT #5208 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

I love Jennifer Crusie's writing advice columns in RWR, and she's one of the few exceptions to my "no non-paranormal contemporary settings" rule.

I was thrilled she won, and also that Laura Kinsale's Shadow Heart won Long Historical--gave me hope there's room for edgy and different in the genre.

I'm probably going to enter the GH this time around, and if I get lucky and final, I'll go to Atlanta for the conference next year.


Wolfram - Aug 02, 2005 3:00:25 pm PDT #5209 of 10002
Visilurking

Awesome, thanks Aimee (and everyone else)!

I figured the choppers would screw up the cheese, but I didn't want to have to open one to find out.


Betsy HP - Aug 02, 2005 3:02:15 pm PDT #5210 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

Crusie is an excellent teacher (which isn't surprising -- she used to teach school); if she's ever at an RWA chapter session near you, GO!


Betsy HP - Aug 02, 2005 3:04:13 pm PDT #5211 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

Headlines that did NOT reassure me:

Spacewalk sounds scarier than it is, NASA says. The astronauts couldn't finish the interview, as it was time for their naps.


lori - Aug 02, 2005 3:06:47 pm PDT #5212 of 10002

Robinson said his biggest concern will be to avoid butting the shuttle tiles with his helmet.

They should duct tape a pillow to the top of his helmet.


Trudy Booth - Aug 02, 2005 3:09:25 pm PDT #5213 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

They should duct tape a pillow to the top of his helmet.

See now, if anyone else here said that I'd just laugh and then forget about it.

Now I'm worried.


Wolfram - Aug 02, 2005 3:10:23 pm PDT #5214 of 10002
Visilurking

The astronauts couldn't finish the interview, as it was time for their naps.

The last thing you want is cranky-pants astronauts.