{{{Nilly}}} My thoughts are with you and anyone whose life is touched by the evacuation.
I'm so sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my fun-time-Buffy party night involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you want to trade... no wait, I wouldn't give up that memory for anything.
Buffy ,'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.
sj - Aug 17, 2005 7:59:48 am PDT #8770 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
shrift - Aug 17, 2005 8:01:48 am PDT #8771 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
No! You only have to last through two more work days before there is con!
I'm trying to hold on. Trying. The amount of work on my desk = OMTWTFBBQ. BABY. JESUS.
Dana - Aug 17, 2005 8:07:58 am PDT #8772 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
And then my iPod froze up.
brenda m - Aug 17, 2005 8:08:51 am PDT #8773 of 10002
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
I know there are people around here (myself included) who have some fondness/familiarity with Taize, the Christian religious community in France. The community's founder was murdered yesterday during a prayer service. Awful.
Brother Roger founded the Taize religious community in 1940 emphasizing the need for all Christians to come together in peace, love and reconciliation. The Taize ecumenical community, which is near Macon, 240 miles southeast of Paris, draws tens of thousands of Christian youths from around the world each year for prayer and meditation.
Nilly - Aug 17, 2005 8:10:43 am PDT #8774 of 10002
Swouncing
It's heartbreaking.
It's good that these sides are being covered, too. For the longest time, only the radicals, the toad-blockers, the ones who threatened and shouted were those who got the headlines, that the fact that these are people who have to leave their homes (again, regardless of any political opinion) seemed to be put aside.
anyone whose life is touched by the evacuation
The whole of Israel, in a way. It's such a small country. You either know somebody who lives there, does business there, serves there in the army or used to serve there. You can't not. Israel is much less than "six degrees of separation". And thanks.
I don't want to bring the board down. Is there anything like the lovely questions msbelle sometimes posts that we can play with? Like "what fictional character did you most want to be?" or "what is the first movie you remember watching?" or "where would you like to spend your next vacation, real or fictional place?" or "who will portray you in a movie about your life and why?". Only, you know, better.
Wolfram - Aug 17, 2005 8:15:29 am PDT #8775 of 10002
Visilurking
The community's founder was murdered yesterday during a prayer service. Awful.
Terrible. And although this is trivial, I think salon should take a minute to consider which ads to put in which articles. The ad for HBO's new show Rome, complete with slashing weapons, may not have been the best choice for that particular article.
shrift - Aug 17, 2005 8:16:00 am PDT #8776 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
And then my iPod froze up.
I am listening to "Shut Your Mouth". Loudly.
Wolfram - Aug 17, 2005 8:18:13 am PDT #8777 of 10002
Visilurking
Like "what fictional character did you most want to be?" or "what is the first movie you remember watching?" or "where would you like to spend your next vacation, real or fictional place?" or "who will portray you in a movie about your life and why?". Only, you know, better.
Superman, Superman, I think Vegas, and I'm gonna go with Kevin Spacey because I like to think I'm complicated.
Calli - Aug 17, 2005 8:18:26 am PDT #8778 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
The community's founder was murdered yesterday during a prayer service. Awful.
That is awful. He sounds like an amazing person. I'd never heard of his community before.
§ ita § - Aug 17, 2005 8:18:40 am PDT #8779 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The ad for HBO's new show Rome, complete with slashing weapons, may not have been the best choice for that particular article.
I got one about big pharma. They may have let randomness take over.