You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here.

Jayne ,'The Train Job'


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.


brenda m - Jul 18, 2005 6:08:47 pm PDT #976 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

Jesse, back away from the Homeland Security website.


Cashmere - Jul 18, 2005 6:15:35 pm PDT #977 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.

I use Benadryl cream AND pills for bug bites because I get welts the size of quarters.


quester - Jul 18, 2005 6:28:45 pm PDT #978 of 10002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

Woodward and Bernstien are on The Daily Show. Carl is the smarter of the two. Bob always sounds stoned.


§ ita § - Jul 18, 2005 6:40:09 pm PDT #979 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

More gods than you can shake a stick at.


Jessica - Jul 18, 2005 6:43:49 pm PDT #980 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I can't believe that in almost 100 posts on reading in dreams, nobody mentioned that episode of Batman (TAS) where he figures out it's a dream by opening a book.

(Ironically, I was unable to post this during the actual conversation because I was watching JLU.)


Kat - Jul 18, 2005 6:43:54 pm PDT #981 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

be careful WHICH god you shake a stick at.

Also, I'm looking for a modern sonnet. I think I'll have to go into the archives to see if I can find one.

One more thought on NannyExpose.

Nanny is young and stupid. and spilling your sexlife details in your blog is surely your right, though giving the link to your employer? Dumb as shit.

But Mother? Get over yourself. Also, one thing to write about something in a blog, quite another to spill your guts all over the New York Times.

Though, honestly, this piece and the one about saving the husband before the kids brings out the dichotomy between private writing and public writing.


§ ita § - Jul 18, 2005 6:47:41 pm PDT #982 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yes -- all this "oh-so-candid" confessional writing gets up my nose. I don't learn anything interesting, in specific or in general from most of those.


Betsy HP - Jul 18, 2005 6:48:53 pm PDT #983 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

I keep wanting to write an open letter.

DEAR NPR AND NEW YORK TIMES ESSAYISTS:

Unless you are Daniel Pinkwater or Baillie White, you are not nearly as interesting as you think you are. Please shut up.


Jessica - Jul 18, 2005 6:49:10 pm PDT #984 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I think I've hated every single "Modern Love" column ever published. I always end up reading them because they're linked on Metafilter and discussed freaking EVERYWHERE (and I'm sure that's why the Times continues to run the damn thing), but oh do I loathe that column. I've never read one single thing in there I didn't instantly regret knowing about the author.


Betsy HP - Jul 18, 2005 6:51:07 pm PDT #985 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

t sits next to Jessica