Sooner or later, you're gonna want it. And the second — the second — that happens, you know I'll be there. I'll slip in, have myself a real good day.

Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter .38 Special  

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.


Wolfram - Aug 26, 2005 9:11:12 am PDT #1431 of 10002
Visilurking

I don't think it's a real lipstick dispenser. Which begs the question. (If I used that phrase right.)


Atropa - Aug 26, 2005 9:14:37 am PDT #1432 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Does the world need a combination lipstick dispenser/mp3 player?

If Apple and Chanel teamed up to make a compact that has my face powder, lipstick, and an iPod, I would camp out overnight to buy it. I'm not kidding.


Gudanov - Aug 26, 2005 9:19:20 am PDT #1433 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping

What the world needs is a subdermal mp3 player with a direct link the auditory nerves. This would be the perfect technology for meetings. OTOH, it could lead to confusing the voices in your head with an audio book.


Wolfram - Aug 26, 2005 9:36:50 am PDT #1434 of 10002
Visilurking

Gud, take your nefarious gadgets to Sang Sacre.

Seriously, I miss those stories.


Tom Scola - Aug 26, 2005 9:44:47 am PDT #1435 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

There's a good article in The Boston Globe on what makes people gay, using identical twins as an example.


Dana - Aug 26, 2005 9:48:41 am PDT #1436 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

When the twins were 5, Thomas announced he was going to be a monster for Halloween. Patrick said he was going to be a princess. Thomas said he couldn't do that, because other kids would laugh at him. Patrick seemed puzzled. "Then I'll be Batman," he said.


amych - Aug 26, 2005 9:49:09 am PDT #1437 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

From Scola's link:

When the twins were 5, Thomas announced he was going to be a monster for Halloween. Patrick said he was going to be a princess. Thomas said he couldn't do that, because other kids would laugh at him. Patrick seemed puzzled. "Then I'll be Batman," he said.

Curse your sudden, yet inevitable, x-post!


sarameg - Aug 26, 2005 9:50:33 am PDT #1438 of 10002

Maintaining my reputation: [link]


flea - Aug 26, 2005 9:51:37 am PDT #1439 of 10002
information libertarian

I just spent NEARLY TWO HOURS absorbedly reading about the Dingoes Ate My Baby case. Gah, why is True Crime (or Not Crime as the case may be) so damned addictive?

I have gotten noooothing done today.


Jesse - Aug 26, 2005 9:55:31 am PDT #1440 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Speaking of cats and true crime, here's a question that came up in conversation recently: I say my friend is thisclose to being a Crazy Cat Lady due to her constant talking about her cats while knitting (sometimes outfits for the cat) and reading true crime books, even though she is married and about to have a baby. Does that disqualify her from CCL status?