Isn't that, like, receiving pistachios under the table?
Yeah, I was thinking that would be a hilarious inside-jokey headline for a story about, say, a pecan farmer paying off the local congressman or whatever.
Never goes smooth. How come it never goes smooth?
Mal ,'Safe'
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.
Jesse - Aug 29, 2005 4:37:24 pm PDT #2287 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Trudy Booth - Aug 29, 2005 4:44:11 pm PDT #2288 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
3. Kat, a lot of my East Coast city kids called me "Miss" to how their respect for me. I don't know where it comes from exactly, but I know it's a respectful form of address.
When I lived down south it was considered pretty much mandatory. When I moved back up north my teacher's told me it made them feel old.
P.M. Marc - Aug 29, 2005 4:44:15 pm PDT #2289 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
When editing a manuscript (abbreviated "mss.") the Luddite way, which we do in my office (and I dearly love editing the way we do, pen to paper), making that little ¶ makes me unaccountably happy.
Raar!
But do you, in conversation, say something, start to correct it, realize you had it right the first time, and then say (out loud), "No, no. Stet that."
Do you?
§ ita § - Aug 29, 2005 4:45:59 pm PDT #2290 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've found a problem with the cuddle lounge -- there are too many different ways to sit in it.
I'm sure it'll wear off, but I can't stay still, even if I'm already comfortable.
Allyson - Aug 29, 2005 4:48:02 pm PDT #2291 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
sends ita a bandaid for the blister caused by her diamond shoes
dw - Aug 29, 2005 4:49:32 pm PDT #2292 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
I was reminded today that the big annual convention for the public health association is scheduled for early November. Guess which major American city it's supposed to happen in.
Watching CNN and the Weather Channel... wow, the Superdome looks trashed.
I just gave Annabel an Altoids Apple Sour. I am such the cruel father.
brenda m - Aug 29, 2005 4:51:53 pm PDT #2293 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
The dog just licked my popsicle.
le nubian - Aug 29, 2005 4:52:49 pm PDT #2294 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ita, where did you get that lounge?
le nubian - Aug 29, 2005 4:53:09 pm PDT #2295 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
brenda, that sounds dirty.
brenda m - Aug 29, 2005 4:54:22 pm PDT #2296 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
Perv.