It's just an object. It doesn't mean what you think.

River ,'Objects In Space'


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.


Allyson - Aug 30, 2005 2:28:26 pm PDT #2796 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

oh, and jilli, i hope we didnt pile on you the other day about the wee goth babes and how you are somehow supposed to rescue us from the less polite baby bats.


Atropa - Aug 30, 2005 2:29:24 pm PDT #2797 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

oh, and jilli, i hope we didnt pile on you the other day about the wee goth babes and how you are somehow supposed to rescue us from the less polite baby bats.

Nope, I did not feel piled-upon. I clapped my hands with glee and took notes.


Topic!Cindy - Aug 30, 2005 2:30:27 pm PDT #2798 of 10002
What is even happening?

See, I want the knife on account of no reach, no aim, sucky large coordination, yet fantastic small coordination. It's my last ditch effort. I know what ita says is true, I think it's my only hope.


Betsy HP - Aug 30, 2005 2:31:04 pm PDT #2799 of 10002
If I only had a brain...

The information on the looting by police was on the Times-Picayune page, but it seems to have scrolled off (or been deleted) by now.


§ ita § - Aug 30, 2005 2:32:00 pm PDT #2800 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Stab them or cut them, Cindy? As far as I've been told, it's hard to kill someone with a stab to the belly -- it's why hari kiri-ers cut in three directions.

If you have no reach, then don't you want a weapon that gives you reach? Knife is good for no aim, but so is a bat.


Atropa - Aug 30, 2005 2:32:51 pm PDT #2801 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Allyson already outlined what my survival plan is. In fact, I now want her to live near me so we can combine forces.


Topic!Cindy - Aug 30, 2005 2:33:43 pm PDT #2802 of 10002
What is even happening?

If you have no reach, then don't you want a weapon that gives you reach? Knife is good for no aim, but so is a bat.

I have a bat. I don't have to loot that.


dw - Aug 30, 2005 2:34:22 pm PDT #2803 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval

Of course, as our culture effectively went plop and died in the mid-90s, it's kind of a pointless response, but old habits die hard when you can still see the ghosts in your mind.

I keep thinking of the WTO riots ("That was because of out-of-towners!") and the girl who jumped off the Ship Canal Bridge ("Seattleites don't yell at people to jump -- that's what New Yorkers do!").

(I'm a touch defensive about this, can you tell?)

Well, you are a native. You were born defensive. Heck, Annabel was born with a defensive look on her face.


Consuela - Aug 30, 2005 2:35:58 pm PDT #2804 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Congratulations, Stephanie!


Susan W. - Aug 30, 2005 2:37:07 pm PDT #2805 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

Stop poking the natives, dear.

We'll do fine when the disaster comes, anyway. You're married to a Scotch-Irish Southerner who came of age in Philly. Once my back is to the wall, ain't much passive in my aggressive.

(Might as well stereotype myself if we're stereotyping others.)