Gunn: We open a can of Machiavelli on his ass. Harmony: It's Matchabelli, Einstein, and it doesn't come in a can.

'Soul Purpose'


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.


bon bon - Sep 19, 2005 12:08:32 pm PDT #8963 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

She has swayback? That picture is not flattering at all. Is there a cure for swayback?


Topic!Cindy - Sep 19, 2005 12:10:13 pm PDT #8964 of 10002
What is even happening?

This pic makes it look like her swayback is even worse.

Pregnancy does that too, both in appearance, and in reality. I don't love her dress, but she looks lovely, pregnant.

Apparently one of my co-workers started a conversation with her mouth entirely full of food and during talking spat a bunch of it onto her audience's arm. Apparently she wiped it off and kept on going.

Now, I'm not sure what she should have done otherwise, but that seems entirely inadequate. Died of humilation? Cried? Quit? Prostrated herself? Something.

1) Prostrated
2) Cried
3) Died

In that order. Quitting is redundant after dying.


Cass - Sep 19, 2005 12:10:56 pm PDT #8965 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

and admitted in print that they'd swallowed the republican party line like a big, stupid flounder.
Heh.
Netflix is killing them with the "keep it as long as you want, return for a new movie" policy
I use Blockbuster's version of this (I like the free in-store rentals. That I have used exactly once. So apparently I like knowing that I have them more than actually using them.) but as soon as they crank up my fee, Ima go to NetFlix.


askye - Sep 19, 2005 12:12:48 pm PDT #8966 of 10002
Thrive to spite them

Netflix also has that nice feature where you can set up different queues for family members (or for yourself I guess if you want to separate the kinds of dvds you rent). I did this for Mom...it comes to my house and then she watches them. Or it. So far she still has teh same dvd from a month ago.


Nutty - Sep 19, 2005 12:15:13 pm PDT #8967 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

I thought the point of muckraking journalism was to scandalise and tittilate, and truth transmission was an occasional side effect.

I thought the point of muckraking journalism was muscular prose full of verve, but I don't think they give out Pulitzers for beauty.

I really hope the intent of The Jungle was exposé and truth-telling, because, as a novel, it sucked. (Actually, it was a huge polemic about how you should drop everything and become a socialist, but in order to illuminate this viewpoint, detailed reportage about the meatpacking industry was necessary.)


Cass - Sep 19, 2005 12:16:06 pm PDT #8968 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I would have cried before I could even get to the prostrating. I embarrass easily.


Emily - Sep 19, 2005 12:17:38 pm PDT #8969 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

The "end to late fees" thing was just dumb. I don't think anyone really believed that they were just going to let you keep movies as long as you want, so they were looking for the catch from the get-go. This is on top of the fact that they're moving steadily toward the point where they only carry the movie that came out five seconds ago -- but they have 500 copies of it! Oddly enough, this does not serve the needs of all the video-renting public.


§ ita § - Sep 19, 2005 12:17:48 pm PDT #8970 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Jennifer working the swayback. I'm having a hard time finding a profile pic in which she's not working it. It's easier to see when she's in motion and they capture her in profile.

I would have cried before I could even get to the prostrating. I embarrass easily.

I think crying first is key. I also think that quitting before dying means you're truly repentant.

eta:

I don't think anyone really believed that they were just going to let you keep movies as long as you want, so they were looking for the catch from the get-go

I know people that bought it -- a co-worker was burned by it, and I'd be surprised if he was alone. VERY.


Cashmere - Sep 19, 2005 12:20:03 pm PDT #8971 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.

She has swayback? That picture is not flattering at all. Is there a cure for swayback?

Having the baby. I've got the exact same problem. But I don't look nearly as pretty in a black, maternity ballgown, dammit.


Topic!Cindy - Sep 19, 2005 12:20:47 pm PDT #8972 of 10002
What is even happening?

Having the baby. I've got the exact same problem. But I don't look nearly as pretty in a black, maternity ballgown, dammit.
I refuse to believe that, as you are naturally far prettier than JG.