See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown.

Mal ,'Shindig'


Natter 39 and Holding  

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 - Oct 07, 2005 7:31:15 am PDT #4199 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Oh, oh! This will totally not be interesting to at least 9/10 of the people here, but I found a book yesterday which purports to explain Godel's theorem to the non-specialist, and so far (read three chapters in bed last night) so good!

Incompleteness? I finished that recently; it's pretty good. Although going online explained the theorem to me better.


tommyrot - Oct 07, 2005 7:33:18 am PDT #4200 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I hope it starts resolving, soon.

Thanks.

Ooh, I just discovered that if I close my right eye, I can just about make out the clock on the wall of my office. So there's been some improvement in the last few days.


shrift - Oct 07, 2005 7:35:42 am PDT #4201 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I saw Jehovah today for the first time in weeks. Seems like our Lord is displeased with automobiles; he kept making "PSHHHHHHT!!!" noises at the cars driving by and shooting them a wrathful finger.


§ ita § - Oct 07, 2005 7:37:11 am PDT #4202 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I am sentimentally over-attached to GEB, and bristle at the idea that there's anything better.


Topic!Cindy - Oct 07, 2005 7:38:13 am PDT #4203 of 10002
What is even happening?

I saw Jehovah today for the first time in weeks. Seems like our Lord is displeased with automobiles; he kept making "PSHHHHHHT!!!" noises at the cars driving by and shooting them a wrathful finger.

I totally get that. He might be a useful carpool buddy in a bad morning commute.


Calli - Oct 07, 2005 7:41:03 am PDT #4204 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Seems like our Lord is displeased with automobiles; he kept making "PSHHHHHHT!!!" noises at the cars driving by and shooting them a wrathful finger.

Sure it's not just foreign models? I remember some of my MI relatives having the same reaction to Toyotas in the '80s.


Jesse - Oct 07, 2005 7:43:48 am PDT #4205 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

OK, I just heard a promo for the Columbus Day Parade here, with Antonin Scalia, Maria Bartiromo, and Joe Piscopo. Is that the most random group of three Italian-Americans you've ever heard?


DavidS - Oct 07, 2005 7:44:59 am PDT #4206 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

You posted this JUST to bait Hec, didn't you?

Only if he is up for belly-raspberries.

Are you offering?

Cindy, I have a vast collection of TV themes and have studyied the subject. It's cool when you find out that Earle Hagen wrote the whistling them for Andy Griffith, as well as the super moody "Harlem Nocturne" and the spy action "I Spy" themes.

Jeff Barry (as I've noted before), the Archies honcho, wrote The Jefferson's theme. He had one of the cast members sing it too, I recall. Maybe the daughter of the mixed race couple?

Raq, I did have some snarky allusion to Rebecca Gayheart and Dead Like Me but didn't want to be spoilish. But I'll white font and say She got kicked off DLM and Firefly very early, and I can't help but wonder if it's related to her manslaughter charge, where she went around a stopped car at crosswalk and ran over a kid. Not that they were directly related, but just that she might have a particularly selfish and reckless personality.


§ ita § - Oct 07, 2005 7:46:44 am PDT #4207 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

This filming is SO cheesy.


Theodosia - Oct 07, 2005 7:47:12 am PDT #4208 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

When I was taking karate, it was made pretty clear to us students that ideally we'd never use our skills in a real life fight, because our goal was to live life so rightly that we'd never get into a situation where the skills were needed. YRightlyLivedLifeMV

FWiW, though, just acting confident and calm will head off a lot of trouble, and that's the sort of attitude that karate, tai chi, and other martial arts (as well as yoga) fosters.