What drew you in? Was it the pretty?
I think it was the tattoo and the Joliet building.
Um, well, we listened to aggressively cheerful music sung by people chosen for their ability to dance. Then we ate cookie dough, and talked about boys.
Giles ,'Get It Done'
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.
msbelle - Oct 25, 2005 5:45:04 am PDT #8564 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Fred Pete - Oct 25, 2005 5:47:47 am PDT #8565 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
I have some caffeine-free green tea - would that be good for my throat?
It certainly won't hurt. Tea is generally a good thing.
bon bon - Oct 25, 2005 5:50:05 am PDT #8566 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I think it was the tattoo and the Joliet building.
It's a very nice tattoo.
brenda m - Oct 25, 2005 5:56:57 am PDT #8567 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
Damn. Just got a hundred-dollar gift card for Lettuce Entertain You restaurants from Crazy CEO. (Despite the name, those are some of Chicago's really good restaurants.) Was not expecting that.
Also, I got sucked into that show last night too! Would've been more convenient to happen before the marathon they had this weekend, but what the hell.
Kate P. - Oct 25, 2005 6:18:40 am PDT #8568 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
very late for work. slept through 2 hours of radio alarm, woke up crying from awful nightmare involving a cousin being killed and reliving several other family funerals. WTF?!?
Poor msbelle. That's no way to start the day.
Thanks for all the birthday wishes! I'm glad I saved them to read until this morning, so it's like my birthday is still happening. Also, unless I'm misremembering, today is brenda's birthday, so happy birthday, brenda!!
Calli - Oct 25, 2005 6:18:44 am PDT #8569 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Well, drat. I've been drinking tea at work lately. I just poured hot water into my mug and a big ol' crack zigged down one side and water started coming out. So much for tea today.
tommyrot - Oct 25, 2005 6:25:11 am PDT #8570 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.
Happy birthday, brenda!!
Unless it's not your birthday. Well, even if it's not, happy birthday anyway!
Jessica - Oct 25, 2005 6:28:11 am PDT #8571 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The White House wants The Onion to stop using the Presidential Seal:
"It has come to my attention that The Onion is using the presidential seal on its Web site," Grant M. Dixton, associate counsel to the president, wrote to The Onion on Sept. 28. (At the time, Mr. Dixton's office was also helping Mr. Bush find a Supreme Court nominee; days later his boss, Harriet E. Miers, was nominated.)
Citing the United States Code, Mr. Dixton wrote that the seal "is not to be used in connection with commercial ventures or products in any way that suggests presidential support or endorsement." Exceptions may be made, he noted, but The Onion had never applied for such an exception.
The Onion was amused. "I'm surprised the president deems it wise to spend taxpayer money for his lawyer to write letters to The Onion," Scott Dikkers, editor in chief, wrote to Mr. Dixton. He suggested the money be used instead for tax breaks for satirists.
tommyrot - Oct 25, 2005 6:29:46 am PDT #8572 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.
"is not to be used in connection with commercial ventures or products in any way that suggests presidential support or endorsement."
Has my brain turned to mush? or has satire always been considered to not suggest support or endorsement of the entity being satarized?
Jessica - Oct 25, 2005 6:32:32 am PDT #8573 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Has my brain turned to mush?
Well, either yours or the White House lawyers'. It's a tough call, but...
And a lovely bon mot from Overheard in the Office:
Tech: I am a guacamole of knowledge into which you may dip the nacho of need.