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.
Willow: Happy hunting. Buffy: Wish me monsters.
'Beneath You'
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.
Calli - Oct 25, 2005 6:18:44 am PDT #8569 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
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.
DavidS - Oct 25, 2005 6:34:41 am PDT #8574 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I want that tech to work for me.
tommyrot - Oct 25, 2005 6:34:47 am PDT #8575 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.
Which is better - the guacamole of knowledge or the salsa of knowledge?
brenda m - Oct 25, 2005 6:35:20 am PDT #8576 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
Unless it's not your birthday.
'Tis. Thanks muchly for the happy thoughts.
DavidS - Oct 25, 2005 6:35:43 am PDT #8577 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Which is better - the guacamole of knowledge or the salsa of knowledge?
Guacamole knowledge is richer; salsa knowledge is spicier. Both are essential for the nachos of wisdom.
Jessica - Oct 25, 2005 6:36:30 am PDT #8578 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
That depends on whether you prefer your knowledge rich and creamy or hot and spicy.
Either way, I think I'm going to go to Chipotle for lunch.