Fire bad. Tree pretty.

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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.


Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 26, 2005 9:57:40 am PDT #971 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Hey, I *wanted* the penguins to be gay! Is it my fault Silo went off with that SeaWorld homewrecker?

Just wait til they have a couple of chicks and he's providing for a family of four. Silo'll be cruising the park on the downlow.

From the article about Colin's new series:

Exec VP of programming Mark SternMark Stern said the show will be a major part of ongoing efforts to broaden the cablercabler's base beyond sci-fi geeks.

Is it just me, or is it perhaps not the wisest business strategy to talk about how you want to move beyond your current audience and refer to them with what may be a derogatory term before you've added the new viewers?


beth b - Sep 26, 2005 10:08:30 am PDT #972 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

unthinking lemmings

No -- I protest this. I know people in the military that want us out - not out of fear of dying, or anti-patriotism, or being unhappy in the military, but because we don't belong there and are makeing a mess.


Fred Pete - Sep 26, 2005 10:13:29 am PDT #973 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.

Having been told by a boss -- in front of the entire division -- that anyone who didn't support the Iraq War was a traitor, I'm not going to call the anti-war side the lemmings.


Frankenbuddha - Sep 26, 2005 10:19:11 am PDT #974 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Timelies, and a world of gronk even at this hour.

Anyone know who keeps inviting the insomnia fairy to visit?


Burrell - Sep 26, 2005 10:27:54 am PDT #975 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I was surprised by the numbers in the Sheehan article. 100,000 versus 500. That's kind of amazing.


dw - Sep 26, 2005 10:30:41 am PDT #976 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval

Having been told by a boss -- in front of the entire division -- that anyone who didn't support the Iraq War was a traitor, I'm not going to call the anti-war side the lemmings.

Indeed.

I've kept my lukewarm pro-war feelings to myself (esp. in this office where the most conservative person would make Dennis Kucinich look like a Trent Lott), but it aggravates me to no end how these pro-war lemmings are ignoring facts and being hypnotized by shiny medals.

I believe in "you broke it, you bought it" with Iraq. And, honestly, I'm flippin' tired of these lemmings denying that we even broke it in the first place.

I'm not for a unilateral withdrawal, but I'm all for getting some help from the rest of the world in helping to fix our problem -- and minimizing our role in the process. The problem is, the administration's hubris is now the size of California (the parts that vote Republican), so they're not going to ask for help from anyone who hasn't written them a campaign donation check.

Maybe that's the solution to the UN's problems -- set up a political action committee to funnel UN money directly into the GOP's coffers. If the GOP was work on the UN's dime, most of this bullshit would have never happened.


Kat - Sep 26, 2005 10:33:04 am PDT #977 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Skapetty skippety skip...

Tim's PA introduced me to Nathan as a friend of Tim's. Which is, you know, fine. But Nathan asks where I know Tim from. Why people gotta ask that question? I'm not sure if the answer "the internet" makes me sound weird, or Tim, but it felt weird, so I said (also true, in a virtual sense) "You know that Tim -- he gets around."

You could have said, "I used to live with his friend Allyson. And, you know, named a moon after me."


Jesse - Sep 26, 2005 10:34:25 am PDT #978 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I don't know if I can deal with my remaining hour and a half of work. My boss has given me a squillion little tasks to do, and I can't finish most of them because of waiting on other people and argh argh argh. I just need a nap.


Kat - Sep 26, 2005 10:37:21 am PDT #979 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

hide behind your desk, Jesse.

I want a book bag. I wonder if I could make one? I think the answer is yes. But do I have time or inclination?


§ ita § - Sep 26, 2005 10:39:42 am PDT #980 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

He should let me visit so I can write about it, ita. Dontcha think?

Sure. Fancy Vancouver in the winter?

Is it just me, or is it perhaps not the wisest business strategy to talk about how you want to move beyond your current audience and refer to them with what may be a derogatory term before you've added the new viewers?

Matt, meet the Sci Fi Channel -- Sci Fi meet ...

Basically, they're trying to do something kinda weird, but not properly skiffy. But if they keep airing Mansquito-alikes, well, they have a hard row to hoe.

You could have said, "I used to live with his friend Allyson. And, you know, named a moon after me."

Dude! Good point.