It's called a blaster, Will, a word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the Orgasmater, I'd be the first to try your basic button press approach.

Xander ,'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.


libkitty - Oct 28, 2005 5:10:38 pm PDT #9734 of 10002
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs

VM worked the best for me it has all season, and I chalk it all up to Percy Daggs being motherfucking brilliant.

I've been a little meh on VM this season up to this week, and agree with your assessment. Last season I didn't like it so very much at first either. Interesting. Or, perhaps not.


Sparky1 - Oct 28, 2005 5:11:30 pm PDT #9735 of 10002
Librarian Warlord

I think that if you put a charge on an event, you should let people know what they're paying for -- food? music? drinks? -- then they have a way to gauge if it's worth it to them. That seems more like a pot luck to me. I can decide if it's worth my time/effort to be there with an entree.


Sue - Oct 28, 2005 5:13:35 pm PDT #9736 of 10002
hip deep in pie

I have. If there's too much lag time before the tickets arrive, I'd print out the confirmation e-mail from Expedia and take it to the airport just in case.

It's an e-ticket, so I'll be bringing some printout with me anyway.


§ ita § - Oct 28, 2005 5:16:53 pm PDT #9737 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I never take printouts with me when I fly with e-tickets. Even when my printer was hooked up. I usually have a copy of the confirmation e-mail on my PDA, but that's for my reference -- not something I show anyone.

Only once was I hassled -- the security woman told me that everyone else had showed her one, why couldn't I? I explained I didn't have a printer and she looked confused but backed off.


sarameg - Oct 28, 2005 5:19:57 pm PDT #9738 of 10002

Most checkins these days print you out a ticket. I guess you could get through security with an itinerary and get a ticket at the gate, but... I usually get a ticket on flimsy paper at the check in counters, or prior, at home onm my crappy printer.

OK, I'm jonesing for thin mints. This is wrong. I don't like cookies that much.


Sue - Oct 28, 2005 5:20:38 pm PDT #9739 of 10002
hip deep in pie

Ah, ita, you have more faith in the network than I do.

It's 2C outside, but I am still refusing to turn on the heat. I do really need to put socks on, though.


sarameg - Oct 28, 2005 5:22:22 pm PDT #9740 of 10002

Sue is crazy.

It's 67 F in my apartment, and I'm wearing 2 layer and this is just too cold.


Sue - Oct 28, 2005 5:23:02 pm PDT #9741 of 10002
hip deep in pie

Crazy and cheap!


§ ita § - Oct 28, 2005 5:24:19 pm PDT #9742 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I figure if they can't find me in the computer, my piece of paper won't help.

This particular security chick was pre-checkin. Kenya, perhaps?

I'm watching Carnival of Souls. I'm having a hard time remembering why I put what on my Netflix list. Also watched Tart and In The Shadows which were even more confusing choices. This one, at least, has a rep. But I think I've seen it before.

Ah, well. I just need a quiet night.


JZ - Oct 28, 2005 5:30:16 pm PDT #9743 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

And now I'm off to the city to see some actors perform 30 plays in 60 minutes.

The Neo-Futurists? TMLMTBGB? I am whimpering with envy.

If the Charlaine Harris books are the ones I'm thinking of (the blurb about the waitress and the brand-new love of her life who is tragically undead makes me think they are), then meh indeed. I read one (the waitress one) all the way through, but rolled my eyes forever through the entire last four chapters, and never read another.