Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 40: The Nice One  

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.


Sue - Nov 10, 2005 5:29:52 am PST #2738 of 10006
hip deep in pie

You should come to New York then! Woo hoo!

I am! Wheee!


sarameg - Nov 10, 2005 5:34:17 am PST #2739 of 10006

0.42 EUR. 58 Yen. 23 Rupees. 5 Pesos. Hee.

OK, so on the Sun's site, they've been soliciting slogans. The earnest ones are lame , but ..."Baltimore: We're Baltimorons!" " Baltimore... we're trying hard! Just step over the body on your way home. " "The Crabby Apple." "Baltimore - it's not as bad as you think. It can't be." "Come to Baltimore and get crabs. "

Heh. This city has had so many slogans tacked to it...and then the glue dries up and they fall on the floor. Why do they bother?


Trudy Booth - Nov 10, 2005 5:35:47 am PST #2740 of 10006
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

t dances around

There is a way cool show for us to see Saturday, I think its eight bucks.

When Fiddy tours France is he "demi-Euro"?


Sue - Nov 10, 2005 5:41:09 am PST #2741 of 10006
hip deep in pie

There is a way cool show for us to see Saturday, I think its eight bucks.

Cool! A friend of mine actually has written something for a show on Sunday. I haven't seen him in about 6-7 years so I might surprise him.

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Fred Pete - Nov 10, 2005 5:43:17 am PST #2742 of 10006
Ann, that's a ferret.

When Fiddy tours France is he "demi-Euro"?

More like .40-Euro, with current exchange rates.


brenda m - Nov 10, 2005 5:44:19 am PST #2743 of 10006
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

"2.34 NIS".

Oh, that is just excellent. Seriously, I think my whole day just got better.


shrift - Nov 10, 2005 5:45:01 am PST #2744 of 10006
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Huh.

One of our account execs just sent an e-mail to Big Boss saying I have an amazing turnaround time, and that our customers are commenting on how wonderful I am to work with.

I'm bemused. Maybe I should've gone into acting?


Nilly - Nov 10, 2005 5:45:41 am PST #2745 of 10006
Swouncing

There is a way cool show for us to see Saturday, I think its eight bucks.

I immediately tried to see what it's going to end like when converted to NIS or Euro. Which is a strange way to spell "yay!".


Calli - Nov 10, 2005 5:46:29 am PST #2746 of 10006
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

It's a major local grant, so I doubt he'd be confusing it with another proposal.

OK. I was under the impression that he didn't know whether or not his group had applied for the same grant as yours had. And the Institute where I work offers grants and they all have ID numbers. So I was thinking a few minutes of comparing what ever identification your grant(s) carried would clear things right up.

In other words, I thought it was a "he doesn't know which grant he applied for and, thus, if there's a conflict" issue, rather than a "he's just now realizing his group applied for well known X-grant, same as us" issue.


Trudy Booth - Nov 10, 2005 5:47:36 am PST #2747 of 10006
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Cool! A friend of mine actually has written something for a show on Sunday. I haven't seen him in about 6-7 years so I might surprise him.

That looks like a lot of fun. I wish I could come with (there is no way I'll be back from family thing in time)