OMG, am I gonna get in before the "new" thread rolls over 200?
Woo! Now back to catch up. Carry on.
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 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
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.
Beverly - Dec 07, 2005 10:29:16 pm PST #198 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
aurelia - Dec 07, 2005 11:32:24 pm PST #199 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Did Sting the music guy take his name from that?
I believe it had to do with a childhood bee costume.
Because there's social contact. It makes me feel less like a caged freak.
This is one of the reasons I wish I could afford krav. That and combining exercise with learning useful skills. A treadmill just doesn't inspire a sense of purpose.
Cashmere - Dec 07, 2005 11:33:42 pm PST #200 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
I believe it had to do with a childhood bee costume.
I'd heard he always wore a black & yellow stipey sweater. But I could be wrong.
aurelia - Dec 08, 2005 12:08:14 am PST #201 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
It's been awhile since I read about the origin of Sting's name, but I'll bet one of us is at least partly right.
beth b - Dec 08, 2005 12:51:57 am PST #202 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
from wikipedia
He once performed wearing a black and yellow jersey with hooped stripes that fellow band member Gordon Solomon had noted made him look like a bumblebee, thus he became "Sting." He uses Sting almost exclusively, except on official documents.
billytea - Dec 08, 2005 1:56:46 am PST #203 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
You know, there's a reason I do like going to krav, even when I don't feel well. Because there's social contact. It makes me feel less like a caged freak.
That's pretty much why I go to Toastmasters.
Nora Deirdre - Dec 08, 2005 3:03:21 am PST #204 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
yay new threadliness.
I am home so I can write a paper. Gotta get on that.
Tom Scola - Dec 08, 2005 3:43:45 am PST #205 of 10002
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
No self-respecting engineering student would make the kinds of dumb mistakes that are built into us. All of our pelvises slope forward for convenient knuckle-dragging, like all the other great apes. And the only reason you stand erect is because of this incredible sharp bend at the base of your spine, which is either evolution's way of modifying something or else it's just a design that would flunk a first-year engineering student.
Fred Pete - Dec 08, 2005 3:49:44 am PST #206 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Fred Pete, where are you going on a cruise?
Just saw this, Perkins. We sail New Year's Eve and stop at about 10 islands, not all of which I can always remember.
But there'll be an island in the Bahamas, Tortola, St. Maarten, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Trinidad, Barbados, Bonaire, and Curacao. (Hey! I think I remembered them all!)
I insisted on that particular cruise because I fell in love with a picture of Curacao in the brochure. It didn't hurt that we both really liked St. Maarten when we stopped there on our last cruise.
Now, if we can just get past the winter storm warning that's up for tonight....
§ ita § - Dec 08, 2005 3:58:15 am PST #207 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How long is your cruise, Fred?
It's a pretty fine balance between feeling like crap at krav and feeling like crap at home. People help lift my mood, but it can be stressful. With 2-3 hours a week, I miss the people, but I can't really do more.
Not going out makes me feel delicate and broken and that doesn't help. I really want to go see a movie, for instance, but bright lights and loud noises, and so I haven't seen HP yet. Staying at home with nothing to do has a lot of potential for self pity. Which probably explains why I CSSed b.org.