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.
Saffron: You just had a better hand of cards this time. Mal: It ain't a hand of cards. It's called a life.
'Trash'
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.
Cashmere - Dec 07, 2005 11:33:42 pm PST #200 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
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.
Calli - Dec 08, 2005 4:00:50 am PST #208 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I CSSed b.org.
Ooooh, that's why I feel all tingly.
brenda m - Dec 08, 2005 4:01:22 am PST #209 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
Yeah, I can see how it's tough to find a balance.
ION, I love my local news. Dennis Rodman was apparently supposed to be on this morning, and the newscaster is all "we just got a call that Dennis just got back to his hotel room a half hour ago, from being out partying, so I guess he won't be here after all." No vague disclaimers there. And her voice and face - totally snitty.
Usually I hate local news, but this one channel they're just so goofy that it's fun to watch.