Zoe: We're getting him back. Jayne: What are we gonna do, clone him?

'War Stories'


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.


TomW - Dec 20, 2005 7:29:29 am PST #3546 of 10002
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."

Intelligent Design in biology class in Dover, PA? Not so much.

Choice quote:

"It is ironic that several of these individuals, who so staunchly and proudly touted their religious convictions in public, would time and again lie to cover their tracks and disguise the real purpose behind the ID Policy."


Jessica - Dec 20, 2005 7:30:27 am PST #3547 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I'm amazed by all the people on this page who walked 6-8 miles to work today. I think 3 miles would have been about my limit for walking.


Trudy Booth - Dec 20, 2005 7:31:31 am PST #3548 of 10002
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

I'm amazed by all the people on this page who walked 6-8 miles to work today. I think 3 miles would have been about my limit for walking.

You know, P-moon, I thought you staying in town was going to prevent this.


flea - Dec 20, 2005 7:34:59 am PST #3549 of 10002
information libertarian

In non-gift-giving news, one of the housecleaning staff in my building has been arrested for kidnapping (of an adult, for ransom) and is now in jail on $1,000,000 bond. !!!!! [link]


amych - Dec 20, 2005 7:37:56 am PST #3550 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

In non-gift-giving news, one of the housecleaning staff in my building has been arrested for kidnapping (of an adult, for ransom) and is now in jail on $1,000,000 bond. !!!!!

Holy carp. If I'd known it was a hotbed of criminal activity, I would've come over to work in this building more often.


Aims - Dec 20, 2005 7:38:33 am PST #3551 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.

The Korean one?

Sure. He might have been visiting China.

(Thought I read in a thing he was Chinese - wasn't being an ass, I swear. Well, not on purpose, anyway. Look! A baby wolf!)

What did your dad get you from China?


Typo Boy - Dec 20, 2005 7:39:18 am PST #3552 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Jesus, Flea! That is freaking scary.


§ ita § - Dec 20, 2005 7:40:13 am PST #3553 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What did your dad get you from China?

A dagger. Not a Korean one.

Kee-rist. Project of hell is being hellish again. I'm FLABBERGASTED by the behaviour of the people being tested. And I wouldn't be surprised if the tester doesn't let us try again.


Jessica - Dec 20, 2005 7:42:46 am PST #3554 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

You know, P-moon, I thought you staying in town was going to prevent this.

That was contingent upon the badness of the driving commute this morning -- my boss has a minivan. (And it was surprisingly painless, once we got out of Brooklyn. No traffic at all on the bridge or FDR drive.)


brenda m - Dec 20, 2005 7:43:09 am PST #3555 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

I'm not generally a fan of gift cards. Though my last birthday was gift-card-a-licious. But my sister knew something I wanted, and dragged dad and bro to the store, pointed it out, and led them to the counter to pick out how much they wanted to chip in via gift card. Then she and I went shopping the next weekend and actually got the stuff. So that was kind of neat.

I don't like giving them so much in part because I either feel cheap, not getting a "big enough" one, or spend more than I wanted to so the card has the right number on it, and feel like I got push into it. My issues. Also I'm a crazy good bargain shopper and can often get things that are really amazing for very little money, and I feel like the card is a waste of my talents.

I just spent way too much money on one gift, and I'm getting my brother in Russia to pay for part. I'm wondering now if the easiest way for him to do that would be for me to tell him to get me a gift card from Target or somewhere I'll use it for necessities rather than trying to figure out a way for him to send me a check or something.