Today is moving so slowly that its ass is getting kicked in a speed trial by a three-toed sloth.
Tracy: 'When you can't run, you crawl... and when you can't crawl, when you can't do that--' Zoe: 'You find someone to carry you.'
'The Message'
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.
shrift - Dec 21, 2005 7:22:15 am PST #4068 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Spidra Webster - Dec 21, 2005 7:23:22 am PST #4069 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
I'm all for extended winter holidays. With the days so short, how can anyone get anything done anyway?
Calli - Dec 21, 2005 7:23:56 am PST #4070 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm actually getting a lot done this week. I'm not exactly thrilled that I have to do so (we're over a week behind schedule), but it's kind of nice to feel like I'm accomplishing something.
The rapidly increasing soreness of my throat is less nice. I hope this doesn't mess with my Christmas plans.
shrift - Dec 21, 2005 7:26:26 am PST #4071 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I suppose I should clarify that while my day is moving like unto molasses, I am not lacking in vexatious work.
Gudanov - Dec 21, 2005 7:30:38 am PST #4072 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
I was thinking just the other day, that the perfect Christmas card would combine a terrorist, Santa packing heat, the baby Jesus, a christmas tree, and explosives.
Card: [link]
![[link]](http://www.usnewswire.com/attach/CCRKBA.jpg){kind=link}
Story: [link]
Emily - Dec 21, 2005 7:34:11 am PST #4073 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Wow. That is hilarious. I particularly like how he's stuck the baby Jesus under the Christmas tree -- gotta shoehorn him in there somewhere!
§ ita § - Dec 21, 2005 7:35:55 am PST #4074 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What the fuck is web 2.0, and why should I care? I mean, I've read the pieces on it, and all I see is more web.
tommyrot - Dec 21, 2005 7:36:43 am PST #4075 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Santa's pointing the gun right at the terrorist's explosives.
Tom Scola - Dec 21, 2005 7:37:38 am PST #4076 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Web 2.0 means different things to different people.
Allyson - Dec 21, 2005 7:39:01 am PST #4077 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
It has a pretty happy ending, ita. The boy in question is 18 now, and is helping federal prosecutors identify kids in trouble because he knows where to find them. He's in college now.
Out of the many things that were fascinating to me was the piece on how the reporter found this kid, gained his trust, and how the Times hired him a lawyer.