Sometimes I miss having powers... Oh. Oh! I know what this is! This is peer pressure! Any second now you're gonna make me smoke tobacco and--and have drugs!

Anya ,'Showtime'


Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Sean K - Jan 20, 2006 11:45:08 am PST #1660 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Kids who think scientists are all depressed all the time should see them drunk at parties some time. The hardest partiers I've ever met were not frat boys (amateurs...), they were scientists.

Plus, you get fun and entrtaining things like listening to drunk scientists try to explain the biochemistry of drunkeness to a room full of other drunk people. Funny.


Lee - Jan 20, 2006 11:46:30 am PST #1661 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

If you had asked me at 11 what scientists do, my answer probably would have included skinny dipping.


bon bon - Jan 20, 2006 11:47:25 am PST #1662 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

The kids at Harvey Mudd had the best drugs and the craziest parties.


kat perez - Jan 20, 2006 11:58:13 am PST #1663 of 10002
"We have trust issues." Mylar

If I were 11 (and my parents were crazy enough to let me stay up until 10 and watch CSI), I'd probably associate Grissom and company with cops because of all the crime solving and what not. The depressed comment was kind of odd, though.

I fell out of love with Oprah a loooong time ago, but I think she has sunk to new lows today. Parents who invited a stripper to their sixteen year old's birthday party and Oprah deconstructing their psyches and dressing them down. Someone needs to smack her in her big, bobblehead.


sarameg - Jan 20, 2006 12:00:54 pm PST #1664 of 10002

If you had asked me at 11 what scientists do, my answer probably would have included skinny dipping.

I got spared that, thankfully. But lots and lots of crazy parties.

My dad's department used to be the highest level a secretary could be promoted before moving into management. The sciences are all at the top end of the promotion chain. I suspect that says something.


Vortex - Jan 20, 2006 12:00:54 pm PST #1665 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Parents who invited a stripper to their sixteen year old's birthday party and Oprah deconstructing their psyches and dressing them down.

I got no real love for Oprah, but somebody needed to talk to these people.


kat perez - Jan 20, 2006 12:09:01 pm PST #1666 of 10002
"We have trust issues." Mylar

Off camera, yes. Someone should take them aside and have a little sit-down.

But, the person who shambled her emaciated, size eight jean clad semi-corpse onto a stage while pulling a mound of fat behind her does not get to talk a little sense into anyone.


Lee - Jan 20, 2006 12:11:47 pm PST #1667 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I got spared that, thankfully. But lots and lots of crazy parties.

Have I mentioned that my room directly overlooked the pool?


kat perez - Jan 20, 2006 12:13:03 pm PST #1668 of 10002
"We have trust issues." Mylar

On another note, I'm not sure I understand what the TWU hopes to gain by rejecting the new contract. Doesn't that mean that they will just have to submit to binding arbitration, which is what they were trying to avoid before the strike?


Ginger - Jan 20, 2006 12:23:34 pm PST #1669 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

My dad worked at the local nuclear power plant,

Can you say which plant, Kathy? I've probably been there.