Two by two, hands of blue. Two by two, hands of blue.

River ,'Ariel'


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.


Theodosia - Jan 25, 2006 3:09:40 am PST #2485 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Cass, I wish you could go to my chiro guy. I wish he could treat other parts of me, he's that good.

For the second day in a row, it's s n o w i n g here. This seems rather cruel.


Jesse - Jan 25, 2006 3:53:09 am PST #2486 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I just realized I should probably have been more prepared for the phone interview I have in 10 minutes. Whoops. At least I've had coffee?


Calli - Jan 25, 2006 3:55:10 am PST #2487 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Good luck with the interview, Jesse!

And, Cass, I hope you feel better soon.

From further back, re: The Closer. I've just started watching it, mostly for J.K. Simmons' bits. (I have a voice thing.) I've liked the two episodes I've seen so far.


Frankenbuddha - Jan 25, 2006 4:10:57 am PST #2488 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Comic book fans might want to catch the Colbert Report repeat if they didn't see it last night. Also, the guest segment with the Washington Post fashion critic was pretty funny.


Jesse - Jan 25, 2006 4:18:43 am PST #2489 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

OK, phew. It wasn't a job I wanted, which was made clear right off the bat, but I wanted to talk to the woman, since she's at a headhunting firm, and I will want a job at some point, so that's good. I had no interest in faking like I really wanted that particular job, especially since it would have involved much bullshitting about my experience in order to make it seem like they would want me for it, anyway.

AND I was able to use the call to get off the phone with an annoying person who had called me a minute earlier. Awesome.


erikaj - Jan 25, 2006 4:21:37 am PST #2490 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!

Totally agree about the voice thing and Dr. Skoda, uh, Imean Mr. Simmons.On a related note, I finally saw the Braugheriffic "Thief" trailer. Looks exciting, if not great, and not as...ponderous as his other post-Homicide TV.


tommyrot - Jan 25, 2006 4:22:29 am PST #2491 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.

Which is better? The larger good, or the greater good?


erikaj - Jan 25, 2006 4:27:21 am PST #2492 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!

"greater,", I'd say. Like the alliteration.


Sue - Jan 25, 2006 4:42:25 am PST #2493 of 10002
hip deep in pie

This morning, I started the grievance process for the job that I was screened out of. It's possible that this is going to get me nothing but ill will.

We had an emergency board meeting last night because a member of our coop that we are in the process of trying to evict had a fire the Monday night.

My stress level is at about 27, on a scale of 1-10. (ETA, it's still probably way less than the woman who has to live below the other woman OTOH.)


tommyrot - Jan 25, 2006 4:43:46 am PST #2494 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.

Hmm. The "larger good" implies the good is bigger, whereas the "greater good" implies that the good, if not bigger, is more concentrated.

So I suppose what kind of good you want might come down to storage capacity and the ability to use the concentrated version (or the availability of a suitable diluting agent).