Zoe: What's that, sir? Mal: Freedom, is what. Zoe: No, I meant what's that? Mal: Oh. Yeah. Just step around it. I think something must've been living in here.

'Out Of Gas'


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.


brenda m - Feb 07, 2006 8:05:49 am PST #5520 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

To wear with those flip floppy kind of sandals with the one wide strap across the foot - those ones look like they're designed to stick out in a contrasting color, but there are others just for blister protection.


Gudanov - Feb 07, 2006 8:06:18 am PST #5521 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping

He didn't really say that, did he? 'Cause that's funny.


tommyrot - Feb 07, 2006 8:08:33 am PST #5522 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.

He didn't really say that, did he? 'Cause that's funny.

There's a video here [link] which I haven't watched yet. (I suppose the quote could be a jokey, fake-quote.)


tommyrot - Feb 07, 2006 8:10:23 am PST #5523 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.

Then there's this:

BIDEN: Thank you very much. General, how has this revelation damaged the program?

I'm almost confused by it but, I mean, it seems to presuppose that these very sophisticated Al Qaida folks didn't think we were intercepting their phone calls.

GONZALES: Well, Senator, I would first refer to the experts in the Intel Committee who are making that statement, first of all. I'm just the lawyer. And so, when the director of the CIA says this should really damage our intel capabilities, I would defer to that statement. I think, based on my experience, it is true - you would assume that the enemy is presuming that we are engaged in some kind of surveillance.

But if they're not reminded about it all the time in the newspapers and in stories, they sometimes forget.

[link]


§ ita § - Feb 07, 2006 8:13:07 am PST #5524 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

those ones look like they're designed to stick out in a contrasting color

That's the weird part--they're brightly coloured fishnet. You're gonna notice that they end suddenly before the toe...


Gudanov - Feb 07, 2006 8:14:21 am PST #5525 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping

There's a video here [link] which I haven't watched yet. (I suppose the quote could be a jokey, fake-quote.)

The TDS people aren't going to have to work very hard this week.


Gudanov - Feb 07, 2006 8:15:06 am PST #5526 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping

Cool chart of real-world Hybrid mileage.

[link]


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 07, 2006 8:26:10 am PST #5527 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

But if they're not reminded about it all the time in the newspapers and in stories, they sometimes forget.

The first rule of Illegal Wiretapping Club is - you do not talk about Illegal Wiretapping Club.


Kathy A - Feb 07, 2006 8:27:48 am PST #5528 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

That's an interesting chart. I was just reading an article that criticized the new Accord Hybrid because it actually gets 4 mpg less than before the redesign.

My new Civic (non-hybrid) gets about 31 mpg with the combined city/highway driving I do daily, and when I was driving back from my mom's at Thanksgiving got 41 mpg on the turnpike.


Nutty - Feb 07, 2006 8:28:30 am PST #5529 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

In other surveillance news, a line from one of my other boards:

Personally I like winning, so I could care less. If Osama Bin Laden could get lefties out, he'd be on my team.

I think Alberto Gonzales is buying season tickets to the Nats even now!!