ostrich stance.
Is that anything like a buffalo stance?
Jayne: That's a good idea. Good idea. Tell us where the stuff's at so I can shoot you. Mal: Point of interest? Offering to shoot us might not work so well as an incentive as you might imagine.
'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.
§ ita § - Feb 24, 2006 12:29:54 pm PST #9342 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hayden - Feb 24, 2006 12:30:49 pm PST #9343 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
The snotty way that my Senators have responded to my emails and letters indicates that they give less than a shit about the concerns of my particular blueberry in this sea of tomato soup that is Texas.
tommyrot - Feb 24, 2006 12:31:38 pm PST #9344 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.
ostrich stance.
Which in a few years will be replaced by the lemming stance. Or maybe 'rats deserting a sinking ship' stance.
sarameg - Feb 24, 2006 12:32:33 pm PST #9345 of 10002
my mind is boggling at the thought of how small the population of SD is. I'm so used to big cities.
Driving through it, the number surprises me not at all. It's very empty.
Hayden - Feb 24, 2006 12:33:05 pm PST #9346 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
What's odd to me is how many people I know from SD.
sarameg - Feb 24, 2006 12:37:40 pm PST #9347 of 10002
What's odd to me is how many people I know from SD.
They are noisy about it or so many flee. That's my rationale for running into people from my hometown all over. It would work for SD too. Actually, both those explain how I know the particular cousin mentioned earlier. She left SD, landed in my hometown, ran into my mom because of a shared name, discovered they were related, etc. After her divorce she left my hometown to go back to SD. So that's like this whole weird circular black hole of small worldness.
Spidra Webster - Feb 24, 2006 12:37:51 pm PST #9348 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
The "moral" of that story is Run! Get that abortion! Faster! Now!
Which is why there will surely be pennyroyal planted in my garden.
For me to use, you know, before they burn me at the stake for being a witch.
aurelia - Feb 24, 2006 12:41:24 pm PST #9349 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I just keep thinking that the in the long run, the ultra-conservative policies are leading to a large, poor, dis-enfranchised, potentially armed population.
msbelle - Feb 24, 2006 12:44:06 pm PST #9350 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Is that anything like a buffalo stance?
I'm thinking nsm.
My strategy for dealing with the crap that is gonna come down in this country is to create a community of people I agree with around me, write checks to organizations I support, and not read or watch the news except in heavily filtered or calmly presented forms.
I am an ostrich with a checkbook.
Burrell - Feb 24, 2006 12:45:07 pm PST #9351 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I just keep thinking that the in the long run, the ultra-conservative policies are leading to a large, poor, dis-enfranchised, potentially armed population.
Perhaps, but a Foucaultian might argue that as long as the reactionary right control the discourse, they probably don't have to worry much about the guns being pointed in their direction.