The painter is (finally) finishing my apartment today!
I should get him something, I guess. I'm thinking a bottle of vodka, except that I don't know which Eastern European country he's from.
Yes, there is. There's a hurry, Xander. I'm dying...I may have as few as fifty years left.
Anya ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
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.
Tom Scola - Mar 17, 2006 9:23:51 am PST #4577 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Jesse - Mar 17, 2006 9:24:44 am PST #4578 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Cashmere, I am much more sympathetic toward people who are Not Drinking Coffee on purpose -- the family I'm thinking of never had caffeine because they were SO! NATURALLY! FULL! OF! VIM! AND! VIGOR! It just didn't occur to them.
Jessica - Mar 17, 2006 9:26:16 am PST #4579 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I don't keep decaf on hand, so I try not to be judgmental about people who don't have emergency guest coffee. (I *do* warn people that without my morning coffee, I am extremely cranky and unpleasant to be around, but I'm more than happy to walk to a deli or cafe and get it myself.)
Aims - Mar 17, 2006 9:28:41 am PST #4580 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Launch.com is playing "It's Tricky". Half my office is dancing. And giggling.
Kalshane - Mar 17, 2006 9:28:47 am PST #4581 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
It's "Coke machines selling things that are not Coke" where everything went tragically wrong....
Prexactly.
Waitress: What would you like to drink?
Me: A coke.
Waitress: What kind?
Me: Dr Pepper.
See, this confuses me. Why say Coke if you don't mean Coca-Cola? (Not ragging on regional customs, it just hurts my brain.) I understand it's similar to way Kleenex means tissue and band-aid means bandage, but the difference is if I ask for a Kleenex and get a Puffs, I'm not going to complain, but if I ask for a Coke and get a Sprite, I'm going to be annoyed. I realize they'll ask what kind but, having to say Coke twice when you really want a Coke (as opposed to directly asking for a Dr. Pepper) seems rather ineffecient.
I guess I'm a soft drink bigot.
Cashmere - Mar 17, 2006 9:31:18 am PST #4582 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
the family I'm thinking of never had caffeine because they were SO! NATURALLY! FULL! OF! VIM! AND! VIGOR!
Without coffee? Cause that's just wrong. When Dad visits, he says he likes the walk for the coffee. It's either that or percolator coffee really is that bad. (I do have a tiny percolator in case of coffee emergencies.)
We just introduced Owen to peeps. We had to since I bought him this book. It's comedy gold watching a kid eat a peep for the first time.
DavidS - Mar 17, 2006 9:33:22 am PST #4583 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
David Johanssen pronounced it "BOW-teek" in "Funky Funky but Chic", FWIW. And I gather he's as Noo Yawk as they come.
Staten Island, specfically. Most of the boroughs are represented in the NY Dolls, including Manhattan (Hell's Kitchen), Brooklyn and Queen's.
Dana - Mar 17, 2006 9:35:18 am PST #4584 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I realize they'll ask what kind but, having to say Coke twice when you really want a Coke (as opposed to directly asking for a Dr. Pepper) seems rather ineffecient.
A lot of stuff in the South is inefficient, IMO. It's part of our charm.
Jesse - Mar 17, 2006 9:36:22 am PST #4585 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Without coffee?
Oh yes. If any of those people had regularly had caffeine, they would have taken over the world by now. (Except the dad. He was the classic quiet dad in a family full of screaming women.)
I'm too confused by the BOW-tique thing, because I keep saying it like "take a bow" in my head, and what you all really mean is "bo" as opposed to "boo." Right?
Aims - Mar 17, 2006 9:36:58 am PST #4586 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
A lot of stuff in the South is inefficient, IMO. It's part of our charm.
"It comes from years of being bred to keep our expectations low."