I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.

Fred ,'A Hole in the World'


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.


§ ita § - Mar 22, 2006 8:58:10 am PST #5559 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

A lovely bit of IMDB snippetting:

A psychologist at Harvard Medical School has heatedly criticized Sesame Workshop for producing a DVD aimed at babies and toddlers aged 6 months to 2 years. In an interview with today's (Tuesday) Washington Post, Susan Linn, who is also founder of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, called the DVD "a betrayal of babies and families" and added, "There is no evidence that media is beneficial for babies, and they are starting to find evidence that it may be harmful. Until we know for sure, we shouldn't risk putting them in front of the television." But Rosemarie Truglio of Sesame Workshop, which produced the DVD with the child-development group Zero to Three, insisted that the Workshop, which also is responsible for PBS's Sesame Street, "did a lot of research and preparation" for the video. However, Zero to Three cofounder T. Berry Brazelton is lending his name to the opposition, urging that "children under two be kept away from screen media. It's too expensive for them physically as well as psychologically," he said.

So what does it do to kids? Cancer? Immolation? What?


Jessica - Mar 22, 2006 8:59:44 am PST #5560 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Martial arts superstar Bruce Lee is set to be the subject of a new Broadway musical featuring music provided by David Bowie.

I...huh.


Calli - Mar 22, 2006 9:00:40 am PST #5561 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Best thing. Last summer when I was in the middle of dealing with Mom's chemo, a friend of mine dragged me up to Charlottesville for a long weekend of not dealing with Mom's chemo. It was a sanity-saving mini-vacation. She's probably the only one who can convince me to do things when I'm in real heel-digging mode, too.


Trudy Booth - Mar 22, 2006 9:01:51 am PST #5562 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Christ, why?

The universe trying desperately to bring me and Bowie together at long last?


DavidS - Mar 22, 2006 9:07:10 am PST #5563 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

The universe trying desperately to bring me and Bowie together at long last?

You're going to try out for the part of singing Bruce Lee?!?

You could totally do that.


Trudy Booth - Mar 22, 2006 9:15:34 am PST #5564 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

We'll be in the same city.

Frankly, the universe seems to be being a little bit round-about for my tastes, but that's really not my call.


Theodosia - Mar 22, 2006 9:16:56 am PST #5565 of 10001
'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"

It would so be spectacularly daring casting, if so.


msbelle - Mar 22, 2006 9:18:12 am PST #5566 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Bowie lives here about 50% of his time. Has for several years.


Trudy Booth - Mar 22, 2006 9:19:45 am PST #5567 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Bowie lives here about 50% of his time. Has for several years.

Really, lets not question the wisdom of the Universe. It has its reasons.


Jessica - Mar 22, 2006 9:23:42 am PST #5568 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

This was probably posted already, but here goes anyhow -- The 20 Most Important Tools of All Time.