Bowie lives here about 50% of his time. Has for several years.
Slap my hand now!
Anya ,'Empty Places'
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.
msbelle - Mar 22, 2006 9:18:12 am PST #5566 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
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.
§ ita § - Mar 22, 2006 9:24:33 am PST #5569 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Gutenberg doesn't even rate?
bon bon - Mar 22, 2006 9:27:16 am PST #5570 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Ari Fleischman doesn't even rate?
flea - Mar 22, 2006 9:28:14 am PST #5571 of 10001
information libertarian
Re: TV and kids under two, I think physically they are concerned about lack of activity and sedentarism, and psychologically about attention span and behaviour problems. I've seen studies about the latter specifically addressing the under-2 demographic, but am only guessing about the former based on what you see them saying about older kids and TV.
JZ - Mar 22, 2006 9:29:33 am PST #5572 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Bleah. I feel like shit. Just got back from an errands and snacking run, and in the elevator on the way back up there was a tired, irritable-looking woman with a toddler in tow. He was obviously restless, over-energized and discontented, toddling around the elevator and getting in everyone's way. At my floor he started heading out the door, and his mom hissed "Don't block the door!" and pulled him back by his hair. And then the door shut and they whisked away before I could force my brain to override the "be polite, don't interfere with other people's parenting, don't start fights" instinct and tear her a new one.
Fucking cow. And now I'm sitting here feeling all grouchy and queasy and vengeful and like a kid-betraying pussy.
At least there were a good half-dozen other people still in the elevator, including at least one doctor. I hope to God someone reamed her out but good once the door shut. I can't believe I didn't get my mouth in gear and say something. Fuck.
DavidS - Mar 22, 2006 9:31:59 am PST #5573 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Ari Fleischman doesn't even rate?
Heh!
Ailleann - Mar 22, 2006 9:32:34 am PST #5574 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
David Henry Hwang
*tries desperately not to be twelve*
*fails*
Nutty - Mar 22, 2006 9:38:29 am PST #5575 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Okay, wait, on that tools list, the lever doesn't rate? I think knife, scythe and needle can all go into the "sharp cutty objects" category, and leave some space for the effing lever, don't you?
Moves mountains, you know?