I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the 'stay and gloat' that gets me every time.

Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'


Natter .44 Magnum: Do You Feel Chatty, Punk?  

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.


Cashmere - May 13, 2006 6:10:49 am PDT #7107 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.

I've seen the cat food ads suggesting the same thing. Do people fall for this?

Sometimes. I already buy very expensive dog food (it'd be cheaper for me to buy them lean hamburger on a per pound basis) for my dogs because Mac has sensitivites which result in ugly cleaning issues if I try to switch her food. But I can say that the expensive stuff does bupkis for shedding issues.


brenda m - May 13, 2006 6:16:52 am PDT #7108 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

Not to get too gross, but IME with dogs, there is a direct correlation between the quality of the input and the, um, nature and frequency of the output. So to speak. We don't mess around with the cheapy stuff anymore.


Sean K - May 13, 2006 6:17:49 am PDT #7109 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

ION, some complete nonsense: [link]

That guy should really take the meds he's been given, and he wouldn't have these problems.


Sean K - May 13, 2006 6:18:59 am PDT #7110 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

IME with dogs, there is a direct correlation between the quality of the input and the, um, nature and frequency of the output.

We just switched to a more expensive cat food with better ingredients, for exactly the same reason.


Jesse - May 13, 2006 6:59:19 am PDT #7111 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Attn: Allyson. You should write This American Life this week for sure -- they are rerunning some old stuff about the internet, and this stuff from 1996 about is it possible to have relationships on the internet is fascinating.


§ ita § - May 13, 2006 7:04:34 am PDT #7112 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I had a physical freakout in my sleep last night. But I can't remember why. I mean, I don't think it was because of a dream. I woke with my heart thumping insanely and totally limp. It was really weird. But I was calm despite.


-t - May 13, 2006 7:33:59 am PDT #7113 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That was all sounding familiar until you got to the remaining calm part, ita. I get the heart thumpy limpness from night terrors, but wake up with big fear.


SailAweigh - May 13, 2006 7:46:05 am PDT #7114 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

-t is me. I'm never limp after those, I'm rigid and often pull a neck musscle trying to sit up too fast. Hate, hate, hate that.


Strix - May 13, 2006 7:49:02 am PDT #7115 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I dreamt that my car fell apart. Like, I was hauling around the empty corspe of it -- it lacked two doors, and all the tires.

And my dead cat Solomon was missing. And actually, ita, I think you --and Xander -- were in my dream too. I prolly pulled you in from L.A., and your shitty dreams are all my fault.

Blame me! (But please don't hurt me -- I've had a shitty week.)


-t - May 13, 2006 9:21:18 am PDT #7116 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Pull a neck muscle? Ow! And also, maybe that's why my neck is always sore...