Buffy: He ran away, right? Giles: Sort of, more. turned and swept out majestically, I suppose. Said I didn't concern him. Buffy: So a mythic triumph over a completely indifferent foe? Giles: Well, I'm not dead or unconscious, so I say bravo for me.

'Same Time, Same Place'


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.


tommyrot - May 26, 2006 7:07:09 am PDT #9075 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.

The National Review's top 50 conservative rock songs of all time.

Huh. I love a lot of those songs.

Although the Beatles "Tax Man" has always made me wanna say, "Quit your whining."

Mabye I'd feel different if I was in the 95% tax bracket....


sumi - May 26, 2006 7:11:24 am PDT #9076 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!

I got a Yahoo breaking news alert about Capitol police investigating reports of gunfire at a House office building.

Has anyone heard anything further?


Hayden - May 26, 2006 7:12:20 am PDT #9077 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

The National Review's top 50 conservative rock songs of all time.

That's a phenomenally stupid list, but, as another music geek pointed out to me this morning, The Nation's list would be just as painful to read.


Hil R. - May 26, 2006 7:13:25 am PDT #9078 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Has anyone heard anything further?

Must have just happened. I'm in DC and I've been listening to a DC radio station all morning, and they haven't mentioned it yet.


tommyrot - May 26, 2006 7:14:07 am PDT #9079 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.

More (but not a lot) info: [link]


Fred Pete - May 26, 2006 7:20:34 am PDT #9080 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.

CNN radio now reporting that a man with a gun has been reported in the Rayburn building gym.


§ ita § - May 26, 2006 7:28:54 am PDT #9081 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

MS Project is broken in a way that means I can't see subordinate task descriptions. I've been putting in at least one help desk call a day for the past two weeks. Getting old.


Allyson - May 26, 2006 7:35:40 am PDT #9082 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Today is the last day of work before my vacation in which I stay home and pretend to be a full time professional writer. It's going to be difficult to get anything done.

I had my performance evaluation yesterday, and was shocked and amazed that there wasn't one single thing in the "needs improvement" columns. It was all gushing praise from the guys I support (Allyson is overqualified, please promote her immediately) and from my boss (in all the time I've known you, I've never heard a single negative comment).

My mind is sufficiently blown, since I feel incompetent most of the time.

I finally remembered to put a jar on my desk, "ADVICE: 25 cents" because seriously, people need to start paying me for that.


Frankenbuddha - May 26, 2006 7:57:32 am PDT #9083 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

My mind is sufficiently blown, since I feel incompetent most of the time.

I've been feeling this way for the last five years (IOW, since I moved into the softare development part of the company). Every year I think "This is the year they find out what a phony I am". I figure it's healthier to just keep expecting the other shoe to drop at any moment than to start assuming it never will.

I finally remembered to put a jar on my desk, "ADVICE: 25 cents" because seriously, people need to start paying me for that.

This is brilliant. I may have to steal that idea.


§ ita § - May 26, 2006 8:01:00 am PDT #9084 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I feel incompetent most of the time.

We've spoken to you about that, haven't we? Stop it.