I continue to be fairly zen about the whole thing, although when I called HSBC back and the guy right away asked for my social security number and mother's maiden name, I was like HELL NO. I did give him the SSN, but still.
River: You're not right, Early. You're not righteous. You've got issues. Early: No. Oh, yes, I could have that. You might have me figured out, then. Good job. I'm not 100%.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.
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.
Jesse - Jun 09, 2006 12:15:19 pm PDT #1494 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
megan walker - Jun 09, 2006 12:16:49 pm PDT #1495 of 10002
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I am not understanding the point system in the Group rounds of the World Cup and I can't find an explanation anywhere.
You get 3 pts for a win, 1 for a tie, 0 for a loss. If there is a tie among teams in a particular group, it goes to goal differential (the total you scored in all three matches minus how many were scored against you), then total goals scored in all three matches.
msbelle - Jun 09, 2006 12:16:55 pm PDT #1496 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
bad monkey - [link]
-t - Jun 09, 2006 12:22:23 pm PDT #1497 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Thanks, megan. That's what I thought, but then the announcers confused me by saying "That should get them the whole 3 pts" for a second goal, making me think the goal differential came in earlier or something.
megan walker - Jun 09, 2006 12:24:39 pm PDT #1498 of 10002
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Yeah, that threw me too, and then I realized they were just talking about the impossibility of a draw at that point.
-t - Jun 09, 2006 12:27:05 pm PDT #1499 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That makes sense. If I actually listened to the announcers rather than just catching a sentence out of context every once in a while, I probably would have figured that out.
Tom Scola - Jun 09, 2006 12:32:44 pm PDT #1500 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Announcement: M&Ms aren't stackable.
Analysis: I'm very, very bored.
Toddson - Jun 09, 2006 12:37:40 pm PDT #1501 of 10002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
ah ... years ago the World Cup matches were being played in the DC area and I remember something about how the Mexican team hadn't won but were going on to the next level, which didn't make much sense to me at the time. I do remember, vividly, what seemed like hundreds of very happy Mexicans all over town.
Aims - Jun 09, 2006 12:41:09 pm PDT #1502 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Announcement: M&Ms aren't stackable.
Try cats.
Lee - Jun 09, 2006 12:47:36 pm PDT #1503 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I did that last night.