You two carried me through that war. Now I need you to carry me just a little bit further. If you can.

Tracy ,'The Message'


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.


Tom Scola - Jun 15, 2006 9:23:08 am PDT #2168 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Another retouched photos site

Has this tutorial been posted here?


Jars - Jun 15, 2006 9:38:52 am PDT #2169 of 10002

I have unfortunately been flashed male genitalia on several occasions in the workplace (inadvertantly on the part of the flashers). In all cases, in the field doing archaeology.

Oh dear lord yes. I'm probably more familiar with some of the men I've worked with than their girlfriends.


Gudanov - Jun 15, 2006 10:04:38 am PDT #2170 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping

The flag burning admendment will go the floor of the Senate where it is projected to be one vote from being approved. If approved, it will pass in the house easily. This is critical right now because of all the flag burning going on, there was even one reported incident as recently as last year! Fortunately, the language is very vague so people who use to flag to express dissent can be locked away even if burning isn't involved.

Nothing like passing a law to allow the imprisonment of dissenters to celebrate the upcoming Fourth of July, the birthday of the land of the free.

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Also, just for irony, from the Federal Flag Code... (k) The Flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.


sumi - Jun 15, 2006 10:10:04 am PDT #2171 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!

Hmmm, I may have to conduct my own taste test to verify Tom's findings re: Kissables vs. M&Ms.

BTW, the Pirates' Pearls M&Ms are delicious.


aurelia - Jun 15, 2006 10:12:54 am PDT #2172 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I wish they had to submit time cards for approval.

You spent how many days on flag burning and English as a National language? Nope, you don't get paid for that. Renaming French fries to Freedom fries? I hope you brought your checkbook.


Atropa - Jun 15, 2006 10:23:05 am PDT #2173 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

A work environment should not contain visible belly buttons, navel jewelry, cleavage, or the top of your thong. Unless you work on a pole.

I'm 5'2". I wear a 38F. They start right under my armpit. The only way I can avoid cleavage is to wear something exceedingly unflattering or a turtleneck

5'4", 36F here, and ... yeah. Same sorts of issues. Of course, this is why I add wide non-ruffled lace to the neckline of just about every dress I buy; if I don't, there will be that time when I glance down and think "Wow, I didn't realize I was showing that much bosom."


-t - Jun 15, 2006 10:23:43 am PDT #2174 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, aurelia, I would so support that! What a great idea.


sarameg - Jun 15, 2006 11:19:04 am PDT #2175 of 10002

Hrm. I was just told they replaced a major part of my ac unit (as opposed to the whole unit) and it works now.

You think I should believe them?

naahhhh.


Rick - Jun 15, 2006 11:38:36 am PDT #2176 of 10002

A work environment should not contain visible belly buttons, navel jewelry, cleavage, or the top of your thong.

I'd like to go ahead and extend it to my alma mater's campus as well.

Please don't ban cleavage from college campuses. It's one of the things that helps to make up for the low pay in academia.


Dana - Jun 15, 2006 11:43:38 am PDT #2177 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I don't think my latest client is actually a person. I think "she" is an AI conducting experiments on humanity, trying to see how much incoherence a person can take before she (in this case, me) loses her mind.