Thetans? No, never mind.
Have walked a mile. Have showered. Going to bed. G'night.
Note to self: religion freaky.
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
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.
Zenkitty - Jul 30, 2006 5:14:57 pm PDT #9418 of 10002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Jesse - Jul 30, 2006 5:22:08 pm PDT #9419 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, has anyone else seen this show The Messengers on TLC? I've just seen about 10 minutes of it, and is it really American Idol for motivational speakers or preachers? WTF. Weird.
Edit: Good lord, it is.
The power and force of the spoken word and the motivation it inspires are the essence of the new TLC program The Messengers. This innovative eight-part series kicks off July 23 at 10/9c and has a simple yet lofty goal: to find America's next great inspirational speaker.
They take a field trip, give a speech, and the audience votes someone off. Crazy.
Liese S. - Jul 30, 2006 5:22:13 pm PDT #9420 of 10002
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Btw, Ohio/Indianaistas: I'm sorry I missed you this summer. We ended up crazy overbooked and didn't get to see anybody.
Kat - Jul 30, 2006 5:52:15 pm PDT #9421 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Consuela, I'm so sorry to hear about your loss.
Hayden - Jul 30, 2006 6:27:49 pm PDT #9422 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Early this morning, my parents headed back to Alabama after a short visit. They called at 1:30 this afternoon to say that their van was on fire on the Atchafalaya bridge west of Baton Rouge. They had smelled smoke and barely gotten out with my brother (who's retarded and cannot walk, so they'd luckily grabbed his wheelchair and my mom's purse, too) when the whole thing burst into flames, destroying the van, their luggage, and a couple of thousands of dollars' worth of office equipment they'd stopped in Houston to buy. My brother started having seizures on the bridge, and they ended up taking an ambulance into Baton Rouge where he was treated and released fairly quickly. Their insurance company told them that it would cover the ambulance, the tow truck, and a rental, but not the van or the contents.
Anyway, that was a crazy close call, but now that it's been a few hours, I'm thinking the main outcome here is that there's going to be a sharp upswing in their demands that we move someplace closer.
§ ita § - Jul 30, 2006 7:01:46 pm PDT #9423 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Whoa.
Whoa.
That's incredible. I'm so glad everyone came out of it okay in the end, and especially that your brother wasn't held in the hospital too long.
Aims - Jul 30, 2006 7:16:15 pm PDT #9424 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Fucking A, Corwood. Glad everyone got out alright, but I'm sorry the insurance company put their asshat on so quickly.
Hayden - Jul 30, 2006 7:20:04 pm PDT #9425 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Thanks! Yeah, I kept reminding my mom that everyone's ok and that's all that's important. She was naturally a little shaken.
Consuela - Jul 30, 2006 7:20:23 pm PDT #9426 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Holy cow, Corwood. And argh! at the bastard insurance company.
Hayden - Jul 30, 2006 7:21:44 pm PDT #9427 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I'm sorry the insurance company put their asshat on so quickly.
No kidding! Nothing makes you feel better while you watch your car in flames on the side of one of the longest bridges in North America than hearing your insurance guy say, "oh, that's not covered." My pa-in-law is an insurance agent for that same company, so I'm going to get him on the phone tomorrow to see if he can help them navigate the bureaucracy.