Anya, the Shopkeepers of America called. They wanted me to tell you that 'please go' just got replaced with 'have a nice day.'

Xander ,'Selfless'


Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46  

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.


§ ita § - Aug 14, 2006 7:34:27 am PDT #2463 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Is looking up the news channels on the web any use? That's what I'd do for up to date info about the fires. Also local papers' web sites.

I was reading a kinda silly suggestion of 28 hour days, and they mentioned Lori! Okay, not by name or anything. But I remember this:

Scientists managing the Mars Exploration Rover project at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory live 25-hour days to keep pace with Martian time

I have 9 chocolate cupcakes in my fridge at home. Since three of the batch of 12 have already been eaten, this means I have no chocolate cupcakes AT WORK WHERE THEY'RE SORELY NEEDED.

I am a flake. The pluot just won't cut it.


Allyson - Aug 14, 2006 7:50:29 am PDT #2464 of 10001
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

My horoscope sez: Everyone loves a tall tale, especially when you're the one doing the telling. Maybe that's because you have so much panache and style. You're an absolute original, and your friends appreciate you.

I once caught a fish thiiiiiiiiiiiis biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig....


Polter-Cow - Aug 14, 2006 7:51:01 am PDT #2465 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

This is appalling me. Way to obscure your message with weird-ass casting.

You might enjoy the inevitable parodies.


§ ita § - Aug 14, 2006 7:53:40 am PDT #2466 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

You might enjoy the inevitable parodies.

Those are what got me to the ad itself. But I don't have any neurons left to appreciate them, because they're all tied up with the stupidity of the campaign, never mind casting.

Hmm. 12:30 meeting. I should nap early.


aurelia - Aug 14, 2006 7:56:11 am PDT #2467 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Is looking up the news channels on the web any use? That's what I'd do for up to date info about the fires. Also local papers' web sites.

I've been trying that, too. The helicoptors went away, so maybe the visual just wasn't spectacular enough.

I've heard several local newscasters mis-pronounce Mackinac and I know that Boy George is now picking up trash.

I have no chocolate cupcakes AT WORK WHERE THEY'RE SORELY NEEDED.

I think that constitutes a cupcake emergency. Is there a corporate plan for that?


Polter-Cow - Aug 14, 2006 7:56:13 am PDT #2468 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

they're all tied up with the stupidity of the campaign, never mind casting.

Yeah, it's kind of a weird campaign. I mean, why can't you just support Africa? Why do you have to be African in order to support it?


aurelia - Aug 14, 2006 7:57:41 am PDT #2469 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Is it an "I am Malcom X" type thing?


Tom Scola - Aug 14, 2006 8:03:00 am PDT #2470 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Obligatory cute baby primate link: [link]


§ ita § - Aug 14, 2006 8:03:43 am PDT #2471 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think that constitutes a cupcake emergency. Is there a corporate plan for that?

Our disaster planning should certainly cover ganache. I should raise the point at our weekly meeting.

Is it an "I am Malcom X" type thing?

That thing I get, because it's to some degree a state of mind. "I am African?" Fuck that noise. You're an American with Brit pretension.


P.M. Marc - Aug 14, 2006 8:07:55 am PDT #2472 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Obligatory cute baby human primate link: [link]