Jen P, may your surveylance be utterly uneventful, may it be exactly the opposite of the "last day on the job for the crusty but loveable old detective" surveylance we are so familiar with from every movie ever.
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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.
Trudy Booth - Sep 08, 2006 7:41:53 am PDT #6865 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Kathy A - Sep 08, 2006 7:44:10 am PDT #6866 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Now I totally want to wear a stormtrooper costume on the train, just to see what reactions I get.
At least nobody would say to you, "Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?"
tommyrot - Sep 08, 2006 7:47:34 am PDT #6867 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
At least nobody would say to you, "Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?"
Heh.
Dana - Sep 08, 2006 8:02:08 am PDT #6868 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
tommy, you're still looking at DragonCon-related stuff, aren't you?
I doubt that the guy dressed up as Dr. Venture was actually grumpy -- it seems much more likely that he was in character. I've never seen anyone at DC get grumpy about having their picture taken. If you come to DC in costume, it's kind of a given that people will ask for a picture. And I've also never seen any of the staff be assholes, which is pretty incredible for a con of that size. I would not want to be the security people who had to wrangle 3,000 people for each Firefly and Mythbusters panel.
Lee - Sep 08, 2006 8:23:22 am PDT #6869 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I came to work today, even though I didn't really feel that well this morning. Considering that now I'm not sure I feel well enough to drive home, I'm beginning to think this might not fall into the "good idea" category.
§ ita § - Sep 08, 2006 8:26:50 am PDT #6870 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is there somewhere you can sleep? Can that help?
I've now taken to having the back of the front passenger seat fully reclined (VW had the stupidest labour-intensive reclining controls) so I can sleep easily any time.
With migraines, that often makes the difference between being able to drive or not. But I'm willing to drive tentatively home more than I'm willing to do it in the way into the office.
Our four hour meeting turned into a two and a half hour meeting! Most excellent. Now work can begin.
Dana - Sep 08, 2006 8:29:08 am PDT #6871 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Happy 40th anniversary of Star Trek, everyone.
tommyrot - Sep 08, 2006 8:29:22 am PDT #6872 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Bad Tribune Writing:
When they converged near S. Wood Street the man pulled a handgun and struggled with Douglas briefly before firing, fatally wounding him several times.
What does that mean? It sounds like he was wounded several times, with each wound sufficient by itself to kill him. ...Don't think that's what they meant, though....
Tom Scola - Sep 08, 2006 8:30:02 am PDT #6873 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
((Lee))
Please do try to rest.
esse - Sep 08, 2006 8:30:34 am PDT #6874 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Crack broke 13k last night, BTW.
Good lord. This better not be epic, dude. Or I will laugh and laugh and laugh.
In other news, my bus was blocked by no less than a horse-drawn carriage today on its way to my stop. It was kind of funny, because the driver of the carriage wasn't looking around and instead kept telling the tourists he was guiding about the various landmarks or whatever, and the bus just couldn't get around him. When the bus finally had an exit, it sped like it was made to do it, until it was stopped in about 50 meters by a stoplight. Crazy!
Also, I now have my cable for my new digital camera, which I bought yesterday. Which means I can take and upload photos again, yay! Such a relief.