I'm not sure how old he is, but I heard him use the word 'newfangled' one time, so he's gotta be pretty far gone.

Dawn ,'Beneath You'


Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People  

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.


tommyrot - Oct 17, 2006 12:50:31 pm PDT #4073 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.

I can't imagine guys going to brunch together or alone

I've done brunch alone.

ION, this is cool:

The search for a leaky water pipe led to the recent discovery of a hidden room at the former West Virginian Hotel in Bluefield. Maintenance worker Dan Kirby was knocking down a wall looking for pipes two weeks ago when he found an entire room.

The below-street level room is about 10 feet wide, 18-20 feet long and about 7 feet in height. Wooden cabinets lined one wall and a vintage toilet filled with concrete was found behind a partition. A door that led up to street level had long since been sealed shut, its access covered up by a sidewalk.

...

Miller and Reeves found an odd assortment of items optical instruments dating to 1931, newspaper clippings from 1958, vintage Philip Morris cigarette packs, cork-sealed lids for soft drink bottles and fruit crates.

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Relatedly, more houses these days are being built with "secret" rooms, like in the movies....


§ ita § - Oct 17, 2006 12:52:44 pm PDT #4074 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I've done brunch alone.

Freak.

See how my worldview is untouched? I won't have to revise it until at least three more of you freaks show up.


brenda m - Oct 17, 2006 12:57:53 pm PDT #4075 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Relatedly, more houses these days are being built with "secret" rooms, like in the movies....

The trailers seemed to hint that that wasn't such a great idea, but what do I know.


Narrator - Oct 17, 2006 1:21:14 pm PDT #4076 of 10001
The evil is this way?

Aw, you made me miss Narrator. She's been too scarce.

Aw, that’s sweet. My regular non-existence has been Triple-Sized by the Whup Monster. It’s new and improved Whup! Now with special Beat-Downs!

Happy Dictionary Day!

I had a dictionary seminar in college. I took it because it fit in my schedule but I ended up really liking it.


Sheryl - Oct 17, 2006 1:30:33 pm PDT #4077 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all.

Bleah. Just...bleah.(tired, weather sucks,, got stuck at work later than usual)


tommyrot - Oct 17, 2006 1:32:16 pm PDT #4078 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.

LITTLE ROCK - A man who allegedly shot a crossbow at a motorist after being on the receiving end of an obscene gesture has been charged with committing a terroristic act.

Firing a crossbow is a terrorist act?

Wayne Allen Dierks, Jr. 26, was arrested Sunday and is also charged with possession of an instrument of crime, driving while intoxicated and driving with a suspended driver's license.

The incident began when a motorist cut in front of Dierks' sport utility vehicle. Steve Gilgenbach, the motorist, said that Dierks then began pursuing him in his SUV, yelling and cursing at him and then fired the crossbow, shattering Gilgenbach's rear window.

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Narrator - Oct 17, 2006 1:35:31 pm PDT #4079 of 10001
The evil is this way?

Firing a crossbow is a terrorist act?

Speaking of dictionaries .... Yes. The way that "terrorist act" and similar terms have been defined under a number of state and federal statutes permit this broad an application. Law enforcement and prosecutors then apply it broadly. (As I recall, the first or one of the first uses of the PATRIOT Act was to prosecute a pornography ring.) Because we are all through the Looking Glass now.


bon bon - Oct 17, 2006 1:47:53 pm PDT #4080 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Much more likely the AP reporter misinterpreted the supposed charge. That happens a lot.


Topic!Cindy - Oct 17, 2006 1:51:15 pm PDT #4081 of 10001
What is even happening?

Trudy Booth - Oct 17, 2006 2:08:00 pm PDT #4082 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

Speaking of dictionaries .... Yes. The way that "terrorist act" and similar terms have been defined under a number of state and federal statutes permit this broad an application. Law enforcement and prosecutors then apply it broadly. (As I recall, the first or one of the first uses of the PATRIOT Act was to prosecute a pornography ring.) Because we are all through the Looking Glass now.

In New Jersey (can't speak for other states) the hot new way of kicking troublemakers out of school and into juvie is accusing them of "making terroristic threats".

The logic, as I understand it, is one teenage girl passing another teenage girl a note saying "I'm gonna GET that bitch" is just one step short of Columbine. Which is, of course, just one step short of Al Qaida. And there is all sorts of budget for it.