Happy birthday brenda!
This is my boat. They're part of my crew. No one's getting left. Best you get used to that.
Mal ,'Ariel'
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.
Nora Deirdre - Oct 25, 2006 5:37:22 am PDT #5493 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
brenda m - Oct 25, 2006 5:37:40 am PDT #5494 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
Not really. My sister and a friend are coming up on Friday night, and then we're going to Milwaukee on Saturday for a costume party at her local pub. It'll work.
At some point I'll have a nice birthday dinner, because work gave me a $100 gift cert that I plan to use here: [link]
Actually a very nice dinner, because I still have the one they gave me last year, too.
I'm in good mood today, largely because I spent some time rearranging my living room last night and, apart from somehow slicing open my thumb, I'm pretty pleased with the results.
tommyrot - Oct 25, 2006 5:38:03 am PDT #5495 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.
Wired magazine asked a bunch of famous authors to write six-word long stories. Here are some:
Epitaph: Foolish humans, never escaped Earth. - Vernor Vinge
Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer? - Eileen Gunn
It cost too much, staying human. - Bruce Sterling
We kissed. She melted. Mop please! - James Patrick Kelly
His penis snapped off; he’s pregnant! - Rudy Rucker
Internet “wakes up?” Ridicu - no carrier. - Charles Stross
Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time - Alan Moore
Longed for him. Got him. Shit. - Margaret Atwood
Batman Sues Batsignal: Demands Trademark Royalties. - Cory Doctorow
Help! Trapped in a text adventure! - Marc Laidlaw
Bush told the truth. Hell froze. - William Gibson
DavidS - Oct 25, 2006 5:39:32 am PDT #5496 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Unsurprisingly, Alan Moore's is the most clever.
Amy - Oct 25, 2006 5:39:47 am PDT #5497 of 10001
Because books.
Longed for him. Got him. Shit. - Margaret Atwood
Bush told the truth. Hell froze. - William Gibson
Heh.
bon bon - Oct 25, 2006 5:44:46 am PDT #5498 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Happy Birthday, brenda!
Connie Neil - Oct 25, 2006 5:45:49 am PDT #5499 of 10001
brillig
Longed for him. Got him. Shit. - Margaret Atwood
Preach it, sistah.
tommyrot - Oct 25, 2006 5:46:49 am PDT #5500 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.
Oh, there's a bunch more 6-word stories at the link. Including a bunch that aren't in the print edition. The print version, OTOH, has a bunch of funky typesetting stuff for the stories.
And that bastard Clarke refused to make his story six words.
Nutty - Oct 25, 2006 5:51:36 am PDT #5501 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I particularly like Charlie Stross's, for the same reason Moore's is good: the play with narration.
shrift - Oct 25, 2006 5:56:23 am PDT #5502 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I'm mostly blocking out the artificial office small talk with my iPod, but every time someone passes by the receptionist's desk on the other side of my cube and asks if it's Friday yet, I go a little bit more Dexter inside.
But as long as the animals still like me, y'all should be safe.