Aimee, I'm sorry to hear about Joe's woes. Hope things turn around soon.
Two steaming cups of chocolate goodness. Courtesy of whomever I swiped it from out of the cupboard.
Ben ,'The Killer In Me'
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.
Burrell - Nov 10, 2006 12:35:53 pm PST #9329 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Emily - Nov 10, 2006 12:36:03 pm PST #9330 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
So after five hours at school cleaning out drawers and making files and organizing, then half-falling asleep while getting ready to leave, I run into the principal on the way out. I explain that I'm going home to nap. He suggests that I GO SEE THE CITY! NOW! With lots of detail about taking BART to a trolley to a bus to the bridge... god, I hate perky people.
Sean K - Nov 10, 2006 12:36:11 pm PST #9331 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Sad about Jack Palance, but he's had a pretty good run. Wasn't he half a billion years old already?
§ ita § - Nov 10, 2006 12:36:19 pm PST #9332 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, no! Jack!
ita, here it is on YouTube, for a quick fix:
Man, the audio of the 80s holds up much better than the visuals.
I had some sort of incident with Malibu rum in my dissolute youth, and can't go near the stuff.
Yesterday someone broke the leftover bottle of rum from the krav Halloween party. Everyone's freaking out at the alcohol smell, and I just felt at home. I was sad when they mopped it up.
Jessica - Nov 10, 2006 12:36:55 pm PST #9333 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I had a friend get a screwdriver recipe named after him. Basically, you fill a glass with the vodka of your choice, open the refrigerator, show the orange juice to the glass of vodka, say "that was almost in you," and drink.
Sounds similar to the (probably urban legend) Winston Churchill method for mixing a martini. (Fill a martini glass with gin while looking vaguely in the direction of the vermouth.)
Trudy Booth - Nov 10, 2006 12:37:49 pm PST #9334 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
Sad about Jack Palance, but he's had a pretty good run. Wasn't he half a billion years old already?
Half a billion SEEMS old -- until you are 499,999,999 and then...
§ ita § - Nov 10, 2006 12:38:17 pm PST #9335 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
(Fill a martini glass with gin while looking vaguely in the direction of the vermouth.)
I've seen at least one recipe that instructs you to wave the vermouth bottle over the glass of gin.
erikaj - Nov 10, 2006 12:40:56 pm PST #9336 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Some of my Wire-watching bunkies already passed on Madam Speaker's connection to the City that Bleeds, Hecubus. Still an awesome story, though, and almost makes up for that punk-assed bitch Mehlman being from there, too. Excuse me: Cheesefaced, punk-assed, bitch. And my mother has really got to quit saying "stupid sports guy,"(about Hayworth, who really was one, though) even if my future husband is inordinately vain about being a Cornell grad. "civics classes at Arizona State" does not push the same button, though, I have to say. Even though I am a Dem and we do covet mad populism points, sometimes I wish I'd gone to one worth bragging upon. Stupid, huh?
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 10, 2006 12:52:08 pm PST #9337 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Sorry to hear about the job woes, Joe and Aimée.
Aw, damn, Jack Palance died.
I think I expected him to be the one that cold-cocks the grim reaper and goes right on living.
megan walker - Nov 10, 2006 12:58:06 pm PST #9338 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I never thought I would say this, but I miss the post office in NY. To find one that collects after 5:00 here, I would have to drive about an hour. Who told me this? Someone in my local post office (at 5:05), who wouldn't take my stamped envelope, even though everyone was still there in front of me postmarking things. Aaargh. Now I missed my deadline.
Little did I know how much I would actually need a drink upon my return.