Aww.
VHS, 30, dies of loneliness
Lorne: Snakes? Uh-huh. And they came out of your what? Okay. Okay, well, did they get up there themselves or is this part of a, you know, a thing? No, I'm not judging...Do we fight snakes? Angel: Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes? Lorne: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.
'Lineage'
Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial
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.
Strega - Nov 15, 2006 12:12:23 pm PST #454 of 10007
tommyrot - Nov 15, 2006 12:12:26 pm PST #455 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Dan Savage's take on the Ted Haggard thing (which is worth the wait): [link]
Mostly he talks about how this discredits the "ex-gay" movement.
If giving his heart to Jesus couldn't cure Haggard, what hope is there for the likes of me? If Jesus can't be bothered to work a miracle for the most powerful evangelical minister in the country, what "hope" is there for the average dyke?
None.
The ex-gay thing is over. It's dead. It was bullshit from the start, and it's bullshit now. And I will personally track down and bitch-slap the next fundie douche who sends me an e-mail explaining how Jesus can cure me.
tommyrot - Nov 15, 2006 12:25:41 pm PST #456 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Topic!Cindy - Nov 15, 2006 12:35:54 pm PST #457 of 10007
What is even happening?
VHS, 30, dies of lonelinessThat was pretty cute. Rest in peace, VHS.
I prefer VHS for kids' stuff. My kids just aren't detail oriented enough to properly care for DVDs.
tommyrot - Nov 15, 2006 12:42:17 pm PST #458 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Earlier today, I was thinking about the days when we'd watch TV shows that had been released on VHS - how if you wanted to watch the second episode on a tape you had to fast-forward through the first episoded. That just seems so weird now....
Oh, and how much friggin' space a season of TV took up on VHS....
§ ita § - Nov 15, 2006 12:43:58 pm PST #459 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
TV shows on VHS? I never watched any I hadn't put there myself. For some reason I'm imagining they were expensive on VHS. Is that my imagination?
Daisy Jane - Nov 15, 2006 12:45:25 pm PST #460 of 10007
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Buffy had little sets on VHS. I think the FE still has mine.
ETA: I just realized that the old FE=Favorite Ex now works for the same person with its original ME meaning FE=First Evil. Dude. I'm prescient.
tommyrot - Nov 15, 2006 12:47:05 pm PST #461 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
TV shows on VHS? I never watched any I hadn't put there myself. For some reason I'm imagining they were expensive on VHS. Is that my imagination?
I bought seasons 1-3 of Buffy (those actually were just six episodes in each set). Then I bought pirated VHS tapes of seasons one and two to get the ones that weren't in the official set. I don't even remember what the official ones cost... $20? (eta: maybe more like $30?) Anyway, they were expensive on a per-episode basis.
Jessica - Nov 15, 2006 12:48:24 pm PST #462 of 10007
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
VHS is still alive and well in the film/tv production industry. Too many of our clients can't work with DVD screeners, much as we'd prefer them to.
Jessica - Nov 15, 2006 12:49:25 pm PST #463 of 10007
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
ION, Nature is funny.
Birdwatchers who gathered to see a rare swallow on the Angus coast were horrified when they saw it being snatched and eaten by a hungry hawk.
Twitchers headed for Lunan Bay as word spread that enthusiasts had discovered a bird so unusual that it was last seen in the area 20 years ago.
However, the red-rumped swallow, which is usually to be found in the southern Mediterranean, did not last long.
A sparrowhawk swooped and snatched the swallow from the roof of a building.
Mike Sawyer, a member of a Dundee group comprising RSPB members, said: "We were absolutely horrified. That's life I suppose."
An RSPB spokesman added: "It's very unfortunate that it was devoured after such a short space of time, and before more people had seen it.
"Sparrowhawks do feed on small birds, and this one was probably not a great student of what is rare and what is not.
"Sadly, it is just one of those things."