Robin, that tradition rocks. If it were just me and the DH, I would totally suggest doing the same.
Happy Birthday, Strega!
Congratulations to the Corwoods! Or, um, the Industries! Anyway, happy baby!
Does anybody mind if I pass out?
Willow ,'Beneath You'
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.
Amy - Dec 22, 2006 7:52:17 am PST #7765 of 10007
Because books.
DavidS - Dec 22, 2006 7:56:04 am PST #7766 of 10007
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
After she left HER boss's assistant came to tell all of us secretaries she would like us to do as much work as possible, but that we could leave at three (although it didn't sound like she was at all enthuisiastic about us leaving).
That fucking bites. Your boss leaves at noon, you should go now. Do not stay until 3, Sophia. It's a moral imperative that you don't let them fuck you over like that. Leave at 2. That's good enough. Fuck 'em.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 22, 2006 7:56:43 am PST #7767 of 10007
"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
Basically their thoughts in the 2 minutes after their head has been chopped off before they expire. Robert Olen Butler, I think.
Are there a lot of blank pages? Decapitated heads lose consciousness after about 10-15 seconds.
DavidS - Dec 22, 2006 7:58:15 am PST #7768 of 10007
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The DH and I are doing our 14th annual Xmas Movie Day. This year it looks like it will be Pan's Labryinth, Dreamgirls and Happy Feet and dinner at Jerry's Deli as we usually do.
Moves I Have Seen in Theaters On Christmas Day:
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (with parents - it was fun)
Brazil (very bleak for Christmas. So by myself)
Children of Paradise (excellent counter programming)
Babe the Good Pig (with EM. We wore our pajamas to the rep theater on Haight Street. Much fun and a good movie for Christmas).
Steph L. - Dec 22, 2006 7:58:24 am PST #7769 of 10007
I look more rad than Lutheranism
After she left HER boss's assistant came to tell all of us secretaries she would like us to do as much work as possible, but that we could leave at three (although it didn't sound like she was at all enthuisiastic about us leaving).
That fucking bites. Your boss leaves at noon, you should go now. Do not stay until 3, Sophia. It's a moral imperative that you don't let them fuck you over like that. Leave at 2. That's good enough. Fuck 'em.
Does the Dean's e-mail override everyone else? As in, is he the boss of your boss's boss? Because *he* said leave at noon. And I concur.
DavidS - Dec 22, 2006 7:59:07 am PST #7770 of 10007
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Are there a lot of blank pages? Decapitated heads lose consciousness after about 10-15 seconds.
I don't know what his justification is. But each piece is about two pages long.
Did anybody see Helen Mirren in Elizabeth I on HBO? Man, the beheading of Mary Queen of Scots was gruesome. Two whacks in closeup! Plus they went to pick up her head by the hair and her wig came off and her head went bouncing around all comic and undignified. The scenes of Catholics getting tortured were even worse.
shrift - Dec 22, 2006 8:04:31 am PST #7771 of 10007
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Cranking "Blue Jean" on my iPod has just improved my cranky by leaps and bounds.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 22, 2006 8:05:31 am PST #7772 of 10007
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Does the Dean's e-mail override everyone else? As in, is he the boss of your boss's boss? Because *he* said leave at noon. And I concur.
Yes, theoretically the dean trumps boss's boss (associate dean). But not so much in practice.
Steph L. - Dec 22, 2006 8:05:54 am PST #7773 of 10007
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Cranking "Blue Jean" on my iPod has just improved my cranky by leaps and bounds.
Best self-indulgent-long-form-music-video EVAR.
::snaps fingers::
DavidS - Dec 22, 2006 8:07:42 am PST #7774 of 10007
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Best self-indulgent-long-form-music-video EVAR.
::snaps fingers::
Heh. It's on the Best of Bowie video collection (2 discs!). I recommend it.