Mal: I call you back? Wash: No, Mal. You didn't. Zoe: I take full responsibility, cap.

'Out Of Gas'


The Crying of Natter 49  

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.


Polter-Cow - Jan 19, 2007 8:57:08 am PST #4352 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

The Office!

UK or US?

Is it just me, or did Ugly Betty jump the shark last night?

Already? I heard it was really good. Though I guess that depends on how you view the OMG ending or whatever it was.

so apparently i'll be in San Francisco April 2nd through the 7th or 8th

Yaaaaaaaaay!!! I finally get to meet you!

Also, I don't understand the thread name. What does it mean? As long as I'm asking stuff.

It's a reference to Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49.


Steph L. - Jan 19, 2007 8:57:30 am PST #4353 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Is it just me, or did Ugly Betty jump the shark last night?

Very possibly, yeah.

I mean, I knew there had to be a reason that, a few episodes back they suddenly introduced the heretofore un-mentioned dead brother. I just didn't think that THIS was the reason.

And I can't stop thinking of Daniel's father as Caleb from The O.C.


Connie Neil - Jan 19, 2007 8:58:00 am PST #4354 of 10001
brillig

"That" is used for identifying information.

Hil, bless you for the great burst of illumination your little paragraph gave me. The rest of the discussion only provided obfuscation.


sarameg - Jan 19, 2007 8:58:31 am PST #4355 of 10001

Is it just me, or did Ugly Betty jump the shark last night?

I didn't think so, cause it fits with the wacky over-the-topness of telenovelas, which they often mock while still being from that same mold.


Steph L. - Jan 19, 2007 8:59:14 am PST #4356 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Is it just me, or did Ugly Betty jump the shark last night?

Already? I heard it was really good. Though I guess that depends on how you view the OMG ending or whatever it was.

I loved all the interaction between Daniel and Betty. And I always love Wilhelmina. And Marc. But the ending just made my eyes roll right out of my head and down the elevator shaft. I am now eyeless. You may call me Adam Strange. t /DC comics TOTAL dork


Hil R. - Jan 19, 2007 8:59:52 am PST #4357 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I just didn't think that THIS was the reason.

Heh. I didn't even think of that as the reason for jumping the shark. I burst out laughing at that part. I was thinking more that the relationship between Betty and Daniel was getting way too close to romantic.


-t - Jan 19, 2007 9:00:17 am PST #4358 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I don't know, DJ, are you talking about witholding or filing?


Steph L. - Jan 19, 2007 9:01:10 am PST #4359 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Hil, that's funny -- my shark-jumping moment was something you liked, and your maybe-shark-jumping moment was something that I liked.

Okay, maybe it didn't jump, but there's a damn fin in the water.


Shari_H - Jan 19, 2007 9:02:25 am PST #4360 of 10001
Keep breathing!

With apologies if this has been discussed, has anyone read "The Physics of the Buffyverse" by Jennifer Ouellette? Is she a Buffista?

It's a new popular-science book that uses Buffyverse things and events to riff on science facts, like comparing the Gnarl demon that flayed Willow with puffer fish and other neuro-toxin-wielding critters, or using Pylea to talk about worm-holes.

I'm enjoying the book and wanted to plug it. If the author is a Buffista - thanks, Jen! Good book!


Daisy Jane - Jan 19, 2007 9:02:35 am PST #4361 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Filing. On the form it asks if you're filing as single, married, or married, but you want them to withold as if you were single. A friend's husband claimed her as a dependant, and she doesn't want them to end up owing.