Zoe: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.

'War Stories'


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.


Hil R. - Jan 19, 2007 12:20:25 pm PST #4407 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Oooh, that one looks nice, Jesse. It even almost goes with the rest of my furniture, style-wise. (My furniture is a mix of IKEA, hand-me-downs from various relatives, and two antique bookcases and a nightstand I inherited from my grandmother. They kind of end up working together, though -- the wooden stuff is all different styles, but all cherry or oak (or cherry-veneer) and all relatively simple and angular. The fabric stuff is all different colors, but I found a bedspread that's got stripes in just about every color that's in my couch and chairs, so it worked out.)

The Goodwill and antique shop suggestions are good, too. I think I'd rather go with somewhere that'll deliver, though, as I'm carless.


Kathy A - Jan 19, 2007 1:30:31 pm PST #4408 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

In "This Day in Technology" (from Wikipedia):

1983 - Apple Computer introduced the Apple Lisa, their first commercial personal computer with a graphical user interface and a computer mouse. It had 1 MB of RAM, and was priced at US $9,995.


Tom Scola - Jan 19, 2007 1:40:44 pm PST #4409 of 10001
hwæt

Also from Wikipedia:

In 1989, Apple buried about 2,700 unsold Lisas at a landfill in Logan, Utah and got a tax write-off on the land they rented for it.


Sean K - Jan 19, 2007 1:45:46 pm PST #4410 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

$10,000 for a personal computer with only 1 meg of RAM.


Liese S. - Jan 19, 2007 2:31:08 pm PST #4411 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Aww! I was so excited. They'd named it after me!

I feel a little odd about the poor buried Lisas.


Tom Scola - Jan 19, 2007 3:11:49 pm PST #4412 of 10001
hwæt

Where's Hercule Poirot when you need him?


lisah - Jan 19, 2007 3:47:23 pm PST #4413 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

I feel a little odd about the poor buried Lisas.

I don't like the sound of that AT ALL.


Liese S. - Jan 19, 2007 3:55:14 pm PST #4414 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Hehehe.


sarameg - Jan 19, 2007 4:05:12 pm PST #4415 of 10001

I'll bet you could get a really odd song from that, lisah!

There are two books I can't read without getting seriously mental and it's ridiculous: Dearest Prickles and Uncle Socks. Yeah, I know. I even left them at my parents' house to keep from re-reading and flipping out. I've got weird issues...

GA pinged what I'm beginning to think are serious parent issues I have. Kinda a mess right now. Oh well. Las Vegas time. Nothing like goofy shiny crap to clear that up.


lisah - Jan 19, 2007 4:35:20 pm PST #4416 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

I'll bet you could get a really odd song from that, lisah!

seriously! although it is disturbing to me on a very fundamental level. but being disturbed can make the art good.

right now we are working on a song about that really tall man (possibly the tallest) in China who saved the dolphin's life. Remember that story? It will be called "Reach into the Dolphin."