Another Cut from Scola's Greatest Hits in Natter:
Rock Sta Tom Scola:
Tea, on the other hand, rocks. Plus, it's an antioxidant.
Right now, I'm so antioxidized, I can put out fires just by looking at them.
I sense a new E! special in the works.
'Dear Diary, Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy.' 'Today, we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.'
Jayne ,'Safe'
Coffee On My Monitor
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Astarte - Jul 10, 2004 11:46:29 am PDT #6410 of 10000
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
Katie M - Jul 11, 2004 6:27:52 am PDT #6411 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
P-C in Literary:
I'm almost done with Wuthering Heights. You know what would make this book better? Zombies.
Kalshane - Jul 11, 2004 5:13:27 pm PDT #6412 of 10000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
tommyrot in Natter:
I bought an R.D. Laing book, the novel of Solaris and a book for Gus called "No Touch Monkey! and Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late."
Trudy Booth - Jul 11, 2004 6:17:50 pm PDT #6413 of 10000
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
Sean K: I've been doing my tea wrong for my whole adult life, haven't I?
Kalshane: Well, you season with mold, so it's entirely possible.
ita: You just got the hang of eggs. Don't rush yourself.
Sean K: baby steps. baby steps.
Steph L. - Jul 12, 2004 5:09:49 am PDT #6414 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
In Literary:
Calli: In fifth grade I had a teacher who made us read as a punishment. Dude. Might as well give me kaluha brownies and gay porn as a reward for being a smartass.
Jon B. - Jul 12, 2004 5:13:37 am PDT #6415 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Nilly, relating her first experience with US bureaucrats in F2F (I really ought to COMM the whole thing, but this bit caused the biggest monitor stain):
The people at the embassy seem to be concerned most with the creation of lines, arranging them nicely, and once they're satisfied, moving them to some other place in the room, to see how they look in there.
Steph L. - Jul 12, 2004 5:15:15 am PDT #6416 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Ah, this is *my* favorite part of Nilly's story of the Embassy Of Lines:
A line to be proud of.
It was a line to tell stories about.
flea - Jul 12, 2004 6:44:13 am PDT #6417 of 10000
information libertarian
Ginger, in Literary:
My other early reading memory was when I went to kindergarten when I was 4. There were alphabet cards on the walls, and the teacher said, "This is Mr. A and this is Mr. B." I could already read, and no one had ever talked to me like that. I naturally came to the conclusion that the teachers were insane, and for some reason my parents had been forced to lock me in a room with crazy people for half a day.
Pix - Jul 12, 2004 8:40:24 am PDT #6418 of 10000
The status is NOT quo.
From the forms Nilly had to fill out at the embassy:
Do you seek to enter the United States to engage in export control violations, subversive or terrorist activities, or any other unlawful purpose? Are you a member or representative of a terrorist organization as currently designated by the U.S. Secretary of State? Have you ever participated in persecutions directed by the Nazi government of Germany; or have you ever participated in genocide?
Ginger: Does anyone ever answer "yes" to these? And if so, why isn't there a "If yes, please explain" box?
billytea: Y'know, I think I'd find a 'please explain' box even more disturbing. "Yeah, I was plotting terrorist activity while in the US, but it's not what you think. I was only going to hit Iowa. You'll hardly notice."
Trudy Booth - Jul 12, 2004 11:30:24 am PDT #6419 of 10000
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
billytea: You are taller than all known penguins.
Deena: Huh. That seems a shame. I should like to be able to waltz with a penguin without towering over it, should there be a penguin who would like to waltz.
billytea: I think they all would. They have that formal, faintly repressed look about them concealing a smouldering longing within their hearts. It's what the waltz is all about!