More Gus blurbs, Ginger in GWW:

"Inspired by a near-fatal monkey attack and the phrase 'There are no black people in Wisconsin,' Gus has created a novel that's warm, tender, true and full of explosions. He believes the process has made him taller."

Prophetic? in Bitches, Raq:

I dreamed that I was trying to stop a wedding in a Balkan village using some combination of sparrows, turtles, wolves, and badgers (which stood for air, water, fire, and earth), and I was fighting two ancient crones who could shoot sewing needles from their fingertips.

Zenkitty. Firefly.

Kerfuffle in the brain pan, squish.

Kalshane: There is something on the poster about watching out for the managment float in the building tomorrow.

I'm frightened.

tommyrot: Maybe "watching out for" means to hide around the corner armed with a baseball bat?

Commable story from Aurelia:

my SiL shared this story with me: At the bowling alley last night, M (my 6yr old nephew) turns to D (my brother) and says, "What's a tortoise?" The bowling alley being a loud place, D leans over and says, "Tortuous???" M, not hearing D, says, "Yeah." Well, this was the law firm bowling league, so there was a chance that M had heard that word and didn't know what it meant, so D proceeded to explain what tortuous meant, and of course the first chapter of tort law (that's my bro!). M stops D half way through, puts up his hand and says, "No, no, no...you're describing tortuous, I'm asking you 'What's a tortoise?'." D, a little stunned, says, "It's kinda like a turtle." M said, "Oh, ok," and skipped away.

msbelle sets it up for tommyrot in Natter:

msbelle - It has come to my attention that several of the Oscar movies are on my cable on demand movie thingy. Now playing: The Constant Gardner.

The plan is to watch at least half of it tonight and finish it off in the morning.

tommyrot - The Constant (Except for the Overnight Pause) Gardner.

Classic sarameg in Natter:

I think I stole part of msbelle's good mood. I'm not in a good mood, really, I just woke up with a lower level of all encompassing resentment this morning.

Fashion-related Natter

Megan E.: When you are flat chested, the left boob rarely knows what the right boob is doing.

flea: This is true in my bra, and also in the upper levels of the administration at my workplace.

From natter:

Sarameg:

I am causing other peoples' mondays!

Ita:

Ooh, I love that as a threat--don't make me come over there and cause a Monday!

lisah:

Or for later in the week

don't make me come over there and make your Thursday a Monday!

The inimitable Allyson:

Ask a simple question, get cirque de sol in response. We're like a clown car full of snark.