Possibly Alpen:
Went to the doc about the finger. He squeezed it many times, failed to identify or diagnose it, and gave me a referral to a hand surgeon.
Harrumph. But he wants me to wait before I make the appointment. Harrumph again.
Saffron: You won't tell anyone about me breaking down? Mal: I won't. Saffron: Then I won't tell anyone how easily I got your gun out of your holster. Mal: I'll take that as a kindness.
'Trash'
Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here
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.
§ ita § - May 21, 2007 1:03:40 pm PDT #8549 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Polgara - May 21, 2007 1:05:29 pm PDT #8550 of 10001
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
ita, not Dr. Z?
§ ita § - May 21, 2007 1:07:44 pm PDT #8551 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Nope--my new insurance requires me to route everything through my PCP. Z would have stuck me right there and then.
But I don't want to see him anymore--primarily because of the grief his front desk gave me every single time. I always turned out to be in the right, but that didn't mean they'd not start again on the very next visit.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 21, 2007 1:07:48 pm PDT #8552 of 10001
"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
I'm not sure if it's an overall evolution or just a trend of the particular fandoms I've chosen to associate with, but it seems to me that things are more heavily weighted towards the female than they were seven or eight years ago.
General comics fandom seems to run counter to this, though I've been gradually reducing my contact for years.
Dana - May 21, 2007 1:21:17 pm PDT #8553 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
From Salon:
Last year, the average American [wedding] ceremony cost $27,852; the average dress, $1,025.
Yikes almighty.
sumi - May 21, 2007 1:24:32 pm PDT #8554 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Man, that is insane.
Kathy A - May 21, 2007 1:26:08 pm PDT #8555 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My sister got a deal on her dress--it was a floor sample, so it only cost $800, instead of $1300 if she had ordered it. She and her fiance are keeping the wedding small (only 75 guests at most, though that's expanded from their original goal of keeping it to 50-60), so they're hoping to keep the costs under $6000.
Sheryl - May 21, 2007 1:31:23 pm PDT #8556 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Ugh, I have managed to do something to the back of my right ankle such that movement hurts. Dance practice is gonna be a joy...
flea - May 21, 2007 1:33:04 pm PDT #8557 of 10001
information libertarian
I was well below average in my wedding; we probably spent $5000, tops, and we had a caterer and a band and a florist and shit. My mother made my dress, which in retrospect was an error.
What shocks me is all the $100 judge's-office couples I know, which means someone out there is spending more on their wedding than, like, a Porsche Boxter.
Dana - May 21, 2007 1:34:27 pm PDT #8558 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Mine was far below average as well, and I justified it in my mind because I graduated a semester early from college, so that saved my parents money.