Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?  

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.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 12, 2007 6:56:22 am PDT #2645 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

Here's wishing Jessica a labor like my friend C's: 3 hours start to finish, no complications, and miraculously little pain given the fact that her baby was a giant!

We had a bit of excitement at the office this morning—neighbor's burglar alarm went off, so my cousin, I, and a friend of the owner's checked the interior out to make sure there were no intruders. My cousin met the deputy at the door, and his Barney Fifeness was not reassuring.


Theodosia - Jun 12, 2007 7:01:31 am PDT #2646 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Ooooh -- do you realize if Littlest Alter gets born today we'll have new baby Buffista virtual twins?


DavidS - Jun 12, 2007 7:04:17 am PDT #2647 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

We're *this* close to invisibility cloaks.


Jesse - Jun 12, 2007 7:09:57 am PDT #2648 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Aw, that Craigslist wedding story was just what I needed to fix my rage-filled day!


Fred Pete - Jun 12, 2007 7:10:20 am PDT #2649 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.

Very sweet story, Tom. I recommend readers scroll down to the entry about the wedding itself.

I don't know about Canadian practices, but American courts are (at least, used to be) very lenient on who may serve as a legal witness for a wedding. At least with the judge I worked for one summer, it was a fairly routine part of employee duties to witness weddings of complete strangers. I did it a couple times.


Steph L. - Jun 12, 2007 7:13:55 am PDT #2650 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Ooooh -- do you realize if Littlest Alter gets born today we'll have new baby Buffista virtual twins?

Er....who?

t prepares to be mocked for not remembering all Buffista and Buffista-offspring birthdays


P.M. Marc - Jun 12, 2007 7:16:05 am PDT #2651 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

The intensity of the signals that go to the brain. What you do with them afterwards is, I guess, up to you. I think it's like having the volume on certain sounds cranked to 11.

I thought technically, it was all about density of tastebuds? As in, supertasters have more of them, so one can in theory test for it by tinting the things.

I'm a normal taster with a good sense of smell. The smell aspect throws me off foods a lot.


P.M. Marc - Jun 12, 2007 7:16:41 am PDT #2652 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Er....who?

Lyra Jane had her daughter yesterday.


Maria - Jun 12, 2007 7:19:48 am PDT #2653 of 10001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

Easy labor~ma for Jess!


Steph L. - Jun 12, 2007 7:20:56 am PDT #2654 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Er....who?

Lyra Jane had her daughter yesterday.

Buh? How did I miss THAT?!?