hrm. I have to say I have no clue where to start looking for precedents in something like the eHarmony case, so I think the wisest thing for me to do is back out of the discussion now, before I say something that exposes me as a self-important boob-brain who talks out of her ass.
Giles: Helping out with the dishes makes me feel useful. Dawn: Wanna clean out the garage with us
Saturday? You could feel indispensable.
'Dirty Girls'
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.
Burrell - May 31, 2007 8:30:04 pm PDT #307 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
JenP - May 31, 2007 8:48:30 pm PDT #308 of 10001
It's like that West Wing episode where Josh and CJ meet the upside down map people.
I am a total proponent of the upside down Peters Projection map! So, not actually related to the quote above.
Or that a lot is two separate words.
Pretty sure I only internalized that here. Then again, I have my own pet peeves. Don't we all.
Huh. The dictionary gives "alright" as "non-standard usage." I've seen it used that way plenty of times.
Yeah, I use alright a lot. Heh, and Firefox doesn't correct me on it.
Trudy Booth - May 31, 2007 10:11:07 pm PDT #309 of 10001
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
Is this where a girl gets to gripe about Studio 60? I'm watching my tape now and don't any of these people know how the fuck to act during a live show? Harriet? Lawyer chick? And who the hell scheduled a deposition for Matt on the other coast for first thing Saturday morning?
Theodosia - Jun 01, 2007 2:03:46 am PDT #310 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"
Huh, I'd wondered about the spellcheck stuff in my Firefox browser -- too bad it doesn't offer you alternate spellings. It's pretty easy to turn off, though.
Just reading up about the TB Lawyer -- even if he was getting a medical opinion about his current communicativeness (which, hey, "mostly not" isn't a guarantee, right?), what a stupid thing to do. This isn't even remotely covered by "it's better to apologize than ask permission" as he'd already been explicitly forbidden. And lawyers can't be excused by claiming they didn't know about the law....
brenda m - Jun 01, 2007 2:28:35 am PDT #311 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Why I love my local morning news:
Female anchor to sports guy: "In a pay-per-view death match, who would you take? Hogzilla or Loch Ness Monster?"
Theodosia - Jun 01, 2007 2:42:01 am PDT #312 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"
I'd bet Nutty against the both of them. Nutty teamed up with a cheetah in a cage match!
Speaking of cheetahs, or at least aspiring!cheetahs, Chumley is sleeping on the desk next to me. I think he may have missed me.
Volans - Jun 01, 2007 2:48:22 am PDT #313 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Let's let the legal system work, and give the guy a trial by jury of his peers. I'm guessing no one will be too thrilled with him.
brenda m - Jun 01, 2007 2:51:36 am PDT #314 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Now the weather guy is doing the report with a squirming beagle on his lap. I know not why. But I approve!
Jesse - Jun 01, 2007 3:00:06 am PDT #315 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
They also discriminate against atheists, right?
No, they don't. They were founded on Christian principles or something, but you don't have to be religious at all to use eHarmony. My friends who met on there and got married are at best agnostic.
Fred Pete - Jun 01, 2007 3:44:19 am PDT #316 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Since dude is currently in isolation under armed guard with an effectively untreatable strain of TB, I'm willing to pass on the legal payback.
I understand that there are treatments, but his odds right now are about 30%. I'm willing to delay the payback because he has enough to deal with right now. Not to mention that it'll be a while before the exact amount of damages becomes clear.
Father-in-law has apparently said that the TB strain didn't come from him or the CDC. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Ditto the wife, which complicates civil liability issues immensely.