On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!

Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'


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.


DavidS - Jul 14, 2007 4:08:17 pm PDT #8193 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

It's grey and foggy in San Francisco. No humidity whatsoever.

Aye caramba, my back is sore from writing in a cafe all afternoon.

The good news is that my book is actually starting to look like a book.

The bad news is that it's not finished and I still have a fair amount of writing and editing to do between now and Wednesday morning.

But it's doable.

It's hard to see the project as a whole. It's all been pieces and now I'm putting it all together. But I can vouch that there are a large number of indivdiual sentences that I like. That much I can say.

I think I'm going to miss seeing Emmett's all-star team in the District championship on Tuesday night, though. That sucks. Maybe I'll have it done by then.


tommyrot - Jul 14, 2007 4:23:26 pm PDT #8194 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

This is funny. I'm guessing that if you're really into video games, it's very funny. Microsoft vs. Hitler (YouTube video)


tommyrot - Jul 14, 2007 4:46:34 pm PDT #8195 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Has LOLScience been linked to?


Emily - Jul 14, 2007 4:53:51 pm PDT #8196 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

It's grey and foggy in San Francisco.

It is? Huh. Oh yeah, I can see that there's some north of here.


tommyrot - Jul 14, 2007 4:56:54 pm PDT #8197 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Mr. Picassohead


megan walker - Jul 14, 2007 6:31:12 pm PDT #8198 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I love the fog. But I spent much of the afternoon by Telegraph Hill so I got the best of both worlds.


tommyrot - Jul 14, 2007 6:41:59 pm PDT #8199 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Once when I lived in Noe Valley, the fog came up to just under our apartment. It looked like our apartment on its hill was on a little island. Other times the fog would be just above our apartment. Plus we'd usually see the fog rolling over Twin Peaks and that giant tripod television transmitter thingie.

Sometimes I miss San Francisco....


megan walker - Jul 14, 2007 6:43:08 pm PDT #8200 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Sutro Tower.

ETA: It looms over my neighborhood and is my new benchmark for how foggy it is. Can I see the tower? How much of the tower?


tommyrot - Jul 14, 2007 7:10:48 pm PDT #8201 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Once I got up in the middle of the night and could only see the top of the tower. It took me a few seconds to make sense of what I was seeing.


megan walker - Jul 14, 2007 7:32:14 pm PDT #8202 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

So I thought I would make cherry clafoutis for brunch tomorrow. Any ideas for the best way to pit cherries without a cherry pitter?