Buffy: I was regrouping. Spike: You were about to be regrouped into separate piles.

'Potential'


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.


Cashmere - Jul 15, 2007 6:27:07 pm PDT #8266 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

juliana, do you have a good recommendation for running shoes?


Allyson - Jul 15, 2007 6:40:13 pm PDT #8267 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Thank you all for buying my book. I'm all humbled and stuff.


Consuela - Jul 15, 2007 6:42:21 pm PDT #8268 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Cash, I'm not Juliana, but running shoes vary widely. I would highly recommend going to a store that specializes in them and explaining what you need. They'll want to know how often you intend to run, they'll look at the wear pattern on your old shoes, whether you run on pavement or trails, whether you pronate or supinate... based on that they'll give you a recommendation. I don't go to regular sporting goods stores for running shoes anymore, instead I go to specialty running shops. May cost you more to start, but you're far more likely to get a shoe that's appropriate to your feet and what you intend to do with them.


Emily - Jul 15, 2007 6:44:06 pm PDT #8269 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

I think I have essentially ordered a game shutdown and everyone go home. They'd started gaming around noon and were still going when I left for work at about 9 PM. This was not out of the ordinary. When I got home at 7 in the morning, went to bed, got up at around noon and they were still playing, I called it. At some point, you're entitled to your living room back.

It's not really analogous, I just like telling that story. Oh, how I suffered!


Daisy Jane - Jul 15, 2007 6:45:49 pm PDT #8270 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

I have never ordered Mr. Jane's friends out, however, he has a tendency to take in strays which is a little...disconcerting when I walk into the living room, unawares, in my bra and underwear.

I just want a little warning is all.

Finished the book, paperdol. Again, thank you so much for writing it. I'll email you later with the gushing. Just came over here from pimping it to my other online peeps.

Reading MM's stuff now.

It's been a Very Buffista Day.


erikaj - Jul 15, 2007 6:48:58 pm PDT #8271 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

I like your book, paperdol. I also like that it's your book, but that's not the only reason I have one. I also recced it to a friend that likes "Firefly". He got excited.


Hil R. - Jul 15, 2007 6:49:59 pm PDT #8272 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Thank you all for buying my book. I'm all humbled and stuff.

I mentioned it to my mother and she bought a copy, too. She's read a few chapters, and so far, she's liked it, though she's been asking me a few questions that basically boil down to, "You talk to people who use swear words like that?"


Cashmere - Jul 15, 2007 6:54:12 pm PDT #8273 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

You talk to people who use swear words like that?"

Heh. And oops.

Thanks for writing the book. It's truly incredible.


Daisy Jane - Jul 15, 2007 6:56:51 pm PDT #8274 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

I was pimping it Friday at Happy Hour, because really, while it focuses on an online community, it's stories about something bringing people together, and the shit that goes down in that community.

One girl at our table said something about the, but you don't "Know" them, thing. I told her that ages ago, a couple who we're now close friends with, had been hanging at the bar for a couple of weeks. They invited Mr. Jane and I to dinner. We agreed without even thinking. It was only when we were pulling into their driveway that we realized, "We don't even know these people! They could be swingers or axe murderers!"

They were neither, and now we get free or cheaper stuff from Neiman's.

The Bronze had Penlind, the Grapevine had Teri.

Same thing; different avenue.


beth b - Jul 15, 2007 7:10:11 pm PDT #8275 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

I've occasionally reminded Matt and friends that it is a school night. Usually, it is more for Matt than me. Most mornings, I can roll over and go back to sleep. And if we had a bigger house, I might not bother. But our bedroom is at the opposite end of the hall from the living room.