Actually, I was thinking it would be sort of like a pet. You know, we could...we could name her Trixie, or Miss Kitty Fantastico, or something.

Tara ,'Empty Places'


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.


beth b - Jun 04, 2007 11:16:44 am PDT #961 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

I am not excited by the iPhone, but then I just don't want a phone that does that much.

I forgot to say - all the baby pictures make me happy


Jessica - Jun 04, 2007 11:18:10 am PDT #962 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I am excited about the iPhone, but not as excited as I would be if I were able to afford one.


Jessica - Jun 04, 2007 11:20:49 am PDT #963 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Random - I've switched desks, and now I can't see embedded Youtube clips using Firefox. And I can't install the Flash plugin without admin privileges. No Youtube for me!


amych - Jun 04, 2007 11:21:14 am PDT #964 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I am excited about the iPhone, but not as excited as I would be if I didn't loathe phones.


Lee - Jun 04, 2007 11:23:24 am PDT #965 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

lalalala


Jessica - Jun 04, 2007 11:26:39 am PDT #966 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I don't want it as a phone, I want it as a portable internet thingy that's actually designed to work with Macs. (Of course, I'll also want it to run all the Palm apps I currently have on my Treo, because sometimes I'm on the subway with no internet access and want to be playing Sudoku.)

Speaking of mobile phones, coma victim awakens to democracy:

A Polish man has woken up from a 19-year coma to find the Communist party no longer in power and food no longer rationed, Polish TV reports.

Railway worker Jan Grzebski, 65, fell into a coma after he was hit by a train in 1988.

When Mr Grzebski had his accident Poland was still ruled by its last communist leader, Wojciech Jaruzelski.

"When I went into a coma there was only tea and vinegar in the shops, meat was rationed and huge petrol queues were everywhere," Mr Grzebski said.

The following year's elections ushered in eastern Europe's first post-communist government.

Poland joined the Nato alliance in 1999 and the European Union in 2004.

"What amazes me today is all these people who walk around with their mobile phones and never stop moaning," said Mr Grzebski.

"I've got nothing to complain about."

(Did anyone else see the movie Goodbye, Lenin?)


Aims - Jun 04, 2007 11:31:36 am PDT #967 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DANA!!!


Kathy A - Jun 04, 2007 11:33:59 am PDT #968 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Whoops, wrong musical.

I got this really great gun.
Shit, where is it?
No, it's really great!
Wait!
Shit, where is it?
Anyway, it's just a .38.
But
It's a gun!
You can make a statement
Wrong!
With a gun
Even if you fail
It tells them who you are
Where you stand
This one was on sale
It
No not the shoe
Well, actually, the shoe was, too
No, that's not it
Shit, I had it
Oh!! There it is...


shrift - Jun 04, 2007 11:38:13 am PDT #969 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I might volunteer to go into a 19-month coma if it meant I'd wake up to a democracy.


§ ita § - Jun 04, 2007 11:40:54 am PDT #970 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Okay, that idea of a watermelon popsicle for lunch seemed brilliant. Shame about the sautéed ass taste, though.

I am reflexively excited about the iPhone because there isn't anything Mac-happy that I'm more excited about. Probably not enough to open the wallet round one, though.