I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it.

Spike ,'Sleeper'


Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns  

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.


lisah - Aug 22, 2007 11:28:41 am PDT #6248 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

I need jump tags for the disturbing dog fighting talk!

I just emailed my boss the final (I HOPE) draft of that document i was up all night Sunday and Monday working on. It's one of 7 due in the next 10 months for this project. Please oh please can the other ones not be so rushed and sleep-depriving??? Because, you know, a requirements document for the government is really not as exciting a thing to lose precious sleeping time over as one might think. Not nearly as exciting as, say, sex. Nor as cute and rewarding as, say, a baby.


Trudy Booth - Aug 22, 2007 11:30:06 am PDT #6249 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

Now SOME violence is just fun...

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(The white guy is my instructor. Frankly, his being so ferocious in his matches and so absolutely patient and careful with his students is what got me started thinking about the whole gentleman/athlete thing.)


Kathy A - Aug 22, 2007 11:33:03 am PDT #6250 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Did I mention here that I'm planning on taking Salsa-aerobics at my fitness center this fall? The first class (on 9/11) is free, and the rest will be around $45 or so for the fall session. Since my future BIL is doing the music for their wedding in October, and he's Cuban, a lot of the music is going to be salsa, so learning it beforehand will be great!


DavidS - Aug 22, 2007 11:35:42 am PDT #6251 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Also, Kory, Koby, Kacy and Kody Clemens. If their father had been a ground-ball pitcher, I shudder to wonder what numbers their names might have begun with.

For the non-baseball fun, it's funnier when you know that "K" is used to signify strikeouts, of which Clemen has many. If he was a groundball pitcher I expect his children would be named Squib, Bleeder, HasEyes and ShotUpTheMiddle.

Michael Vick is a depraved fuck, should be banned from the NFL for life (which he will be, but for gambling), and his apologists should go fuck themselves. Or possibly go take classes on logic and ethics.

A local sportswriter once noted that hockey players were routinely the nicest, baseball players the biggest egotistical jerks and 80% of all football players were not people you'd feel comfortable leaving your daughter in the same room with.

As to DJ's question, yes Cal Ripken is one of the all-time good guys in baseball, as is Tony Gwynn. Which is why they had such record turnouts at Cooperstown this year, particularly when all the majors sports look tainted and creepy.


Theodosia - Aug 22, 2007 11:35:55 am PDT #6252 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"

Yes, quite frankly, clearly indicating that white font or links go to animal abuse-related matters would be a great help for me, too. I get all out of proportion upset by animal abuse that I don't for human abuse, I think because at least with the human-hurting I have at least some hope that the perpetrator will be sufficiently punished.


Atropa - Aug 22, 2007 11:38:22 am PDT #6253 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Yes, what Theodosia said. Please.


Cashmere - Aug 22, 2007 11:51:23 am PDT #6254 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

I once met a family with daughters named April, May, June, July, and January.

Anime fans? It's the crew of the Sol Bianca.


sumi - Aug 22, 2007 11:57:36 am PDT #6255 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

I didn't see the one with the chicks napping on his back -- I saw one where they were two months old and "feeding" in the driveway and another where there were young chicks and older ducklings following him around.


shrift - Aug 22, 2007 11:58:17 am PDT #6256 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

And my credit card account has been flagged again, and yet again I can't login and view my statement online because knowing what the possibly fraudulent activity is would be far too helpful.


tiggy - Aug 22, 2007 12:00:28 pm PDT #6257 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

sumi, [link]