Mal: You were dead! Tracy: Hunh? Oh. Right. Suppose I was. Hey there, Zoe.

'The Message'


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.


Sophia Brooks - Aug 27, 2007 5:35:03 am PDT #6976 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I posted this question before and it got lost, but I think I'll try now when the board is slow--

I am typing a contract with the following sentance about payment. Does anyone else think it is fucked up, or is it legalese. It was written by a nurse with an MBA, not a lawyer:

Payment will be a shared assumption of MY UNIVERSITY 60% and TEACHER'S INITIALS. of 40% minus expenses. Expenses will include copying required course materials chosen by instructor, refreshments, and bulk mailings.


Amy - Aug 27, 2007 5:35:11 am PDT #6977 of 10001
Because books.

That's awesome, paperdol!

Yes, I had to read it. And honestly, there wasn't very much actual spanking, which struck me as quite odd. It was awful. I'm all for good erotic, but this ... wasn't.


Dana - Aug 27, 2007 5:39:07 am PDT #6978 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

When the General Accounting Office wanted information about Enron officials meeting with Vice President Dick Cheney's Energy Task Force, Gonzales was there to say no way.

He later insulated Bush from congressional records requests and publicly defended the president's order making non-American terror suspects eligible for military tribunals. He also advised Bush to refuse to give prisoner-of-war status to suspected al Qaeda prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

After his 60-36 confirmation as the 80th U.S. attorney general in 2005, Gonzales continued his role as protector, defending the National Security Agency's wiretapping program and, more recently, taking responsibility in the firings of eight U.S. attorneys, some of whom claim they were political casualties.


sarameg - Aug 27, 2007 5:45:20 am PDT #6979 of 10001

I wish I could listen to the interview, but alas, it isn't to be, darnit.

ION, I still hate teeth. Or sinuses. I can't tell which is the cause but I'm pretty unthrilled with both right now.


tommyrot - Aug 27, 2007 5:55:17 am PDT #6980 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.

Will the paperdoll interview be available online later?

Dunno if I can actually be at my desk in 35 minutes....


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 27, 2007 6:08:51 am PDT #6981 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Apparently everyone was still denying it yesterday.

Isn't official denial our first clue that something is true with the current administration?


shrift - Aug 27, 2007 6:10:56 am PDT #6982 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Holy crap. Did we know that Greece is on fire? [link]


tommyrot - Aug 27, 2007 6:12:19 am PDT #6983 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.

Did we know that Greece is on fire?

Yeah. For some reason it's not getting much coverage in the US media.


sumi - Aug 27, 2007 6:12:55 am PDT #6984 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

I had heard that.


Kathy A - Aug 27, 2007 6:17:58 am PDT #6985 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Payment will be a shared assumption of MY UNIVERSITY 60% and TEACHER'S INITIALS. of 40% minus expenses. Expenses will include copying required course materials chosen by instructor, refreshments, and bulk mailings.

I'm not a lawyer, but the first sentence could be tweaked so it isn't in passive voice (which could very well be accepted in legal contracts, but wasn't by my English Lit profs in college).