I hope for the best for Teddy.
You do well to flee, townspeople! I will pillage your lands and dwellings! I will burn your crops and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters! Ha ha ha! Mark my words! Ooh! Ale! I smell delicious ale!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
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.
Gudanov - Aug 31, 2007 6:36:00 am PDT #7868 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
bon bon - Aug 31, 2007 6:38:28 am PDT #7869 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Mike Rowe article for Theo: [link]
“TV does a bad job of portraying common people,” he said as recycling workers drove by with forklifts hauling giant bricks of crushed cans. “By and large they are either turned into heroes, with a lot of dramatic cello music behind everyday activities, or they are reduced to these punch lines."
I can't say I watch Dirty Jobs frequently, but I do get pleasure out of watching a show with people like my Dad on it. Especially after eight hours of L&O reruns.
Gudanov - Aug 31, 2007 6:40:23 am PDT #7870 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Yay! Woke up to the news that Iowa will have to allow gay marriages, at least until the legislature hurriedly 'plugs up' the threat by some state Constitutional amendment!
I imagine that will be their top priority now. People will have to act fast.
It looks like Bush is planning to rush some legislation to help people keep their homes in the current mortgage crisis.
Good on him. I hope something can be hammered out to help people restructure their loans to stay in their home.
Tom Scola - Aug 31, 2007 6:46:39 am PDT #7871 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I heard an idea being floated to allow people whose homes have been foreclosed on to keep living in the home and pay a fair market rent.
Basically, they would lose their property, but they wouldn't be kicked out on the street.
It makes sense to me.
Lee - Aug 31, 2007 6:47:43 am PDT #7872 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Tom, insent with a quick question.
Tom Scola - Aug 31, 2007 6:51:14 am PDT #7873 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
My email is kind of wonky at the moment, but my quick answer is yes.
Daisy Jane - Aug 31, 2007 7:18:19 am PDT #7874 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I really don't trust Bush or Jackson to do right by subprime borrowers.
This
Bush will direct Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson to team up to help troubled mortgage holders get the services and products they need to avoid defaulting on their loans, the official said.
Sounds distressingly vague.
DebetEsse - Aug 31, 2007 7:28:46 am PDT #7875 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
NBC Universal also wants iTunes to stiffen anti-piracy provisions so computer users would not have easy access to illegal downloads.
Because the way to keep people from pirating video is to remove the most accessible way to get it legally.
Also, what easy access does iTunes have any say over?
Lee - Aug 31, 2007 7:46:15 am PDT #7876 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
My email is kind of wonky at the moment, but my quick answer is yes.
Cool. I will go do the thing then.
Sue - Aug 31, 2007 7:58:47 am PDT #7877 of 10001
hip deep in pie
We're having some kind of Monsoon. Just when I think it can't rain any harder, it does.