They both suck.
I've got two words that are going to make all the pain go away. Miniature Golf.
Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
Lee - Sep 06, 2007 3:39:42 pm PDT #8917 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Sheryl - Sep 06, 2007 3:55:03 pm PDT #8918 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Am back from Seattle. Saw many sights. Had fun. Very tired now, and have lost pronouns...again.
billytea - Sep 06, 2007 4:00:52 pm PDT #8919 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
There will be no dissing of the Dragon*Con!
Damn straight. I've been twice, loved it. Last year I timed my visit to the US so I could go. Geekdom, IMO, is all about one's enthusiasm for one's interests, and DragonCon gets that. I love that you get so many different fandoms gracing the place. Trekkies, Star Wars, D&D (that's what draws me, of course), military period costumes, there were some great Dr Who outfits last year, superheroes, and all the rest of them. The most disturbing outfit I saw last year was a guy dressed up as Gene Simmons, and that's just excellent. Gene Simmons! Hell, I wouldn't regard it as out of the question to find Richard Simmons there. I want to live in a world where I can turn a corner and be surprised by a guy with a shaved head in a pink tutu and a backpack in the shape of the head of Animal from the Muppets. board games, and the shopping is so much fun. (Oh, and last time I ate lunch at the next table over from Ralph Malph and Pottsie. The guest speaker list always contains nifty surprises.)
It's an experience. There may be better Cons for D&D, but none of them can hope to match DragonCon for the experience. (I really hope I can take Wallybee sometime, I think she'd get a real kick out of it. Though then I couldn't spend most of the day playing D&D.)
brenda m - Sep 06, 2007 4:13:13 pm PDT #8920 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I disagree. I think that it doesn't matter what you lied about, but that you lied.
No, I can't go there. Lied about your personal life, lied about intelligence about, say, a foreign country's weapons program. Not the same thing at all.
I don't blame Clinton for lying about Monica; I don't blame Craig for lying about the bathroom. I think they both should face whatever shame comes with those actions, definitely. In Craig's case, the distance between what he practiced and what he preached is enormous. And really, he can preach whatever he wants - what he legislates is the biggie. If it weren't for that, I could give a damn. I could give a damn about Vitter too, again, if it weren't for the fact that they were actively trying to penalize anyone who thought and behaved like them.
Meara, in my head, he'll always be MAYOR FOR LIFE MARION BARRY. Also, go you!
Vortex - Sep 06, 2007 4:25:39 pm PDT #8921 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MEARA!!! also BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO leaving DC!
tommyrot - Sep 06, 2007 5:09:45 pm PDT #8922 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.
Yay Meara!
ION, was BtVS the first to popularize the "-age"-ing of words? I mean, sticking an "age" on the end of words, like "slayage." Because I'm seeing that done more these days, like this: Apple rumor debunkage: No Bluetooth in iPod Touch
Allyson - Sep 06, 2007 5:16:16 pm PDT #8923 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
Calling erinaceous, come in erinaceous....
Nutty - Sep 06, 2007 5:29:04 pm PDT #8924 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I believe "frottage" and "grindage," to pick two examples Buffistas would enjoy, long predate Whedon. Actually, considering how much Valley Speak is in the Buffy dialect, I wouldn't be surprised if Whedon picked it up directly from things like "grindage."
arguendo
I like this word. I have no idea what it means but I like it.
Me, I think Craig should be out because he's too dumb to live. Actually, using that criterion, probably half of the Senate would be fired.
This is why I am not this country's fearless leader.
amych - Sep 06, 2007 5:31:15 pm PDT #8925 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
arguendo
For the sake of the argument. Which makes it even better.
DavidS - Sep 06, 2007 5:42:59 pm PDT #8926 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
ION, was BtVS the first to popularize the "-age"-ing of words?
Nope! I date it to the SoCal punk band The Descendents. Who were no doubt (so to speak) expressing common parlance for their era and region. (80s, Southern California)