Kaylee: Is that him? Mal: That's the buffet table. Kaylee: Well how can we be sure, unless we question it?

'Shindig'


Natter 54: Right here, dammit.  

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.


§ ita § - Sep 17, 2007 1:59:59 pm PDT #1179 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Cool. If it is a weird medical condition, I like the company.

Speaking of company, Yahoo bought Zimbra. I've never heard of Zimbra. My new job is making me even more out of touch with the market.

Escape plans somewhat thwarted by a cool day in LA and me working by a noisy intersection. Not exactly news to me, so I wonder how I forgot. Still outside, though.


Jesse - Sep 17, 2007 2:05:50 pm PDT #1180 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Hooray for hot water, sara!!


Burrell - Sep 17, 2007 2:26:28 pm PDT #1181 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

My name, okay my names, get misspelled all the time, but I know my first name is a variant spelling, and my last name is, uh, I guess it is just confusing.

But I really thought I gave my kids normal names with traditional spellings. Turns out nobody can spell their names correctly either. Oops. Sorry pups, didn't mean to do that to you.


JenP - Sep 17, 2007 2:27:21 pm PDT #1182 of 10001

Sometimes I get Jenn instead of Jen, but mostly I go by Jennifer, so it's not usually an issue. I guess there are alternate spellings, but people don't seem to use them much. My last name on the other hand is the less common spelling of a moderately common name.

Hot water, yay!


Jesse - Sep 17, 2007 2:28:09 pm PDT #1183 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Nobody can spell anything, is the thing.


megan walker - Sep 17, 2007 2:28:34 pm PDT #1184 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Especially on the Internets.


Ginger - Sep 17, 2007 2:30:16 pm PDT #1185 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I know my last name is a bear, but I do wonder at the number of people who ask me to spell Ginger even after I say, "Like gingerale or gingerbread."


JenP - Sep 17, 2007 2:30:50 pm PDT #1186 of 10001

I may need to reserve this as a future tag. Can I, huh?

I can't work out what to blame, and without blame I can get no closure.


§ ita § - Sep 17, 2007 2:31:53 pm PDT #1187 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Nobody can spell anything, is the thing.

Thankyew. It's a hard line to draw, but please don't name your daughter Vujyna. Or your son. But even if she's called Catherine (most popular name at my British high school) she'll get it spelt wrong, and she'll be teased about something.

I went to school with a Wilsome and a Novelette. Never spelt their names wrong. And no one teased them. They were huge.

So maybe that's the key to success.

eta: JenP, was that me? If so, yes. If not, well, go ahead it's the board's birthday--it got you something nice!


megan walker - Sep 17, 2007 2:33:28 pm PDT #1188 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I wonder... if my name were really Megan Walker, how often would I have to spell it?