Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!

Xander ,'Lessons'


Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter  

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 - Nov 28, 2007 8:41:37 am PST #4229 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I had a nice lunch, even though it was just a roast beef sandwich and a salad from the hospital cafeteria.

I am in need of the hive-mind's google-fu... I need a real cite that it is either illegal or prohibited by Visa/Mastercard to charge people a fee to use their credit card. Big! Boss wants to do this because we are now being charged by the university (the uni used to absorb the costs), but I am fairly certain that you can't do that. All I can find is random people saying that you can't do it, but authoritative source.


megan walker - Nov 28, 2007 8:43:04 am PST #4230 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I would love some chicken tikki masala.

Sadly, I'm recovering from a bout of food poisoning, so it's rice with broth for me.


sarameg - Nov 28, 2007 8:43:15 am PST #4231 of 10001

lisah, it's Advanced Veterinary Complex out on Main St in Reisterstown [link] . It may not be convenient for you (it's 25 minutes up Reisterstown Road from my home, but you can also take 795). They are open later hours and charge only a little more than Mt. Washington. I've also boarded him at a place on York Road in Towson, but I really got no impression of the place one way or another & it was a while ago.


amych - Nov 28, 2007 8:47:36 am PST #4232 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Sophia, New York General Business Law --- note sec. 518, Credit Card Surcharge Prohibited [link]


Allyson - Nov 28, 2007 8:48:14 am PST #4233 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

I'm trying to figure out if New England Aquarium tix are a good gift for my dad and nephew. On the one hand, seals and penguins are fun. On the other, sharks are scary.

I know I want to get my dad something that he can enjoy with my nephew, because he still thanks me for the amusement park tix I sent him for father's day everytime I talk to him.

Hmmmmm.

I think the Children's Museum would also be fun. We went last year, but he's almost three now and might enjoy it more.


amych - Nov 28, 2007 8:48:58 am PST #4234 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Sharks behind glass are the kind of scary that's fun to look at. (Sharks not behind glass would be a different matter.)


lisah - Nov 28, 2007 8:54:19 am PST #4235 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

thanks, sarameg, I've marked just in case.

Aquarium tix are a great idea!!!!

I have no good ideas for presents this year! Except for things I want...


Sophia Brooks - Nov 28, 2007 8:55:39 am PST #4236 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Thank you amych! That is great.


Allyson - Nov 28, 2007 8:56:26 am PST #4237 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

There's this: [link]

Which I think will be nice, but am unsure if it will be lost on him.


juliana - Nov 28, 2007 8:56:39 am PST #4238 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

I have no good ideas for presents this year! Except for things I want...

Same here. My mom thinks we can do all of the shopping AND cookie decorating in Eugene between the 22nd and the 24th. facepalm (We're having a family Christmas in Eugene this year, which is where my grandparents & an uncle & aunt live.)