Of all the MSCM crazinesses, the War On Christmas may just be the one that makes me go "Whuh?" the most.
Hey it's just "Happy Hollidays" now, but let that go unchecked and the next thing you know it will just end up all commercialized.
Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.
Mal ,'Safe'
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.
Gudanov - Dec 13, 2007 6:32:31 am PST #7094 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
tommyrot - Dec 13, 2007 6:32:41 am PST #7095 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.
I assume it was some sort of updraft off the mountains, but I sometimes picture the pilots acting like something out of a Farside cartoon.
Yeah, wind blowing over mountains causes turbulent air downwind.
My fave story is when a jet hit turbulence and the captain put on the seatbelt sign. A woman got up to use the bathroom. She was told to take her seat and she refused. She got verbally abusive with the flight crew and continued to the bathroom. Then the plane hit some monster turbulence, and she was thrown up against the ceiling and back to the floor. She broke her leg badly.
She sued the airline. (Dunno what happened.)
Tom Scola - Dec 13, 2007 6:40:51 am PST #7096 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The snow is already changing to rain.
Susan W. - Dec 13, 2007 6:43:00 am PST #7097 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I have little plane fear since I figure I will die if things go wrong, and I can't save myself.
See, this is exactly why I fear planes more than cars. If I'm at the wheel, I have at least some control over the outcome. Also, while I'm hardly an automotive expert, I at least know enough to judge if my car is running well or not, and I know when it got its last tune-up and so on. With planes, I don't have any of that. And that Alaska Air crash destroyed a lot of my trust in the system. It's a loss of control, and I hate that.
Trudy Booth - Dec 13, 2007 6:45:17 am PST #7098 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
The snow is already changing to rain.
We still have snow by the UN
Aims - Dec 13, 2007 6:47:34 am PST #7099 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
The rain'll get there. It's stuck in a jam at Lexington and 3rd.
megan walker - Dec 13, 2007 6:56:41 am PST #7100 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
As I was waiting in line at Wal-mart last night, the clerk wished the person in front of me "Happy Holidays," and she responded with "Merry Christmas. I know you're not allowed to say that here." She followed up with something about how it might make sense in, say, California, but my godness, who would be offended here?
I think this is hysterical since I get a much more "Christmas" vibe here than I ever did in NY.
msbelle - Dec 13, 2007 7:03:26 am PST #7101 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
wintery mix
I hate you
you suck
wintery mix
you're the worst of the worst
You tease with some pretty
then turn into a mess
You make walking a nightmare
you are not unlike cess
I hate you I hate you
weather, make up your mind
Just freeze and be done
stop being unkind.
Aims - Dec 13, 2007 7:04:29 am PST #7102 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
claps
Brava! Brava!
In about ten minutes, the day could end up going very very badly.
Sadly, nothing to do with weather.
Connie Neil - Dec 13, 2007 7:12:38 am PST #7103 of 10001
brillig
Maybe I'll go have a smokey-treat
I thought you quit, Empress.