Dawn: Are you kidding? Dr. Keiser: I never kid about my amazing surgical skills.

'Bring On The Night'


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.


Narrator - Dec 30, 2007 12:29:55 pm PST #9861 of 10001
The evil is this way?

I read a really depressing article about the crap that Chicago fans gave New Orleans fans at the playoff game last year. All kinds of Katrina-related stuff.

A few. Idiots + alcohol = stupid comments. They weren't a real representation of the Bears fan base, most of which spent the game praying to whatever god was listening to keep Rex Grossman from throwing the game away.

The Chicago Bears? A football game? Aw crap it must be the apocalypse.

Two in a row. First time this season. And a LONG season it's been, too.


Steph L. - Dec 30, 2007 1:53:26 pm PST #9862 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Anyone got any opinions on Northwest? I've never flown with them.

I fly Northwest as often as I can. I like them quite a bit.


Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 30, 2007 1:59:22 pm PST #9863 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Northwest is OK compared to American or United, but their baggage handling has been a clusterfuck recently. Be sure you pack essentials in carry-on luggage.


§ ita § - Dec 30, 2007 2:29:32 pm PST #9864 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

ita, tomorrow afternoon, right? What time works for you?

I have no plans to be out tomorrow at all, so book when you like.

Had massage, lunch in Malibu, and now must nap before going out for dinner.


Jesse - Dec 30, 2007 2:57:00 pm PST #9865 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

OK, tell me if I'm weird here. The other night I went out to dinner with a bunch of relatives -- basically, my uncle and his family. Both my grandmother and my mother asked if my uncle's ex-wife was there. (She lives here.) Why on earth would she go out to dinner with her ex-husband and his current wife and their son? Granted, her two children were there, but there's plenty of other time for her to see them.

She did go to my cousin's wedding shower, at my current aunt's house, which was kind of a Big Deal, but ultimately fine. And just added to the family lore about how excellent Current Aunt is, especially in comparision to Cousins' Mother.


Sue - Dec 30, 2007 3:12:53 pm PST #9866 of 10001
hip deep in pie

Why on earth would she go out to dinner with her ex-husband and his current wife and their son? Granted, her two children were there, but there's plenty of other time for her to see them.

I had a friend who dated a guy who was still legally married to his wife (they've since divorced), even though they had been separated for years. She visited him once and spent the weekend hanging out with him, his wife and his mother in law. Yes, she thought it was weird. They're no longer together.


Jesse - Dec 30, 2007 3:19:14 pm PST #9867 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Weird!!


Cass - Dec 30, 2007 3:19:53 pm PST #9868 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Why on earth would she go out to dinner with her ex-husband and his current wife and their son?
My mom has done some family stuff with dad and stepmom but, if it wasn't something like my birthday, it was years after the fact. She did stay for one Mother's Day lunch which was nice because I didn't feel pulled in too many directions during a holiday for once. But, even with a totally amicable split nearly 30 years ago, the occasions are few and far between. She came to my cousin's memorial just before I moved north which was very nice and very touching.


Jesse - Dec 30, 2007 3:21:25 pm PST #9869 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, they've all seen each other at graduations and weddings and whatever, but not for a random visit.


BigDuluth - Dec 30, 2007 3:41:19 pm PST #9870 of 10001
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"

Flea, cute video. I was just waiting for him to finish with "My preciousssss!"