You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter 56: ...we need the writers.  

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 § - Jan 14, 2008 5:41:01 am PST #2951 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Just saw a bit of news, by accident. They reported on the shocking story of an Iowa mom who sells her son's car after finding alcohol in it.

I hadn't realised the kid was 19. I wonder who paid for the car? If the kid was 18 or younger, my opinion would be a lot firmer, but I'm not from anywhere where kids expect to have cars before 18 or from/with their parents.

Just got an email via snailmail. Upon having her electronic attempts bounce (she had broken my domain name into its three words separated by spaces) she printed it out (mostly--there were some dialogue box issues) and mailed it to me instead.

Not all of us live in the future.

Still watching all the Star Trek in the world, and it's pointing out to me how not-in-the-future we all were when it was being filmed. Oh, the things of which they were sure (2 heterosexual genders, for instance).

And the things they didn't seem to think about--why would a Vulcan (or even a half-Vulcan) state that a giant space hand seemed half-human? Is that because Vulcan hands have better things to do than growing to massive sizes and grabbing spaceships?


Emily - Jan 14, 2008 5:42:18 am PST #2952 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

I was so hoping for a snow day today. Instead, I got a conk on the head and a broken copier. So the day did not start out well, and instead of "This semester is going to be ALL DIFFERENT starting with these worksheets we're going to do together!" I did, "Okay, so, I want you to experiment with this command and, stuff. But tomorrow there'll be worksheets! And math!"


sumi - Jan 14, 2008 5:43:53 am PST #2953 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Fluffy puppy!!!


Dana - Jan 14, 2008 5:46:07 am PST #2954 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Researchers at Rice University find something none more black.


Aims - Jan 14, 2008 5:47:53 am PST #2955 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

I wonder who paid for the car?

The article said further down that she bought it.


§ ita § - Jan 14, 2008 5:52:51 am PST #2956 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The article said further down that she bought it.

Go team ita's reading comprehension. I'm sure I'll have a great day at work.

Researchers at Rice University find something none more black.

I scrolled through pages of inane comments and was saddened to see that no one referenced Disaster Area.

Or at least I think no one did.


Aims - Jan 14, 2008 5:57:53 am PST #2957 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Go team ita's reading comprehension.

Eh. It's Monday. I only looked for it because you asked and then I wondered. I think it's high-larious. Mostly because when I was 17 I found a pint of run in my car and got scared about it until I realized it was my mother's.


DavidS - Jan 14, 2008 6:04:39 am PST #2958 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Matilda work up in an unreasonably cheerful mood. So we maximized the moment by putting her in a Hanna Anderson dress and tights so she is both cheerful and supercute. So far we've successfully leveraged the Mondayness.

No snow in SF. It's cool and bright though. None of this gray drizzly biz.


Kat - Jan 14, 2008 6:05:59 am PST #2959 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

It's a monday. Feh.

I'm jealous of all of you snow-day havers. I'd like a snow day. Unfortunately, we don't get sunny days off and today looks to be good and hot.


Kat - Jan 14, 2008 6:07:16 am PST #2960 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Supercheerful moods rock! I was with Grace when she woke up at 5:00 this morning and she looked at me like, "Hi lady. What are you doing here?" I sat her up and she smiled and smiled and smiled. Then I held her and she wound back to sleep. Getting her from my arms to the crib without waking her and without disconnecting her vent is a trick.