Some visual chill-pills for those who need to stab:
Something to set on those who must be stabbed.
And, finally, for those who, like me, love the Discovery Channel.
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
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.
Kathy A - Jan 17, 2008 11:51:33 am PST #3954 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
brenda m - Jan 17, 2008 11:55:06 am PST #3955 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
juliana - Jan 17, 2008 12:00:36 pm PST #3956 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I LOVE the Jamie ICHC. I sent that some fellow MythBusters-obsessive peeps yesterday.
Jesse - Jan 17, 2008 12:06:26 pm PST #3957 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, lolcats. You always make me lol.
sarameg - Jan 17, 2008 12:59:22 pm PST #3958 of 10001
The roads were seriously bad in places, possibly the worst I've driven on barring complete impassability. Parts of one road were iced up smooshed slush. I seriously wondered if my tires had gone flat, it was so bad.
And now it is sleeting. I contemplated covering my windshield but just wanted to get inside.
billytea - Jan 17, 2008 1:15:30 pm PST #3959 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Ugh. That's me entirely, as much as it shames me to admit it. And I have no doubt that it stems from being told growing up how smart I was, and being praised for it, etc.
Yeah, me too. I still sometimes feel like I've basically coasted my whole life. I know Wallybee finds me to be a weird mix of conceit (I prefer to think of it as haughtiness) and self-denigration (I prefer to think of that as haughtiness too, but it's harder to construct a logical explanation).
Of course, if I decide something is fun, then the obsessiveness kicks in.
Sheryl - Jan 17, 2008 1:18:15 pm PST #3960 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Bleah, I don't like the weather here today. Luckily there weren't too many idiots on the road on the way home.(Or if there were, they were unable to act idiotically beacuse traffic was so slow)
NoiseDesign - Jan 17, 2008 1:23:03 pm PST #3961 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
I've done a pretty good amount of coasting in my education and in my life. I really didn't get started on my career until I was almost 30 and before that I bounced around a lot between things that grabbed my attention. In the long run it worked out for me. I discovered a career where having done a little bit of many very specialized things I suddenly had a very valuable skill set. I still do some coasting now, but I tend to drop myself into projects where I'm in just a little over my head, so I'm always learning new things and pushing myself which is what really keeps me going. Of course, it also raises my stress level.
Liese S. - Jan 17, 2008 1:27:01 pm PST #3962 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Of course, if I decide something is fun, then the obsessiveness kicks in.
Ha! Very much this.
discovered a career where having done a little bit of many very specialized things I suddenly had a very valuable skill set
And this worked out for the SO & I, too. Turns out that not being able to focus on a specific instrument works out well when what you need to be able to do is to teach a whole bunch of instruments at an entry level to kids who have attention spans pretty much like your own when you were a child.
NoiseDesign - Jan 17, 2008 1:36:48 pm PST #3963 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
That was it for me. I have one area that I'm very knowledgeable in, which is sound, but I've done quite a bit of work in lighting, computer systems, programming, video, and all kinds of other areas and as such I can suddenly be the guy who knows how to integrate all of those systems. Turns out that's what everyone wants to do now, and most folks became so specialized really early on in their careers that those of us who do know all these disparate disciplines are now in great demand.