Early: Where'd she go? Simon: I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a space ship. Don't look at me.

'Objects In Space'


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.


tommyrot - Jan 03, 2008 6:18:01 am PST #647 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.

(raises hand) Yeah, sorry about that. I'm taking medication, now.

See? The perfect example of someone who thinks he's funny, yet in fact is funny.


Miracleman - Jan 03, 2008 6:21:56 am PST #648 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

The perfect example of someone who thinks he's funny, yet in fact is funny.

I think the perfect example is anyone who said "'29 for the first time?' And yet, nobody has forcibly removed your vocal chords through your anus. Peculiar ol' world we live in, ain't it?"


shrift - Jan 03, 2008 6:24:43 am PST #649 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Um. Was that the second con? That was definitely the year I met jean and Shan (and couldn't believe how pretty Shan was).

I think so. I didn't make it to the first con, which apparently was in October of '98. Actually, I think I was in Italy and soon to return home from a life abroad!


amych - Jan 03, 2008 6:27:33 am PST #650 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I think it's wonderful that you've been able to become so very shrift in that short a time.

Aww, yeah, this. Happy birthday, and may the asshats of the day remain in the realm of the amusingly mockable!


Dana - Jan 03, 2008 6:27:58 am PST #651 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Really, in my mind, the progression goes:

Nikita --> Highlander --> Slash --> WORLD DOMINATION


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 03, 2008 6:30:51 am PST #652 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

Happy Birthday shrift!


tommyrot - Jan 03, 2008 6:33:32 am PST #653 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.

This is just so fucked up that it's funny. Or something....

Liberals want your kids to get clapped up

Why not start the new year with an example of what we mean when we refer to movement conservatives at not being part of the reality based community.

Wendy Wright is president of Concerned Women for America, a group that was originally founded by Beverly LaHaye as a counter-balance to the dangerous feminist tendencies of the National Organization for Women. They are a well financed group that is against gay rights, Harry Potter, abortion, sex-ed, most forms of birth control, pornography, stem cell research, the United Nations, vaccinating girls against the human papillomavirus (HPV), and hate crime legislation. They are for prayer in public schools, teaching intelligent design, abstinence-only sex-ed, the Biblical design of the family, and treating homosexuality as a dangerous, but curable, mental illness. They have been a major player on the religious right for almost thirty years.

Appearing on the December 31st edition of Fox News’ Special Report Wright had this to say about those who support comprehensive sex ed in the schools:

In fact, they want to encourage [kids to choose to have sex] because they benefit when kids end up having sexually transmitted diseases, unintended pregnancies and then they lead them into having abortions, so you have to look at the financial motives behind those who are promoting comprehensive sex ed.

Interestingly, she was not laughed out of the studio.

Really, what can one say?


Kathy A - Jan 03, 2008 6:35:20 am PST #654 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

The shriftiest of birthdays, Happy!

Um, strike that, reverse it...

why Beadle Bamford in Sweeney Todd looked so familiar... well, it's freaking Wormtail, innit?

Someone over in the Procedurals thread just pointed out why I found a character on last night's L&O so familiar--it was freaking Wormtongue (not Wormtail)!


Lee - Jan 03, 2008 6:41:39 am PST #655 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Happy Birthday shrift!


Susan W. - Jan 03, 2008 6:45:52 am PST #656 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

Happy Birthday, shrift!

For someone who could pretty much live with any of the top three Dems, I'm all jittery over the process actually finally starting tonight. Don't fuck this up, America!