I couldn't believe the number of Starbuck's I saw in Paris last month. Just a few years ago there were 3.
You know, it's funny. We went to war never looking to come back, but it's the real world I couldn't survive.
Tracy ,'The Message'
Natter 57 Varieties
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.
megan walker - Mar 03, 2008 8:26:36 am PST #2654 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Frankenbuddha - Mar 03, 2008 8:33:42 am PST #2655 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Can we throw out Monday - it's gotten awfully stale. Le sigh.
§ ita § - Mar 03, 2008 8:35:26 am PST #2656 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
sarameg - Mar 03, 2008 8:36:24 am PST #2657 of 10001
I just realized: there's a starbucks in the strip mall up the road that also has a Barnes&Noble. Which also has a starbucks inside (& right by the door.) They are the same sized. That's just bizarre.
flea - Mar 03, 2008 8:38:23 am PST #2658 of 10001
information libertarian
Good grief people are being idiots today. On my neighborhood listserv, some actually wrote "please call the police if you see minorities on our block" (after having a house break-in) - hello! Minority people probably LIVE ON YOUR BLOCK! AND ON THE NEXT BLOCK TOO! Happily the listserv is smacking hard. And at work, it's not bigotry, but still butt-headedness. Dear web support person - do not email a faculty member and say you will ask me to do something unless you ask me to do it. These things have a way of getting back around and making us both look bad, and it's your fault. Thxbye.
lisah - Mar 03, 2008 8:42:08 am PST #2659 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Is there ever a Monday that feels like a Friday?
Well...it is GORGEOUS here today. Totally springtime on the waterfront. So I walked over to the Safeway (a little over 1/2 a mile roundtrip) and picked up some things and then got myself an eggplant parm sub and walked back. Going out for a walk like that and buying (not bringing) indulgent lunch is something I normally only do on a Friday.
lisah - Mar 03, 2008 8:44:04 am PST #2660 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
hah! Spoke too soon! Tomato sauce on my shirt!
lori - Mar 03, 2008 8:45:26 am PST #2661 of 10001
The last two posts (well, really the last post) cracked me up.
Allyson - Mar 03, 2008 8:47:01 am PST #2662 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Um, it isn't really altogether that hard to commit suicide. I call bullshit.
Nutty - Mar 03, 2008 8:47:32 am PST #2663 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
the deeply held but incorrect belief that the suicidal are determined to die
This is widely known in suicide research, just on basis of method-choice. Females attempt suicide much more often than males, but because they tend to choose less-lethal methods (i.e., rarely firearms), the female suicide rate is considerably lower than the male rate.
The general theory is that female suicide attempts are much more likely to be social acts, "cries for help," where the subject really is suicidal, but not in such a way that they make the attempt again and again till success. Males do that too, obviously, but when your cry for help involves a .45, your chances of coming back from the brink are not as good.