Happy birthday NoiseDesign!
The next time you decide to stab me in the back... have the guts to do it to my face.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
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.
CaBil - Apr 16, 2008 3:56:55 am PDT #2026 of 10001
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Miracleman - Apr 16, 2008 4:09:14 am PDT #2027 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Or Most Awesomest Comic Book Characters (A Definitive List)?
Let's see this list.
An excerpt:
1) Miracleman (natch)
2) Captain Marvel
3) Batman
4) Superman
5) Grendel (any incarnation, really)
6) Flash (preferably Barry Allen, but Wally West will do. And Jay Garrick is kind of the bomb, yo.)
7) Wolverine (okay, as a teen I was all about the "Grr, I kill you" *snikt snikt* thing, I admit it.)
8) Swamp Thing (after Alan Moore took him over and made him interesting)
9) V (speaking of Alan Moore)
10) Ambush Bug ('cause he's funny)
lisah - Apr 16, 2008 4:14:15 am PDT #2028 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Well, I went crazy and volunteered to pay the difference for friend's childcare for the toddler daughter, if they couldn't manage it.
You really are a great friend, sarameg. Even if they don't take you up on the offer I'm sure having your friendship is a huge support for them.
Shir, I hope your sister is able to come home for the holiday. Not being able to see her or talk to her regularly must make it so much harder. My thoughts are with you and your family.
tommyrot - Apr 16, 2008 4:15:51 am PDT #2029 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.
Happy Birthday ND!!
lisah - Apr 16, 2008 4:19:13 am PDT #2030 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
oh, and, happy birthday, ND!!
man, it's my mom's and my good friend's birthdays this weekend and I have NO ideas about presents. Maybe I'll just promise my mom a train trip down here, pedicure, and day at one of the museums. Sometime this summer. That's always fun.
msbelle - Apr 16, 2008 4:20:27 am PDT #2031 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
am tired, but have coffee, hope is not all lost.
Sue - Apr 16, 2008 4:30:27 am PDT #2032 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Happy Birthday Noise Design.
I was off on Monday and stayed home with a migraine yesterday, and I feel very behind being back today.
Shir - Apr 16, 2008 4:34:22 am PDT #2033 of 10001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Thanks, lisah.
Emily - Apr 16, 2008 4:45:43 am PDT #2034 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
So I was planning to post about my mouse experience this morning, but it's been superceded. This is the first anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings and I was poking around the net, sort of looking for any commentary on the similarities to the shootings at my college, and I found that the guy from those shootings (15 years ago) was actually interviewed by Newsweek in the weeks following the Tech shootings. And he sounds... rational. Normal. Introspective and with an understanding of things. In support of gun control. And obviously he wasn't batshit, or we would have noticed, and I'm sure they have therapy in prison, and besides, 15 years... but it's still really, really strange.
So maybe I'll erase this post, but at the moment you're the people I talk to about stuff (well, and all the lurkers. Hello, lurkers! Welcome to painful details of my personal life!), so I wanted to say it.
And Shir, I can't imagine living with what you do, and I certainly hope your sister can come home.
Emily - Apr 16, 2008 4:49:27 am PDT #2035 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Also, and completely unrelatedly, does anyone here speak Arabic, or have otherwise an opinion on the best way to go about acquiring a smattering? I'm going to email Fay as well.