Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.

Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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.


Trudy Booth - May 04, 2008 2:01:19 pm PDT #4863 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

::steps on the Bat's cape::

::pinches Amy's ass::

::applies ice pack to Teppy's fevered brow::

Please note, he does not:

Tug on Superman's cape

Spit into the wind

Pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger

Or mess around with Jim.


Hil R. - May 04, 2008 2:05:58 pm PDT #4864 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

No capes!


aurelia - May 04, 2008 2:07:12 pm PDT #4865 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I loves me some Croce.


tommyrot - May 04, 2008 2:15:01 pm PDT #4866 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.

I loves me some Croce.

I forget - did you grow up near Chicago, aurelia? I wonder if Croce-love is still somewhat regional (i.e. is he still more popular around here?)

My aunt and uncle introduced me to the Croce love back in the '70s....


Amy - May 04, 2008 2:16:00 pm PDT #4867 of 10001
Because books.

Somehow I got earwormed by "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" instead "Jim".


Sophia Brooks - May 04, 2008 2:17:26 pm PDT #4868 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

trudy, where is your tag from?

*In my own little head Pete Wentz crowd surfed to Journey in his girlfriend's semi-obscene t-shirt at the White House Correspondence Dinner Afterparty and Gerard Way said "Oh HELL no -- we need to do something cuter than that!" AND THEN THEY FREAKIN' DID


tommyrot - May 04, 2008 2:18:11 pm PDT #4869 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.

Somehow I got earwormed by "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" instead "Jim".

In my mind, those two songs are almost interchangeable. Sometimes I have to think a bit to remember it was Leory who was badder than a junkyard dog, and who had the custom Continental.


Sophia Brooks - May 04, 2008 2:20:41 pm PDT #4870 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

also, I am from upstate NY and love Croce.

and it is very hard to type on this qwerty phone keyboard now that I have reapplied fake nails


Scrappy - May 04, 2008 2:22:15 pm PDT #4871 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I saw Jim Croce live. It was actually to see Woody Allen's last comedy tour--he's already made four or five movies by then--Croce was the opener. My mom and dad had to drive my high school BF and me.


Amy - May 04, 2008 2:24:06 pm PDT #4872 of 10001
Because books.

I grew up in central New Jersey, and for years, one house about two blocks from me had a poster of Jim Croce on their front door. We didn't move into that neighborhood until about two years after Croce died, but I always assumed it had been there since then.