Mal: So we run. Nandi: I understand, Captain Reynolds. You have your people to think of, same as me. And this ain't your fight. Mal: Don't believe you do understand, Nandi. I said 'we run'. We.

'Heart Of Gold'


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.


megan walker - May 08, 2008 10:27:53 am PDT #5650 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

What I heard on NPR this morning just made me roll my eyes forever that there are still (apparently) all these women running around assuming that not having kids until they are 40 is no problem. If I ever do get pregnant, it will be in my late 30s, and there are good reasons for that, but I am under no misapprehension about the biological realities of things.

This was my thought exactly when I read that. I waited and screwed myself, but I wasn't unaware that that was a possibility.


Kat - May 08, 2008 10:28:23 am PDT #5651 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

No problem. As I am at "work" with nothing to do. Except write my AP syllabus (due June 1) for next year.


Emily - May 08, 2008 10:28:40 am PDT #5652 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Ooh, ice cream.

Did I tell you folks that I have ginger ice cream? It is just about the best thing EVAR.


Jessica - May 08, 2008 10:30:07 am PDT #5653 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I have a quart of heavy cream at home and half a bag of pistachios. I should turn those into ice cream this weekend.


megan walker - May 08, 2008 10:30:59 am PDT #5654 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

And I'm not a germaphobe, but I do like it when the place I go to get clean isn't a sticky, moldy mess of hair and crusty toothpaste.

Well, we have a cleaning service every two weeks so it stays pretty clean (unless my housemate shaves, which I'm sure he was probably doing today) and then there are little hairs all over the sink. Ugh.

Wow. I am more emotionally scarred than I realized by my father's poor bathroom etiquette!

And I appreciate it!


Kat - May 08, 2008 10:31:19 am PDT #5655 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

but I am under no misapprehension about the biological realities of things.

Sure. Except there are some of us who didn't wait and still deal with the biological realities of things and try for years unsuccessfully. As someone in that boat, before I got pregnant, it used to irk me to no end to hear reports around fertility in general.

(Then again, I still sometimes have the urge of punching very pregnant women in the face which has to do with all of my issues around premature birth so I have enough issues for a full subscription around this topic).

Moreover, I think the final implication that society will change to allow earlier motherhood is bullshit.


msbelle - May 08, 2008 10:33:28 am PDT #5656 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

work email is down. Of course I can still get emails via my BlackBerry, but it is annoying.


Jessica - May 08, 2008 10:35:08 am PDT #5657 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Moreover, I think the final implication that society will change to allow earlier motherhood is bullshit.

Oh yes, that was some lovely fantasyland wishful thinking right there. Because modern society has done so much to accomodate parenthood so far!

On a completely unrelated note, Here is a replica of San Francisco made entirely out of stainless steel cookware.


megan walker - May 08, 2008 10:37:42 am PDT #5658 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Here is a replica of San Francisco made entirely out of stainless steel cookware.

OMG, that is awesome! Does anyone want to go see that this weekend?


amych - May 08, 2008 10:39:48 am PDT #5659 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

The radio version of the fertility story made me want to punch things, and the print version not so much at all; sounds like it wasn't just me having a cooler head when I went back to look.