Early: You folks are all insane. Simon: Well, my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.

'Objects In Space'


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.


bon bon - May 13, 2008 11:42:10 am PDT #6591 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I know you didn't ask, but IMNSHO, this is where Bob needs to step up and call his brother and say "look, this is my wedding, and either you get to be happy or I get to be happy. Did I mention that this is MY wedding? Because I will be pissed at you the entire time because you can't manage to spend three hours in a room with someone that you're mad at over something that happened FIVE YEARS AGO. Yes, you were wronged, and it was a shitty thing to do, but it's been over for a while. Think about it and call me back. If I don't hear from you, that means that you've decided to be a grown up and get over it."

Because Broseph is the kind of guy who REALLY carries a grudge. He is threatening not to go to his only brother's wedding, the person to whom he is closest to in the world! Aggression doesn't work with him; he hyper-aggresses back. So he won't go to the wedding, and Bob Bob will lose a brother. Or he WILL go to the wedding, get drunk, and start something with PP.


Vortex - May 13, 2008 11:44:32 am PDT #6592 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

That's really annoying. So, Bob gets to choose between losing a brother and losing his best friend. Nice. Clearly, he's not that close to Bob, if he's willing to throw away the relationship on some bullshit like this.


Nutty - May 13, 2008 11:47:59 am PDT #6593 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

I think this is a situation for Dr. Phil.

(Ah ha ha ha ha I just had an image in my head of bon bon taking on Dr. Phil and making him cry. Oh what a wunnerful image it was.)


brenda m - May 13, 2008 11:57:54 am PDT #6594 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Ugh. I think you're right, bon, there's no way to fight him on this that doesn't turn ugly. But it'd be nice if there was a way to at least get him to understand what a jackass he's being (even if he still gets his way).


§ ita § - May 13, 2008 12:04:38 pm PDT #6595 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Beautiful iceberg pictures.

Learnt this weekend that sailors actually schtupped dugongs. I can't imagine a Kinsey score so firmly wedged that you use it as the excuse for stepping out to a whole other SPECIES.

Also watched a lot of Secret Lives of Women. Damn, people hate themselves a lot.


JZ - May 13, 2008 12:06:31 pm PDT #6596 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Oh, ugh, bon, what a mess. It sounds like you're stuck with not inviting PP; I hope he shows all the graciousness that Broseph seems to lack.

tiggy's right; Matilda Ledger so very much has her father's face. In an adorable little-girl toddler fashion, but still, so clearly his daughter.


Jesse - May 13, 2008 12:06:37 pm PDT #6597 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Wow, I really would have expected Edward Gorey to look a lot more like something out of Edward Gorey. Fun!

I hope PP is the kind of person that gets the big picture, so poor Bob Bob doesn't actually have to lose either his friend or his brother.


tommyrot - May 13, 2008 12:12:28 pm PDT #6598 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.

Beautiful iceberg pictures.

Those are pretty.


Burrell - May 13, 2008 12:12:36 pm PDT #6599 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Okay that photo makes me love Edward Gorey even more!


Vortex - May 13, 2008 12:17:48 pm PDT #6600 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

McCain's Ministerial Troubles

WASHINGTON (May 13) - John Hagee, an influential Texas televangelist who endorsed John McCain, apologized to Catholics Tuesday for his stinging criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and for having "emphasized the darkest chapters in the history of Catholic and Protestant relations with the Jews."

Hagee's support for McCain has drawn cries of outrage from some Catholic leaders who have called on McCain to reject Hagee's endorsement. The likely Republican nominee has said he does not agree with some of Hagee's past comments, but did not reject his support.