You never know if a girl's gonna say 'yes', or if she's gonna laugh in your face and pull out your still-beating heart and crush it into the ground with her heel.

Xander ,'Help'


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.


Vortex - Apr 09, 2008 1:05:29 pm PDT #733 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

So, where did they get these people?

Bible is America's Favorite Book

10. Catcher in the Rye
9. Atlas Shrugged
8. Angels and Demons
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
6. The DaVinci Code
5. The Stand
4. Harry Potter
3. Lord of the Rings
2. Gone With the Wind

Seriously, where did they find these people.


tommyrot - Apr 09, 2008 1:06:21 pm PDT #734 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.

Bible is America's Favorite Book

Is it actually "America's Favorite Book that Hardly Anyone Ever Reads"?

eta: Despite being far more religious than European countries, Americans tend to know far less about their religions than religious Europeans.

Weird, huh?


Laura - Apr 09, 2008 1:06:52 pm PDT #735 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

People who don't read much and could only remember those titles.


juliana - Apr 09, 2008 1:08:50 pm PDT #736 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Olympic SF Torch updates via Twitter (via SFist): [link]

They put the press in a Quackers bus: [link] . Oh, as usual, dear.


Laura - Apr 09, 2008 1:08:56 pm PDT #737 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

I really enjoyed DaVinci Code, but GWtW was a horrible experience. I've not seen either movie.


Vortex - Apr 09, 2008 1:09:12 pm PDT #738 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I have no idea, but GONE WITH THE WIND? How many people have actually READ the book, and not just seen the movie.


Trudy Booth - Apr 09, 2008 1:10:04 pm PDT #739 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

A lot of people read portions of the Bible pretty often.


§ ita § - Apr 09, 2008 1:10:07 pm PDT #740 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The results would be a person who's quadriplegic.

I didn't mean head replacement, but was thinking more of head addition. It would be conjoining, I guess.

I don't think anyone's seriously considered this, but who knows what the future holds....

I guess I figure if I've thought about it fleetingly someone's considered it seriously, and at least gotten as far as evaluating logistics.

But she is really a lovely, caring woman. I was very happy she was around to take of my Dad the last couple of years of his life.

Doubleplus yay, then. I was thinking it'd have been sad for her to have been waiting, but the way it worked out is good.


Laura - Apr 09, 2008 1:10:47 pm PDT #741 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

The smart people saw the movie. Much less of a waste of precious time.


Laga - Apr 09, 2008 1:14:11 pm PDT #742 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I'm just glad Dianetics isn't on the list.

ION what is it about Patrick Stewart in riding boots? I just want to... yum