Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.

Andrew ,'Damage'


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.


§ ita § - May 19, 2008 9:33:27 am PDT #7697 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm back on wheat!

Not all the wheat in the world, all at once, but I can have wheat again. I think I'm having a burger for lunch, then.


Sophia Brooks - May 19, 2008 10:00:20 am PDT #7698 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

A wheat burger?????


Kat - May 19, 2008 10:01:09 am PDT #7699 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

YAY Burgers! We should meet for lunch at the Apple Pan!


beth b - May 19, 2008 10:29:59 am PDT #7700 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

very nice, Allyson.

so I was listening to NPR. The topic : What is wrong with republican party and how can we fix it.

1st caller: The republican party used to support the vets - now they are cutting the budget ( even though we have more vets) , suicide rates are up, etc.

answer( former rep. congressman, now lobbyist) : sometimes you have to cut popular programs and BTW, that isn't really a problem,the current new just make things look worse than they are , things are just the same.

2nd caller: I am a prolife guy - not just anti abortion but also anti death penalty and anti unjust war. I'd like an honest republican to admit Iraq was a mistake.

answer: Well, maybe last summer, but things are better and moving forward, so the war is no longer an issue.

umm, telling registered party members that what they think is a problem is not really a problem, the number one problem .


§ ita § - May 19, 2008 10:37:59 am PDT #7701 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

We should meet for lunch at the Apple Pan!

Oh, only a lame burger from the place downstairs. Bought an hour ago, about half finished as I work through lunch trying to reconcile conflicting data. I spent the morning running around on medical stuff, so I'm trying to be an extra good girl. But time never flies when I do that.

Still, with the data reconciliation it does look like we're right. That's some consolation. Question is, do I call out the people who are wrong, and if so, how wide an audience?


tommyrot - May 19, 2008 10:41:05 am PDT #7702 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.

Question is, do I call out the people who are wrong, and if so, how wide an audience?

I would hire a clown to come tell them. (Balloon animals might make them feel better.)


sarameg - May 19, 2008 10:44:24 am PDT #7703 of 10001

Wheee. I now have people who want to fly me out to Arizona. Seriously.

I'd say today has gone pretty well.


Lee - May 19, 2008 10:54:55 am PDT #7704 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Whereas I was just coming in to ask who else is looking askance at the day and wondering why it has to be such a hater.


msbelle - May 19, 2008 10:57:45 am PDT #7705 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

My day has been uneventful adn for that I am thankful. I have gotten through some lingering work from last week, organized some things in my life life, and addressed a load of work adn personal email things.


Jesse - May 19, 2008 11:04:07 am PDT #7706 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I have turned on the lights in my apartment, so that's something.

Who wants to fly you to Arizona, Sara?