These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.

Jayne ,'The Train Job'


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.


Atropa - May 30, 2008 10:20:53 am PDT #9836 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I know you're not supposed to be able to target weight loss, but I can't help thinking that what if the core training could take inches off the waist (they promise 2 in the first 2 weeks) and not off the hips, that'd rock.

Huh, really? Because I'm at the point where all I want to do is lose inches off my waist. Should I go back and look at the link?


Frankenbuddha - May 30, 2008 10:22:15 am PDT #9837 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Brief interview with Danny Strong in NY magazine: [link]


§ ita § - May 30, 2008 10:23:45 am PDT #9838 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I honestly have no idea what you are driving at here, or that you had such a strong attachment to whatever "baby" it is I've tossed out the window. But if it's merely a grammatical correction you're making I'm just as happy with ending the discussion here.

I put that very clumsily. Nutty was the "you" (should have said "one") in question in my statement--having all men irritate her because some men do something is tossing the baby (men who don't devalue women thusly) out with the bathwater (men who are that icky). As far as semantics go I was suggesting she was generalising rather than characterising, but as I type that out again it becomes even more meaningless.


Daisy Jane - May 30, 2008 10:27:40 am PDT #9839 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

They have teh gays in Texas, I'm sure

As someone who lives at the gayest straight bar or the straightest gay bar (depending on whether you read the Voice or the Observer), yes. Yes we do.

Miss y'all!


Dana - May 30, 2008 10:49:41 am PDT #9840 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

And now I have officially run out of energy.

t thonk


Lee - May 30, 2008 10:51:01 am PDT #9841 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I did that earlier. It's made the rest of the day interesting.


shrift - May 30, 2008 11:06:12 am PDT #9842 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I just took a squick stroll through some thread archives and found where I delurked over seven years ago.

My posting style was somewhat twee.

That was weird. Remind me not to do it again.


Frankenbuddha - May 30, 2008 11:07:31 am PDT #9843 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

squick stroll

Freudian slip, or deliberate?


shrift - May 30, 2008 11:08:13 am PDT #9844 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Oh, my god. That's AWESOME. I totally didn't mean to do that, but I'm keeping it.


Cashmere - May 30, 2008 11:08:36 am PDT #9845 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

In the realm of not so gothy, but not entirely ungothy sartorial news, Franny insisted on wearing her fairy wings to school today.

Owen hasn't taken off his pink bunny ears in a week. He wears them to school and everywhere. We were at the park a few evenings ago and I had to politely smack down some older boys where were attempting to tease him by saying, "Hey, Easter Bunny, you're a little bit late!" (I'm sure this was funny to the 8 year olds saying it.) I just gave them the stink eye and said, "Guys, he's four." They ended their commentary on his accessories.

I love how wee kids don't give a shit about what people think of their clothes. Their own opinion is the only one that matters in the world. At what age do we lose that?