Lorne: Snakes? Uh-huh. And they came out of your what? Okay. Okay, well, did they get up there themselves or is this part of a, you know, a thing? No, I'm not judging...Do we fight snakes? Angel: Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes? Lorne: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.

'Lineage'


Natter 59: Dominate Your Face!  

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.


sarameg - Jun 10, 2008 10:15:39 am PDT #2245 of 10003

The Amazing Touch of Implosion returns!

Sigh. Coworker leaves for an hour and what happens? BOOM.


sumi - Jun 10, 2008 10:23:03 am PDT #2246 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!

Disappointing race, happy to see Da'Tara do it for Tiznow (like Plei said) and I'm also v. disappointed in the tv coverage.

I haven't read new stuff from Dutrow - but he's not the only one questioning Desormeaux' decision to ease the horse. I think if BB had quietly slowed down the rest of us would have been okay - but he fought Desormeaux all the way. My question is - if he was out of gas, why not just let him coast?


sumi - Jun 10, 2008 10:25:10 am PDT #2247 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!

One of the Bloodhorse bloggers thought that Desormeaux should be suspended.


Lee - Jun 10, 2008 10:30:26 am PDT #2248 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

JZ, did you get the DVD I sent you?


Jessica - Jun 10, 2008 10:31:24 am PDT #2249 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Vocab question that's driving me crazy - when a Jew visits Israel for the first time, it's called ____. Pretty sure it starts with a Y, means something like "homecoming." Opposite of diaspora.

Help me, Buffista hivemind! You're my only hope!

[eta: ALIYAH. Thank you, Google.]


Steph L. - Jun 10, 2008 10:31:30 am PDT #2250 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Fuck you, cancer, you asshole.

I really, truly, don't mean to be antagonistic here, and it DOES totally suck that Paul Newman has lung cancer, but -- isn't the connection between a lifetime of smoking and its odds of causing one to develop lung cancer a well-supported medical fact?

Like I said, it sucks that he has it. And cancer IS an asshole. But....first-hand smoking is a lung cancer risk factor that's avoidable. I'm not pretending that it's easy to quit, but still.


P.M. Marc - Jun 10, 2008 10:38:36 am PDT #2251 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

And what do you think about Dutrow, at this point, shifting the blame onto Desormeaux?

Dude has always been a tool.

Like I said, it sucks that he has it. And cancer IS an asshole. But....first-hand smoking is a lung cancer risk factor that's avoidable. I'm not pretending that it's easy to quit, but still.

By the time that fact was being widely advertised, though, he was well into adulthood. In the 40s and 50s, the things were still being sold as good for you and your nerves.


Dana - Jun 10, 2008 10:40:27 am PDT #2252 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

It strikes me as a little weird that Desormeaux eased him up so much, but on the other hand, after what happened to Eight Belles, they would have had his *head* if anything had happened to Big Brown.


Daisy Jane - Jun 10, 2008 10:42:21 am PDT #2253 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

So we've kinda given up on the mug. Can y'all think of any other Michael Scott accouterments we could fill his cube with. We've already done Sandals brochures, and joke books.


P.M. Marc - Jun 10, 2008 10:42:42 am PDT #2254 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

It strikes me as a little weird that Desormeaux eased him up so much, but on the other hand, after what happened to Eight Belles, they would have had his *head* if anything had happened to Big Brown.

Yeah, this. Which, as the horse did have a bruise earlier, if he wasn't running right (even though he didn't feel lame), means Kent was going on the side of caution.

As for Dutrow, he's a doper, a tool, and a cheat. Guy like him, honestly, oughta be banned from the sport.