Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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.


Sparky1 - Jun 25, 2008 3:38:51 am PDT #4771 of 10003
Librarian Warlord

ita, I hope you're better this a.m.

lisah, lots of ~ma for your doggie.

Coloring books can be soothing as well.

My college housemates and I had a stack of coloring books that we'd get out when we were fighting with each other and needed to have some sort of discussion. We'd color away while we said our piece, and listened to the rest. We're all still friends, so it seems to have worked out.


Aims - Jun 25, 2008 3:46:08 am PDT #4772 of 10003
Shit's all sorts of different now.

I read once that there's a cargo cult in the South Pacific that believes Prince Phillip is the incarnation of their volcano god, moved awsay to marry the Empress of the World. One day he will return to them, scantily clad, bearing gifts of cigarettes and refrigerators.

They wrote to him once explaining this. He sent them an autographed picture of himself.

Anyone surpirsied I love these guys??


Frankenbuddha - Jun 25, 2008 3:46:42 am PDT #4773 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Where the hell is Victor when you need him?

I was thinking the same thing.

and I do not have words for how negative a psychological reaction I'm having.

Christ! Are they at least helping the migraines? Because if not, I'm not seeing a whole lot of upside to putting yourself through that.


Jessica - Jun 25, 2008 3:48:38 am PDT #4774 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Many HR departments for video game companies put up ads for things like Sound Designers but want them to have computer science degrees and be C++ programmers and the like. While those are nice skills, they are pretty ancillary to doing sound design for video games and disqualify a large quantity of brilliant artists who should be working in the market.

Yep, you see the same thing crop up in video editing. Ironic because the flip side is that it's so cheap now to turn a laptop into an edit station that many news organizations are cutting back on hiring editors and sending their writer/producers out on FCP and Avid Xpress training courses instead.


Jessica - Jun 25, 2008 3:49:23 am PDT #4775 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

ita, I hope your brain is treating you better today.


Sophia Brooks - Jun 25, 2008 4:43:15 am PDT #4776 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

ita- I hope you feel better today.

Does anyone have an iron recommendations? I have a crappy broken iron at home that I have been putting off replacing because I like my work Rowenta so much, but I really don't want to spend over $100 on an iron. $30ish would be good. I really want something heavy, with adjustable steam, a spray and a surge button, and auto shut off. I want to note that I have been using this broken iron (does not steam, I need to spray water on my clothes instead) for about three years, but now my spraybottle is broken!


msbelle - Jun 25, 2008 4:51:34 am PDT #4777 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Sophia, look at ebay and craigslist for used ones. Also, if you have any sewing or quilting shops in town you might want to ask them if they know anyone selling a used one. I know my mom's quilt shops often know of used ones or even sell them for people. Lastly, does Rochester have a lot of estate sales? Workable small appliances are often very cheap at estate sales - it might not be a Rowenta, but for $10 or so maybe worth the risk of trying whatever is available.


Hil R. - Jun 25, 2008 4:53:44 am PDT #4778 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Blech. I was supposed to go to a trapeze class today, but I just canceled because my stomach isn't feeling great, and not-so-great stomach doesn't seem like a good thing with trapeze.


Nora Deirdre - Jun 25, 2008 4:56:08 am PDT #4779 of 10003
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Holy moley, that was some good Nattering last night! Awesome.

ita, I hope you are doing better today. I'm so sorry about the migraine med side effects. Ugh.


Gudanov - Jun 25, 2008 4:59:44 am PDT #4780 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping

Please feel better ita.

not-so-great stomach doesn't seem like a good thing with trapeze.

I think that's a safe bet.

Best Presidential Dedication Ever!

From the Department of Damned-With-Faint-Praise, a group going by the regal-sounding name of the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is planning to ask voters here to change the name of a prize-winning water treatment plant on the shoreline to the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.

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