Sweet lumpy minion, you're the only one that understands. Probably 'cause I haven't sucked the brain out of you yet.

Glory ,'Potential'


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.


§ ita § - Jun 03, 2008 11:11:17 am PDT #784 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

But bon, I'm holding a bottle of VitaminWater and typing off its label right here--one serving=12oz=the full contents. Sure, they do sell bigger bottles, but they sell bigger bottles of Coke than the 8oz can also on my desk and those have proportionately more calories. So, no I still don't think they're SO close.

I didn't go out of my way to get these bottles of VitaminWater. I went to CVS. If you start doubling and tripling the volume of a serving and not take into consideration that calories may do the same...well, what can I do?


P.M. Marc - Jun 03, 2008 11:12:35 am PDT #785 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

Bah, Alibelle!

Kat, may everything go smoothly for your Dad.

Yeah, I think that's a large part of why I drink more beer than wine. Well, that and the price differential. $14 for a decent bottle that serves like, three people (or, one, because normally I am home alone), vs. $8 for a sixpack (which I can drink whenever I want)...hmmm....Even though I like the taste of wine more.

You can get some seriously okay boxed wines now. The reds have a good shelf life, and are about $20 for three litres. It's like having wine on tap! It's fabulous!

Teppy, if it makes you feel any better re: the elections, we're probably now the closest we've ever been to having an old Spider-Man collector as POTUS.


Steph L. - Jun 03, 2008 11:16:48 am PDT #786 of 10003
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

How old is your dad, and -- other than his heart -- how's his health?

My dad is 75. He has diabetes, but is otherwise very healthy. Walks 3-6 miles a day and is very active.

His good health -- and especially his high level of activity -- is an enormous point in his favor. I can't emphasize that enough, really. (Damn 3-6 miles A DAY? The dude makes me feel like a garden slug. Go Kat's dad!)

Bypass is invasive, true. But the advances that have been made -- and are continually being made -- in cardiovascular surgery are astonishing. I won't say something as silly as "bypass is practically just a routine maintenance procedure," because it's not.

What I *will* say is that your dad is lucky that, if he has to have it at all, it's at this point in the timeline of medical advances. It's scary to think about, I know. Especially when you just heard about it out of the blue. You need some time to process it.

He sounds like an ideal patient -- healthy and active -- and will probably do very well and recover completely and in a fairly timely manner.

There's nothing I can do from here. And I can't leave here until end of June. Gah.

I don't mean this to pooh-pooh you, but -- even when you're there, it feels like you can't do anything. At least, that's how I felt, sitting in a waiting room, unable to do anything but the crossword puzzle book.

But I understand -- you want to see him in person, talk to him and tell him face to face that he needs to recover quickly and then NOT scare the hell out of you ever again.

It sounds like he'll come through it just fine, and the surgery will be a huge help to him. That's probably small comfort, but I hope it's *some* comfort.

I don't drink at all, but even I know wine comes in little bottles of just one or two servings. Why don't you bottle people/single drinkers invest in those?

I'm picky about what wine I drink, and the wines I like aren't available in the single-serve bottles.

Occasionally, I get one of the bottles that's half the size of a regular bottle of wine, and that works for me. But, eh. I just don't drink as often, and when I have the chance to take wine to a friend's house or something, I do.


sarameg - Jun 03, 2008 11:17:02 am PDT #787 of 10003

msbelle, replied. Twice. My parents are making me nutty. So is work. They may be combining to make me insaner.

Kat, ack and wishing you all well. Alibelle, too.


Polter-Cow - Jun 03, 2008 11:18:14 am PDT #788 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Teppy, if it makes you feel any better re: the elections, we're probably now the closet we've ever been to having an old Spider-Man collector as POTUS.

Obama is a Spidey fan?? Well, at least he knows what comes with great power.


Steph L. - Jun 03, 2008 11:19:48 am PDT #789 of 10003
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Teppy, if it makes you feel any better re: the elections, we're probably now the closet we've ever been to having an old Spider-Man collector as POTUS.

Hahahaha!!! You just made my DAY!

at least he knows what comes with great power.

Spandex?


bon bon - Jun 03, 2008 11:20:11 am PDT #790 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I don't assume you went out of your way, but Zinczenko, who lives in NY, probably has the same experience that I do: rarely having actually seen a smaller size of VW for sale. You can't even get it from FreshDirect in a smaller size, and they're both on Long Island. So is he crazy to draw the comparison?


Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 03, 2008 11:21:00 am PDT #791 of 10003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Teppy, if it makes you feel any better re: the elections, we're probably now the closet we've ever been to having an old Spider-Man collector as POTUS.

Don't make that public! Pundits will start going on about how his role models make deals with the Devil!


amych - Jun 03, 2008 11:21:47 am PDT #792 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

we're probably now the closet we've ever been to having an old Spider-Man collector as POTUS.

HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS!!!1!!??!


P.M. Marc - Jun 03, 2008 11:21:56 am PDT #793 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

Don't make that public! Pundits will start going on about how his role models make deals with the Devil!

HA! Well, his little sister has talked about it, so.