Look, Angel, I know you've been out of the loop for a while, but I'm still evil. I don't do errands...unless they're evil errands.

Lilah ,'Just Rewards (2)'


Natter 61*  

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.


Dana - Oct 13, 2008 12:40:35 pm PDT #4390 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I thought of Dana while I was eating it.

Aw, thanks. I think.

The job may be paying to send me down to New Orleans in December. Fingers crossed. Maybe I can bring a muffaletta back with me.


beth b - Oct 13, 2008 12:41:33 pm PDT #4391 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

I need more cheese


brenda m - Oct 13, 2008 12:42:33 pm PDT #4392 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Seriously. There is pretty much no way in hell I can have anything other than grilled cheese for dinner tonight, is there? Maybe I can find some better apples too.


DavidS - Oct 13, 2008 12:43:54 pm PDT #4393 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

One of the very tasty and expensive cheeses you can get at Cowgirl Creamery is called Pug's Leap.


Barb - Oct 13, 2008 12:53:03 pm PDT #4394 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”

If anyone's a fan of blues, I cannot sing the praises of Roaring Forties highly enough. I mean, we're talking "Nessun Dorma" quality singing.

Served with slices of Haas avocados, kiwi, honeydew, figs, some pancetta or salami and a good red, om nom nom nom.


Ailleann - Oct 13, 2008 12:59:44 pm PDT #4395 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

I am clearly not a foodie, because until clicking I thought Barb was saying that Roaring Forties was a singing group.


Steph L. - Oct 13, 2008 1:01:20 pm PDT #4396 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I am clearly not a foodie, because until clicking I thought Barb was saying that Roaring Forties was a singing group.

Me, too.


DavidS - Oct 13, 2008 1:01:32 pm PDT #4397 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I mean, we're talking "Nessun Dorma" quality singing.

Tom Waits' favorite bit of opera, incidentally. (As introduced to him by Francis Ford Coppola.)


Kathy A - Oct 13, 2008 1:05:45 pm PDT #4398 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I'm not a big fan of Maureen Dowd, but her Sunday column is pretty good--"Are We Rome? Tu Betchus!" A stab at translating the Latin part is here.

Omnes de Georgio Busio Secundo colossale goofballo.


tommyrot - Oct 13, 2008 1:09:15 pm PDT #4399 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.

Paying at the pump just got more risky

Puyallup police say thieves snagged her account information — along with the debit card numbers and PIN codes of hundreds of other people — at two gas stations in the area.

They did it by installing their own hard-to-spot card reader, called a skimmer, on top of the card reader built into the pump. The skimmer is able to grab the account information from the card without interfering with the legitimate payment transaction.

The crooks used the stolen data to create (or clone) fake debit cards that were used at ATMs in Washington State over the Fourth of July weekend and in Northern California on Labor Day weekend. The bad guys like three-day holidays because it gives them more time to use the cards before the unauthorized withdrawals are spotted.

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Police in Puyallup and Las Vegas now advise residents not to use their debit card at a gas pump because there’s no way to be sure it hasn’t been tampered with.

That’s smart advice and here’s why. Debit cards do not offer the same fraud protection as credit cards. If crook armed with a skimmer snags your credit card number and uses it to buy things, you can dispute the charges with the credit card company. You won’t owe a thing while they investigate.

If the crook grabs your debit card number, he can go to a cash machine and pull money out of your checking account. It could take days for the bank to investigate and put that money back into your account. During that time checks could bounce or you might not be able to pay your bills. That’s why the only way I pay at the pump is with a credit card.