Angel: He is dead. Technically, he's undead. It's a zombie. Connor: What's a zombie? Angel: It's an undead thing. Connor: Like you? Angel: No, zombies are slow-moving, dimwitted things that crave human flesh. Connor: Like you. Angel: No! It's different. Trust me.

'Destiny'


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.


Shir - Oct 21, 2008 2:09:29 am PDT #5636 of 10001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

~mas to job seekers, cat and god persons and people who need to move to better neighborhoods.

Columbus, Ohio songs

I'm kinnda surprised at the moment I can't come up with any Scrawl songs. They are from there.

And on "Dad's Questions That Buffistas Would Probably Know To Answer" today: What's the word for predestined fate in Greek tragedies?


hippocampus - Oct 21, 2008 2:28:38 am PDT #5637 of 10001
not your mom's socks.

Shir - moira (μοῖρα)


Shir - Oct 21, 2008 2:39:07 am PDT #5638 of 10001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Thanks, Sox! That's the term/definition from the tragedies (Aeschylus, etc.)?


hippocampus - Oct 21, 2008 3:02:23 am PDT #5639 of 10001
not your mom's socks.

well, there's another - "doom of the gods" - that is more doom-y, but moira is the most common translation. (thanks to my Oxford English Dictionary & classics teacher) It means 'lot' or 'portion' and was extended to mean 'lot in life' with a lot of weight attached to it. The Moirae are so named because they're the three fates in Greek mythology - the "apportioners."

  • note: not a linguist, but I play one on the internet.

t / Sox' annoying language and poetry fugue brought on by insomnia


brenda m - Oct 21, 2008 4:00:48 am PDT #5640 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

I wonder what my brother's cat is eating these days. Last year around this time he'd gone on a hunger strike and would only eat pate.


Fred Pete - Oct 21, 2008 5:05:00 am PDT #5641 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.

sarameg -- I'd be happy to talk to your lawyer friend, especially if government is an option.

As for Columbus, Ohio, the Association did the theme song for the movie Goodbye, Columbus back in the '60s. Which I think is kind of misnamed, because one of the supporting characters (as opposed to one of the main characters) is the recent grad of Ohio State, but that's my issue.


sarameg - Oct 21, 2008 5:17:51 am PDT #5642 of 10001

Thanks!

Loki waited until 6:10 to go crazy. Unfortunately, I was already awake.

I need more than 5 hours of sleep. uhg.


Cashmere - Oct 21, 2008 5:31:56 am PDT #5643 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

meara, how long are you in Columbus? There is a dive bar in Clintonville called Union Station that usually has pretty good karoke nights. And the Surly Girl Saloon on High Street is also pretty freakin' awesome.


sumi - Oct 21, 2008 5:34:47 am PDT #5644 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

The new sport of Pug Bowling.


Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 21, 2008 5:37:37 am PDT #5645 of 10001
"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

Bad anonymous Spinner writer, no biscuit! [link]

While he may have picked a number of missteps, I think the selection of Kiss' "Beth" and Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark" says more about the writer's macho insecurities than the music itself. And how can you look down on "Should I Stay or Should I Go?"