Inara: So. Would you like to lecture me on the wickedness of my ways? Book: I brought you some supper, but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped. Sin and hellfire... one has lepers.

'Serenity'


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.


Barb - Oct 22, 2008 1:39:07 pm PDT #5923 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”

Ouch. Of course, I think Cindy McCain spent that much on ONE OUTFIT for the GOP Convention.

Actually, Cindy's infamous outfit (I called it her Wrath of McKhan outfit) topped out at $300K, but I think that was including the jewelry.

ETA-- yep. Three carat earrings est. at 280K and DAMN, but that outfit is completely awful on her.

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Gudanov - Oct 22, 2008 1:41:32 pm PDT #5924 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

I wish I could take a picture of the bird flock that just flew over my building. Countless, filled the sky when they went over.


DavidS - Oct 22, 2008 1:49:05 pm PDT #5925 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I wish I could take a picture of the bird flock that just flew over my building. Countless, filled the sky when they went over.

The passenger pigeons are back!


Barb - Oct 22, 2008 1:50:52 pm PDT #5926 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”

Bring me with you, Barb!

Heh--whenever we get around to an Orlando F2F, we'll definitely have to pop by the NM Outlet off I-4. I am the queen of the sales rack.

What? Y'all didn't think I actually paid retail did you?


Tom Scola - Oct 22, 2008 1:57:04 pm PDT #5927 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I saw this coat the other day, and I like it, but I would never ever ever shop at Abercrombie or show off their logo. Can y'all help me find something similar?


Kat - Oct 22, 2008 2:01:42 pm PDT #5928 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Barb, Thank you! I posted a post in Beep Me, but thank you so very much for the books. It's amazingly generous of you.

Mind you, not probably means making the call from home, where I inevitably feel less secure and teacherly.

* 67 is your friend.

I call home specifically when I know the parents won't be there. Box is checked off and I don't have to talk! My ish is I hate stumbling through a convo half in spanish, half not.


Gadget_Girl - Oct 22, 2008 2:03:27 pm PDT #5929 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".

Heh--whenever we get around to an Orlando F2F, we'll definitely have to pop by the NM Outlet off I-4. I am the queen of the sales rack.

I can't wait! I love the outlet mall offerings in Orlando.

FOr years my family has said my favorite colors were 'On sale', 'Clearance', or 'Reduced'.


Burrell - Oct 22, 2008 2:09:02 pm PDT #5930 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Cash, that picture you linked to? Total shout out to Adlai Stevenson fans. My mom would have loved it.


P.M. Marc - Oct 22, 2008 2:11:28 pm PDT #5931 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Thanks to HuffPost, I just watched the (August, I think) interview with the Obama family where they went over Michelle's frugal fashion tips and she made fun of the idea of Barack as a style icon because the pants he was wearing were a decade old and he was refusing to replace his worn-out belt.

The contrast is sharp. Also, I feel, kind of hilarious, considering how much better Michelle Obama looks in her H&M than Sarah Palin looks in her NM.


Connie Neil - Oct 22, 2008 2:13:33 pm PDT #5932 of 10001
brillig

In Way Cool News:

X-rays detected from Scotch tape

NEW YORK – Just two weeks after a Nobel Prize highlighted theoretical work on subatomic particles, physicists are announcing a startling discovery about a much more familiar form of matter: Scotch tape. It turns out that if you peel the popular adhesive tape off its roll in a vacuum chamber, it emits X-rays. The researchers even made an X-ray image of one of their fingers.

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