Mal: Well, look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us? Zoe: Big damn heroes, sir.

'Safe'


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.


Lee - Oct 28, 2008 5:00:32 am PDT #6972 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

YAY

We're still working out details of our arrival on Saturday, but we will be there by mid-afternoon.


tommyrot - Oct 28, 2008 5:06:06 am PDT #6973 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.

Happy birthday, aurelia!!


lisah - Oct 28, 2008 5:13:34 am PDT #6974 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

Happy birthday, aurelia!

We're still working out details of our arrival on Saturday, but we will be there by mid-afternoon.

Great! Yay!

Okay, noaa is saying slight chance of snow showers here in b'more tonight and tomorrow morning. NUTS!


sarameg - Oct 28, 2008 5:16:31 am PDT #6975 of 10001

Man, I need to check my email, don't I?

I heard mention of possible snow mixed in for tonight. I'm going to pretend it was a fluke.

I'm supposed to be in two places at once in about 45 minutes. Problem.


tommyrot - Oct 28, 2008 5:18:05 am PDT #6976 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.

This is funny, except for the complete waste of federal funds part....

Abstinence shocker: Engaged couples don't want to forgo sex

From the Associated Press:

A contest that would pay $10,000 to an engaged couple, as long as they abstain from premarital sex, hasn't gotten any takers. The deadline for the Marriage for a Lifetime contest is Oct. 31. The prize includes free flowers, invitations and other wedding treats.

Considering 95% of Americans have pre-marital sex, I'm not exactly shocked.

The contest is sponsored by the Marriage Appreciation Training Uplifting Relationship Education (MATURE) project in Georgia, a federally-funded abstinence program. The group is set to receive $455,510 a year until 2011; the money for the contest was to come from those funds. In an economic crisis, it's pretty awesome to see our federal dollars being so entirely wasted.


Frankenbuddha - Oct 28, 2008 5:27:04 am PDT #6977 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Do you understand the cartoons in The New Yorker? Take this quiz: [link]

I got 4 out of 5.

So did I. I missed the Yoga one.


tommyrot - Oct 28, 2008 5:28:19 am PDT #6978 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.

Nihilist Chewing Gum

Product Description
"Sometimes we just like things for the sheer idea of it. This chewing gum has no flavor because according to the gum, they don't believe in flavor.Each of these 3-1/2"" x 2"" (8.9 cm x 5.1 cm) boxes of chewing gum contains fourteen pieces of sweet and chewy goodness with a crunchy candy coating, or in this case a lack there of! Sold in packs of 3. Get your flavorless gum, now and chew for no reason at all. Ja!"


Gudanov - Oct 28, 2008 5:28:48 am PDT #6979 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

Happy birthday, aurelia!

What the fuck is wrong with the Colts this season?

I'm a Chiefs fan, so I have no sympathy. First and second string quarterbacks are out for the season. OTOH, if their third stringer plays like he did last game, he may be their best quarterback anyhow.


Gudanov - Oct 28, 2008 5:33:39 am PDT #6980 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

A contest that would pay $10,000 to an engaged couple, as long as they abstain from premarital sex, hasn't gotten any takers. The deadline for the Marriage for a Lifetime contest is Oct. 31. The prize includes free flowers, invitations and other wedding treats.

Wouldn't promoting abstinence after the age of consent be done for purely religious reasons? How can this legally get federal money. Does it sneak in as a health issue?


tommyrot - Oct 28, 2008 5:41:56 am PDT #6981 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.

Wouldn't promoting abstinence after the age of consent be done for purely religious reasons?

Well, I think... never mind. I think it's a mistake to apply earth-logic here....