Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


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.


Strega - Oct 31, 2008 4:53:33 am PDT #7622 of 10001

I got an Aeropress last spring, and while I haven't worked out exactly how to get my Perfect Cup yet, I like it. I really only make coffee at home a couple of times a month. I also have a 4-cup brewer I've had for at least a decade. I'll probably give it away next time I'm purging junk from the house.

I do most of my coffee-drinking at work. And it's not very good, but I'm not drinking it for the taste. But I'm trying to cut down and drink more water.


msbelle - Oct 31, 2008 5:01:13 am PDT #7623 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I know this is rough on the economy [link] but I have to good. As a nation we consume too much. We need to shift our economy and I really hope that we can make that shift without things getting too dire in the next couple of years.


sumi - Oct 31, 2008 5:11:47 am PDT #7624 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Puppies in costume.


msbelle - Oct 31, 2008 5:14:28 am PDT #7625 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Queen's Zoo Pumas getting Halloween treat: [link]


Lee - Oct 31, 2008 5:14:59 am PDT #7626 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I should perhaps have also noted that my sister also does not have any coffee in the house, and the closest starbucks is a 20 minute walk.

Which I am now going to undertake.


Barb - Oct 31, 2008 5:18:01 am PDT #7627 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”

Posted over at Smart Bitches this morning, I can't stop watching it and it makes me laugh, every. single. time.

Muppet Love!

[link]


sarameg - Oct 31, 2008 5:19:44 am PDT #7628 of 10001

The Pallas cat one is funny. [link]

All the cats are like wtforange ball? OH! MEAT!


amych - Oct 31, 2008 5:21:32 am PDT #7629 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

As a nation we consume too much. We need to shift our economy and I really hope that we can make that shift without things getting too dire in the next couple of years.

Krugman is also talking about the consumer spending numbers today: [link] I think it is going to be rough for a while, no matter how the shift is managed, but I like his brand of thinky.


Sue - Oct 31, 2008 5:32:56 am PDT #7630 of 10001
hip deep in pie

OMG, another Sartorialist pic of Hammer pants!

[link]

Once again, this is in Russia. I went back to the other post of Hammer pants, and the comments were mostly positive. I fear for society.


Sparky1 - Oct 31, 2008 5:34:15 am PDT #7631 of 10001
Librarian Warlord

Dear Consumers:

Please do not spend your precious dollars on Hammer pants!

Kthxbye, Me.