It's good to have cargo. Makes us a target for every other scavenger out there, though, but sometimes that's fun too.

Mal ,'Shindig'


Natter 62: The 62nd Natter  

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 - Nov 17, 2008 12:12:39 pm PST #1838 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

tommy's a penmanship freak.


tommyrot - Nov 17, 2008 12:19:41 pm PST #1839 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

tommy's a penmanship freak.

Pretty much. Which is why I type everything.

eta: I blame the fact that they got rid of corporal punishment before I started first grade. If they had been whacking my wrists with rulers, I bet I'd be making my zeros and Os correctly to this day....


Sheryl - Nov 17, 2008 12:23:10 pm PST #1840 of 10002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

My deepest sympathies, Beverly and Matt.


tommyrot - Nov 17, 2008 12:37:40 pm PST #1841 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Oh my. Is it OK to say that the Pope sucks? (Or is "sucks" too gay?)

From the LA Times: Pope's new edict on the priesthood

The Vatican recently issued a statement re-emphasizing that even chaste gay men are to be barred from the priesthood. Never mind that large numbers of gay priests -- estimates range from 25% to 50% -- already serve the faithful, with most adhering to their vow of celibacy.

"Guidelines for the Use of Psychology in the Admission and Formation of Candidates for the Priesthood," released Oct. 30 by the Vatican's Congregation for Catholic Education, not only reiterates the teaching that men with "deep-seated" homosexual tendencies are unworthy of ordination, it also urges seminaries to enlist the aid of psychologists in screening candidates for homosexuality and other "psychic disturbances."

(Emphasis mine.)

Sullivan comments:

It seems to me that the Los Angeles Times is correct in noting that no APA credited psychologist should ethically cooperate with this kind of bigotry and psychological illiteracy. Apart from a tiny fringe, American pscyhologists have not viewed homosexuality as a "disturbance" or indeed in any way a problem. Neither, of course, did Freud.

Back To The 1950s


shrift - Nov 17, 2008 1:28:54 pm PST #1842 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

The puppies are having a cage match. I'm tuning in to see what they'll destroy next!


Lee - Nov 17, 2008 1:38:43 pm PST #1843 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

One of them pooped in their bed earlier.

That wasn't as much fun.


Atropa - Nov 17, 2008 1:38:47 pm PST #1844 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Hey, does anyone know how accurate the size chart for the Lauren brand by Ralph Lauren runs? Becaue I found a perfect-for-me jacket on eBay, but the RL size charts tell me I'm 1.5" out of luck.


Glamcookie - Nov 17, 2008 2:04:19 pm PST #1845 of 10002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

Somebody just mentioned "social capital" in their presentation (I'm in [boring-ass] class). Totally thought of you Buffistae.


tommyrot - Nov 17, 2008 2:55:44 pm PST #1846 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Did y'all know that Newt Gingrich doesn't think Sarah Palin should be the leader of the GOP? Maybe because he thinks he should be. Anyway, here's a quote from ol' Newt:

"I think there is a gay and secular fascism in this country that wants to impose its will on the rest of us, is prepared to use violence, to use harassment. I think it is prepared to use the government if it can get control of it. I think that it is a very dangerous threat to anybody who believes in traditional religion," - Newt Gingrich, referring to the 18,000 married couples just forced apart after a Mormon-funded campaign against equal rights in California.

[link]

eta: Quick, someone take Newt's social capital away!


Jesse - Nov 17, 2008 3:01:58 pm PST #1847 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

"I think there is a gay and secular fascism in this country that wants to impose its will on the rest of us, is prepared to use violence, to use harassment.

Yeah, the riots and violence over the weekend were something, huh? Oh, wait. There was no mass violence associated with the prostests, was there?