Nobody can tell Marmaduke what to do. That's my kind of dog.

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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.


sarameg - Nov 21, 2008 5:37:24 pm PST #2835 of 10002

I'll totally come sit with you in the ER. But expect a Face if you refer to me as Ms. BUMTHANG.

Especially since my weightloss has resulted in me being Ms. NOASS. It's disconcerting.


Kat - Nov 21, 2008 5:39:08 pm PST #2836 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Sara, what time does your plane get here again? I'm looking for the email, but I canna find it.


Hil R. - Nov 21, 2008 5:39:31 pm PST #2837 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I got 100% on the quiz, but one or two of them were guesses.


sarameg - Nov 21, 2008 5:42:17 pm PST #2838 of 10002

8:40, SW1388. I just forwarded you the email. Your cells still the same as last year?


Cashmere - Nov 21, 2008 5:45:32 pm PST #2839 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.

I missed three. I can live with that.


§ ita § - Nov 21, 2008 5:48:46 pm PST #2840 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I knew the answer to the first question and decided to back off while I was running 100%. Bouncing around means I wouldn't pass that test for any government. I have no root. Roots. I mean roots.


§ ita § - Nov 21, 2008 6:18:24 pm PST #2841 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

By the way, miss sara, I think you'd make an excellent ER companion. Now I'm tempted to call.


Hil R. - Nov 21, 2008 6:20:54 pm PST #2842 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Sigh. The Obamas picked Sidwell Friends for their daughters' school, and quite a few parts of the internet are going crazy with calling them hypocrites. (Also, amusingly, calling the school "pretentious," which I think is the first time I've ever seen that word applied to Quakers.)


Consuela - Nov 21, 2008 6:22:42 pm PST #2843 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Why is it hypocritical?

Also, isn't that where Chelsea went?


Hil R. - Nov 21, 2008 6:26:47 pm PST #2844 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Hypocritical because a president who says he supports public education should be sending his kids to public school, according to these people. And yes, Chelsea Clinton went there. As did Tricia Nixon (before her father became president), and FDR's kids.

Sending the kids to DC public schools would be ridiculous, for security reasons alone. Also, the DC public school system administration is currently in the process of imploding.

edit: And, yes, Sidwell is incredibly expensive, and does have a lot of kids of the powerful. Which is making some people cry "elitist."