Fred: It's the pictures in my mind that are getting me. It's like being stuck in a really bad movie with those Clockwork Orange clampy things on my eyeballs. Wesley: Why imagine? Reality's disturbing enough.

'Shells'


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.


Tom Scola - Nov 26, 2008 7:26:49 am PST #3392 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

now with portions that make sense for the humans!

So you're not inviting any Lizard People, then?


megan walker - Nov 26, 2008 7:31:29 am PST #3393 of 10002
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

So you're not inviting any Lizard People, then?

That's what the allspice is for. Upon eating, it reveals them. Like those brownies on Angel.


tommyrot - Nov 26, 2008 7:40:07 am PST #3394 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.

Ahh, the race of lizard-men conspiracy theory. I had thought it was a Hitchhiker's reference.

The Wonkette post for this has a picture of Sleestaks: ‘Lizard People’ Voter Revealed!

By coincidence, my iPod is randomly playing Robyn Hitchcock's "The Lizard."

eta: Comment on Wonkette:

Lizard People promises a warm rock to bask on for every American.

eta²: another comment:

Haha, Nate Silver, you and your fancy regression analysis didn’t figure on Teh Lizard Peoples, did you?


Laga - Nov 26, 2008 7:47:45 am PST #3395 of 10002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

People keep saying he voted for Franken and Lizard People. The earlier linked article showed a copy of his balliot and although Lizard People is written in, the check box was left blank.


Barb - Nov 26, 2008 7:56:02 am PST #3396 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”

Y'know, this is the sort of thing that just leaves me shaking my head and saying WTF?

Fiction: General/Other
Mathias Enard's ZONE, A 500-page, single-sentence French novel, with Charlotte Mandell translating, to Open Letter, for publication in summer 2010, by Actes Sud.


Kathy A - Nov 26, 2008 8:04:02 am PST #3397 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

This is the luckiest 19 year old having the birthday of his life. (On the Price Is Right--don't forget to spay and neuter your pets!)


megan walker - Nov 26, 2008 8:11:32 am PST #3398 of 10002
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Happy Birthday, DJ!!!


DavidS - Nov 26, 2008 8:38:35 am PST #3399 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Happy birthday, Daisy Jane! I hope your birthday is fanfuckingtastic.


Dana - Nov 26, 2008 8:40:28 am PST #3400 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Anyone know a good place on the web that will let me order flowers here and deliver them in Canada?


juliana - Nov 26, 2008 8:45:35 am PST #3401 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Dana, where in Canada? I have a florist that I regularly use in Vancouver, and then there's Canada Roses: [link]