Zoe: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.

'War Stories'


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.


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]


Dana - Nov 26, 2008 8:48:04 am PST #3402 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Calgary.