Buffy. When I saw you stop the world from, you know, ending, I just assumed that was a big week for you. Turns out I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of 'apocalypse.'

Riley ,'Potential'


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.


DavidS - Dec 23, 2008 10:14:37 am PST #7681 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

The space station episode of NewsRadio was one of the all time WTF gambits in sitcom history.

Do you know your emotions? The Elevation to Disgust spectrum.

Sorry to be all Slate dump-y. But you should all check out the Pervert's Grand Tour of Europe too. (This section is actually only about Venice and Casanova but it's very interesting.)


P.M. Marc - Dec 23, 2008 10:28:11 am PST #7682 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

The space station episode of NewsRadio was one of the all time WTF gambits in sitcom history.

The news report! The news report about the attack on the empire! SO FUCKING FUNNY.


Allyson - Dec 23, 2008 10:40:39 am PST #7683 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Salon's piece on the epic fail of the publishing industry just scared the bejeesus out of me.

I'm spending my xmas vacation time rewriting. Why? It's weighing heavy on my pipe-dream of becoming a best-selling author before I die.


Barb - Dec 23, 2008 10:53:39 am PST #7684 of 10002
“Not dead yet!”

Salon's piece on the epic fail of the publishing industry just scared the bejeesus out of me.

Eh, it was okay. Had some interesting points, but there's a lot of utter bullshit in there, like this:

"A lot of good writers will be losing their editors, and loyalty is very important in this field."

Loyalty means dick in this field. The minute a writer becomes extraneous or doesn't fit the model the imprint wishes to follow, they're shown the door. The same holds true for editors and publishers. Everyone is expendable.


tommyrot - Dec 23, 2008 11:34:16 am PST #7685 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.

I forget - does Hello Kitty go here, or in Bitches?

Hello Kitty Robot ( Pre Order)

Hello Kitty had release this fabulous Hello Kitty Robo. This robot can communicate with your using the Hello Kitty's voice. It can chat with you in 3 different situations: 1 As a close friend; 2 With the family; 3 Guessing game. This is a perfect robot for whoever does not have a lot time to stay with child. Hello Kitty Robo can help you to stay with your child to keep them from being lonely.

Emphasis mine.


sumi - Dec 23, 2008 12:01:47 pm PST #7686 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!

What does Hello Kitty's voice sound like?

I didn't know that Hello Kitty had a voice.


amych - Dec 23, 2008 12:03:29 pm PST #7687 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Heck, I didn't know she had a mouth.


Connie Neil - Dec 23, 2008 12:06:39 pm PST #7688 of 10002
brillig

What else doesn't she have? Who is she working for??!!

Sorry, I'll never get over my Hello Kitty dread.


billytea - Dec 23, 2008 1:13:49 pm PST #7689 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

I've only ever known it as cilantro. And actually didn't know it existed as a dried ingredient until I went to college.

It's an American thing. In Australia, for instance, there's fresh coriander, dried coriander, chopped coriander, ground coriander, coriander seeds, but it's all coriander.

FTR, it's just the leaves I can't stand. No problem with the seeds.


SailAweigh - Dec 23, 2008 1:21:00 pm PST #7690 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

My brother's the same way, bt. He can deal with coriander, but after a bad experience with too much cilantro in a soup that made him ill, he won't touch the leaf anymore.