I have to say this here so that I do not say it to my friend's business partner.
Camille Paglia may not be conservative by any means, but she is by all means, as Molly Ivins once said, an asshole.
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
Daisy Jane - Mar 13, 2009 11:28:00 am PDT #10675 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Hil R. - Mar 13, 2009 11:33:51 am PDT #10676 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
From Nora's link:
The results of the survey, conducted by the Boston Public Health Commission across the city and equally among boys and girls, are startling for local health workers who see a generation of youths who seem to have grown accustomed, even insensitive, to domestic violence.
That "generation of youths" phrasing reads oddly to me. Are today's youth more accustomed to domestic violence than previous generations? There's probably no good way to measure it, but from what I've read and seen, it seems like domestic violence used to be treated much more casually than it is now. Like, I can't imagine "To the moon, Alice!" being played for laughs on a sitcom now, and I was just reading that in the late 1800s, the slang "Irish beauty" meant a woman with two black eyes -- aside from the slur on the Irish, it seems like a really casual attitude toward domestic violence. There's certainly a long way to go, but framing this as a "youth" problem seems problematic.
Steph L. - Mar 13, 2009 11:37:53 am PDT #10677 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Two Lumps amuses me today.
Thanks to Two Lumps, I've started referring to the cats' food as "gooshyfood."
Atropa - Mar 13, 2009 11:45:30 am PDT #10678 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
t tangent time!
So, if I were to record some 2-3 minute videos about Things To Know About Goths, what should some of the topics be? These videos would be used to promote the GCS book. (This is at the suggestion of my marketing person, and sweet zombie Jesus, I have a MARKETING PERSON OH MY GOD.)
t /tangent time! t however, not closing the invisible-but-there freak-out tag, sorry
Connie Neil - Mar 13, 2009 11:47:47 am PDT #10679 of 30000
brillig
Thanks to Two Lumps, I've started referring to the cats' food as "gooshyfood."
The term gooshy food was used in a Daily Kos diary talking about cats, or pooties, as the parlance has it over there.
It amuses me to track the currents of pop usage.
Connie Neil - Mar 13, 2009 11:48:47 am PDT #10680 of 30000
brillig
what should some of the topics be?
1. I am not a Satanist.
2. I am not cutting myself.
3. I am not going to shoot up the school.
4. I can find you great deals on cool clothing.
Daisy Jane - Mar 13, 2009 11:49:42 am PDT #10681 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Mos def the "Goths are not cutters/suicidal/Satan worshipper/depressed (I mean, I suppose they can be, but no more so than anyone else)/serial killers in waiting" thing
Connie Neil - Mar 13, 2009 11:53:02 am PDT #10682 of 30000
brillig
Jilli's going to be on the Today show or Regis, I know it.
Dana - Mar 13, 2009 12:52:57 pm PDT #10683 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I don't need a piano, even if someone's selling one on craigslist, right?
Sheryl - Mar 13, 2009 12:58:13 pm PDT #10684 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Congrats sara!