Oh, I get it. You just don't like who did the rescuing, that's all. Wishin' I was your boyfriend what's-his-height. Oh wait, he's run off.

Spike ,'Potential'


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.


Theodosia - Apr 10, 2009 2:28:58 am PDT #14683 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Waffles:

Good reading list, so far as Romantical Pirates is concerned: Victoria Janssen: Researching Pirates


Jesse - Apr 10, 2009 2:47:14 am PDT #14684 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I was thinking the old-tyme pirate thing in our culture is kind of like the old-tyme gangster/bank robber/gunslinger thing. But I'm not really awake enough to really get into it, so you can fill in the rest yourselves.


Tom Scola - Apr 10, 2009 2:51:09 am PDT #14685 of 30000
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.

I've had this exact same fantasy: [link]

It would have made physics class so much easier.


msbelle - Apr 10, 2009 3:00:13 am PDT #14686 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

the complete authoritarian tone of it all it what I hate. done.


flea - Apr 10, 2009 3:23:59 am PDT #14687 of 30000
information libertarian

I love you, Tom Scola.


Theodosia - Apr 10, 2009 3:24:02 am PDT #14688 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Um, er? msbelle, I don't follow. Maybe I need more caffeine?


Tom Scola - Apr 10, 2009 3:28:48 am PDT #14689 of 30000
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.

Somali women flocking to port in hope of marrying pirates


msbelle - Apr 10, 2009 3:30:19 am PDT #14690 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

no worries Theo.

mac and I are heading out for one last errand before getting to the airport. The house is a disaster. I hate leaving it this way. wonder how much I can straighten.

those 2 are unconnected.


Barb - Apr 10, 2009 3:39:28 am PDT #14691 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

I was thinking the old-tyme pirate thing in our culture is kind of like the old-tyme gangster/bank robber/gunslinger thing.

And in both cases, we have Johnny Depp prettifying the myth further. [link]


Aims - Apr 10, 2009 4:04:09 am PDT #14692 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.

HMOG ita and Sue, that commercial is a thing of beauty. I love it and must spread the Good Word.