I am a large, semi-muscular man. I can take it. Don't hide behind Mal 'cause you know he'll shoot it down for you. Tell me.

Wash ,'War Stories'


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.


Jessica - Apr 20, 2009 8:43:13 am PDT #16009 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I am indifferent to your suffering.

Noooooooooooo! Curse you, rapid-fire social networking software! Cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurse youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!


Ginger - Apr 20, 2009 8:47:06 am PDT #16010 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Breakfast is our easiest meal out as everyone is pleasant at 7:00 AM.

I am only pleasant at 7 a.m. if I'm asleep.


Gudanov - Apr 20, 2009 8:47:52 am PDT #16011 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

We have survived rock and roll, tv, dungeons & dragons, video games, big hair, legalized abortion, and Internet porn without turning into a country of amoral psychopaths. I don't think social networking is going to do it either.


Laga - Apr 20, 2009 9:07:06 am PDT #16012 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I love eating brunch but working it is a pain.


Burrell - Apr 20, 2009 9:39:18 am PDT #16013 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I love breakfast food any time of day, so brunch is made of win in my book.

Rapid-fire TV news bulletins or getting updates via social-networking tools such as Twitter could numb our sense of morality and make us indifferent to human suffering, scientists say.

NSM with the Twitter but the argument that overstimulation and too much information too fast numbs our sense of empathy resurfaces on a fairly regular basis. And while I agree it sounds inane to level it WRT Twitter, I have to admit that I was surprised to find myself agreeing with the basic premise when one of my classes was discussing the use of torture in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, and most of the class felt that stress positions, sleep deprivation, the undressing and humiliation of prisoners, even waterboarding, weren't really torture because they can see worse things depicted in any number of main stream movies, like the Saw series.


erikaj - Apr 20, 2009 9:53:43 am PDT #16014 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-

I would get on swearing.com and let my inner homicide detective run free...David Simon wrote that homicide detectives will one day have a new language composed of two profanities. Brunch: Haven't really done this since I was a kid. buffets: Awkward for me due to the chair thing.


msbelle - Apr 20, 2009 9:56:34 am PDT #16015 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

omg Bloomberg inc, I hate you and your million and one half bills. Also? do not email one day about a late bill, send a new copy of the late bill AND THEN cut off service 2 days later without telling me that was the plan. payment turn around is more than 2 days, even on a fast track. grrr.


Jessica - Apr 20, 2009 10:06:11 am PDT #16016 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

People, if you don't start posting more I will be forced to browse eBay, and that may not end well.


Hil R. - Apr 20, 2009 10:07:06 am PDT #16017 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Medical paperwork is a pain. I just opened ten envelopes from my insurance company and various doctors, and exactly three of them contained something that I had to do something with. The rest were all "This is to acknowledge receipt of your recently submitted claim" or something like that. And, my personal favorite, an envelope containing two sheets of paper apologizing for having sent me the same bill twice.


Gudanov - Apr 20, 2009 10:09:56 am PDT #16018 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

Medical insurance companies are just doing their bit to stop global warming by sequestering excess carbon into paperwork.