Lorne: My little prince. Oh…what did they do to you? Angel: Nina…tried to…eat me. Lorne: Oh, you're--medic! You're gonna make it Angel. Just don't stop fighting. Doctor! Is there a Gepetto in the house?

'Smile Time'


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.


Gudanov - Apr 27, 2009 12:01:04 pm PDT #16989 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

I don't think I'd wait a week with a fever over 102, but I haven't had a fever in decades.

I wouldn't wait for half that time.

I just realized I have no idea what I'm going to cook for dinner tonight and I can't think of anything we have to cook. It might be a pull-out-the-emergency-tuna-helper night.


tommyrot - Apr 27, 2009 12:29:51 pm PDT #16990 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

This is just sad:

The Irony of Satire

This study investigated biased message processing of political satire in The Colbert Report and the influence of political ideology on perceptions of Stephen Colbert. Results indicate that political ideology influences biased processing of ambiguous political messages and source in late-night comedy. Using data from an experiment (N = 332), we found that individual-level political ideology significantly predicted perceptions of Colbert's political ideology. Additionally, there was no significant difference between the groups in thinking Colbert was funny, but conservatives were more likely to report that Colbert only pretends to be joking and genuinely meant what he said while liberals were more likely to report that Colbert used satire and was not serious when offering political statements. Conservatism also significantly predicted perceptions that Colbert disliked liberalism. Finally, a post hoc analysis revealed that perceptions of Colbert's political opinions fully mediated the relationship between political ideology and individual-level opinion.

Unfortunately, only this abstract is available for free, so we don't know, say, what percentage of conservatives don't realize Colbert is satire....


beth b - Apr 27, 2009 12:34:35 pm PDT #16991 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

I have, it broke the day I went to the doctor. and my doctor said it was fine, because there wasn't much else going on. She said fevers last longer in adults, and since 101 is where an adult is considered having a fever, 102 isn't high. But -- just because I did something, it doesn't mean it is what everyone should do . Just means I knew how sick I was. I've been much sicker than that with no fever. Hello bronchitis


sumi - Apr 27, 2009 1:02:53 pm PDT #16992 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!

Jim Beaver posted on his fb that he heard that HI is moving to Saturdays.


beth b - Apr 27, 2009 1:06:40 pm PDT #16993 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

I read a bunch of the comments in the newspaper about the new flu. Now , I expected the crazy m racist, political , and stupid. It does make me wonder how bad you have to be for the people at sfgate to take your comment off.


DavidS - Apr 27, 2009 1:12:27 pm PDT #16994 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Did everybody notice that the Google front page is in Morse Code?


sarameg - Apr 27, 2009 1:47:18 pm PDT #16995 of 30000

I have complimentary dialup. It's a bitch to get the right number to call (I had to call 4 different ones) but at least I have some semblance of internets.


tommyrot - Apr 27, 2009 1:50:10 pm PDT #16996 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

"Complimentary dialup" almost sounds like a contradiction in terms.


Typo Boy - Apr 27, 2009 1:54:57 pm PDT #16997 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Not a contradiction. If it is a free call, and they don't charge for using it, the it is indeed "complimentary" - i.e. free, though slow.


sarameg - Apr 27, 2009 2:04:35 pm PDT #16998 of 30000

It's either that or no internet. So.