On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!

Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'


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 - May 05, 2009 7:09:41 am PDT #18027 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

I try to avoid the HFCS loaded regular coke, but I've got a cold and there something about a regular coke that just feels good on my throat.

Sadly, I just, um, fell off my bike on the way to work and scraped up my knee, elbow and hand something fierce. I tried to brake, look over my shoulder, and turn all at the same time and have learned that multitasking on a bicycle is NOT ON.

That sounds seriously NOT FUN. Sorry you got all scrapped up.


Trudy Booth - May 05, 2009 7:13:00 am PDT #18028 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Scrappy, this place is 110 years old and so not chic. It's awesome. You know how your heels feel after a pedicure? That's what can happen to your whole body.

Sorry to hear about the scrapes, but at least you'll have really cool scabs. (It always makes me feel young when I have great big scabs.)


Trudy Booth - May 05, 2009 7:13:48 am PDT #18029 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

I try to avoid the HFCS loaded regular coke, but I've got a cold and there something about a regular coke that just feels good on my throat

Can you get Mexican, Canadian, or Kosher for Passover Coke? All have beautiful beautiful sugar.


tommyrot - May 05, 2009 7:14:14 am PDT #18030 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.

Little Drummer Cat (video)


Gudanov - May 05, 2009 7:16:52 am PDT #18031 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

Can you get Mexican, Canadian, or Kosher for Passover Coke? All have beautiful beautiful sugar.

Probably, but I can walk down to the break room and get a free one rather than having to go and get one. If they are tastier than HFCS Coke that might do me more harm than good in the long run though.


Jesse - May 05, 2009 7:22:41 am PDT #18032 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ouch, Scrappy!


tommyrot - May 05, 2009 7:25:20 am PDT #18033 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.

Poets Ranked by Beard Weight

A little-known leaflet by Upton Uxbridge Underwood circulated in 1913 judges men in a different way, not by their works, but by their fabulous facial hair.

His masterpiece, The Language of the Beard, an epicurean treat confected for the delectation of fellow bon vivants, vaunts the premise that the texture, contours, and growth patterns of a man’s beard indicate personality traits, aptitudes, and strengths and weaknesses of character. A spade beard, according to Underwood’s theories, may denote audacity and resolution, for example, while a forked, finely-downed beard signifies creativity and the gift of intuition, a bushy beard suggests generosity, and so on.

See 15 poets and their beards described and rated. Pictured is the highly-rated beard of Sidney Lanier.


Trudy Booth - May 05, 2009 7:29:11 am PDT #18034 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

If they are tastier than HFCS Coke that might do me more harm than good in the long run though.

This is probably true.


Amy - May 05, 2009 7:37:29 am PDT #18035 of 30000
Because books.

Can you get Mexican, Canadian, or Kosher for Passover Coke? All have beautiful beautiful sugar.

So is the new Pepsi Throwback. It tastes like good fountain soda.

We had some of the Kosher for Passover Coke at Easter, and god, was it sweet. The boys all loved it, but as someone who switched to diet a long time ago, it tasted like that coke syrup I used to get as a kid sometimes when my stomach was upset.


Trudy Booth - May 05, 2009 8:14:06 am PDT #18036 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

I forgot to stock up on my Kosher for Passover Coke this year. Total bummer.

I cannot wait to try that Pepsi.