Isn't the post office closed today?
The stuff I have is going UPS or is already postage-paid, so I can stick it in the outgoing mail at the UPS place and it will go out tomorrow.
Thanks for the reminder, though!
Simon: I, uh... I never-never shot anyone before. Book: I was there, son. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone yet.
'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.
Cashmere - Jan 19, 2009 5:50:45 am PST #1892 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Sue - Jan 19, 2009 5:51:08 am PST #1893 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Hey, it's Blue Monday!
I must admit, I was tempted to call in "sick" rather than deal with all this slush and ice.
Cashmere - Jan 19, 2009 5:53:48 am PST #1894 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Emily - Jan 19, 2009 6:01:28 am PST #1895 of 30000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
It's certainly depressing to me. Asked to give me three things he learned from the class presentations, a student has managed to give me PART of the subject of his OWN presentation. Along the lines of "It goes from here to... someplace."
lisah - Jan 19, 2009 6:12:58 am PST #1896 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Hey, there are some Leverage fans here right? I've skimmed conversation about it in the last few weeks if I'm not mistaken. So, I taped a couple of eps and watched them with my boyfriend this weekend and we weren't really impressed. The eps were the one about rescuing the boy from Bosnia or Serbia, I can't remember which, by pretending to shoot a movie and the one where the infiltrate the mob wedding.
Are those particularly weak episodes? Also, we were wondering if how they got together was explained in the pilot. I was so disappointed because I love the cast.
Amy - Jan 19, 2009 6:15:21 am PST #1897 of 30000
Because books.
Oh, lisah, I'm sorry you don't love it! It's very much Ocean's Eleven meets Robin Hood to me, and I adore the cast.
They get together in the pilot, yes -- Timothy Hutton's character recruits them for one job, which goes a little differently than planned, and then they decide to keep working together.
Tom Scola - Jan 19, 2009 6:17:27 am PST #1898 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Cashmere, did you get the new issue of Blue Monday?
Lee - Jan 19, 2009 6:17:40 am PST #1899 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
we were wondering if how they got together was explained in the pilot. I was so disappointed because I love the cast.
It was explained in the pilot. I don't think those were the strongest eps, but if they really didn't do it for you, this might not be the show for you.
Sheryl - Jan 19, 2009 6:20:50 am PST #1900 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
It's snowing here. I have a purring cat in my lap. If I didn't need to get lunch in a bit I wouldn't leave the house today.(Well, I had a doctor's appointment this morning, and ran some errands after, but I'm done with that)
tommyrot - Jan 19, 2009 6:21:15 am PST #1901 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.
The true history of the Bush years
Now, in this moment before a changing world overwrites our memories of the era, let us pause to salute our constant companion of those years: The Onion. Other histories of the Bush years will doubtless be more factual, but none will ever be truer.
Boing Boing sez:
Over on the Making Light blog, our Teresa Nielsen Hayden's put together the comprehensive list of Onion stories from the Bush presidency -- and since the headline is often the funniest part of an Onion story, this is fine fast reading indeed