What? She killed 'em with mathematics. What else could it have been?

Jayne ,'Objects In Space'


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.


Amy - May 19, 2009 6:36:57 pm PDT #20296 of 30000
Because books.

I hated the Glee pilot with a smoldering passion

I'd say they were more composites, and for the purposes of a pilot it did help differentiate a pretty big cast. I also think stuff like the glee club teacher's wife not being a career woman was not what I would have expected.

But I loved it. I think they'll develop over time.


§ ita § - May 19, 2009 6:37:13 pm PDT #20297 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Ha! They just showed a trailer for Raising The Bar and they've cut Gosselaar's nasty hair.


P.M. Marc - May 19, 2009 7:34:56 pm PDT #20298 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Oh is THAT who it is in those billboards.

I thought he looked familiar.


DavidS - May 19, 2009 7:48:28 pm PDT #20299 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Totally Beast Mode

Yeah it was!

It was a holy shit roller coaster is what it was.

He hit the first grand slam in the top of the fifth inning and it gave us a six run lead. He pitched the bottom of the fifth and they hit him hard and scored five runs. It was a 9-8 game and he was in danger of losing the game in which he had a grand slam. He looked totally shaken when he came off the mound.

Then he came up in the top of the sixth and hit the second grand slam. He pitched the bottom of the sixth, got two outs immediately and then the defense committed two errors behind him. That and a hit loaded the bases for Jack - Emmett's close friend and the best home run hitter in the league.

Emmett struck him out to end the game. (Jack struck out looking on a borderline pitch, but clearly the ump thought we'd had enough baseball.)

I told Emmett I was most proud of him for willingly going out to pitch the bottom of the sixth (I was out of pitchers at that point too).

The first grand slam was an absolute rocket, an opposite field line drive that cleared a thirty foot fence. It's really hard to hit the ball over the high fence that way with opposite field power. The second was a towering shot to straight away center.


§ ita § - May 19, 2009 8:37:05 pm PDT #20300 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Has anyone ever used one of these? I dunno--I just figured if someone could amp water that magically someone would have told me before now. I feel out of the loop.


Burrell - May 19, 2009 8:45:40 pm PDT #20301 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

ita, DH was telling me something about that system. It seems that it's just a form of home brewed bleach.


§ ita § - May 19, 2009 8:47:57 pm PDT #20302 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

That breaks down into water so no smell and no residue. It sounds magical.


Burrell - May 19, 2009 8:52:45 pm PDT #20303 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Except for that part of me that keeps wondering how safe it is to clean things with ozone. Isn't ozone not so good to breathe?


§ ita § - May 19, 2009 9:05:41 pm PDT #20304 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Maybe it breaks down without getting into the air.


meara - May 19, 2009 9:24:00 pm PDT #20305 of 30000

What's the point of being a one person corporation past tax savings?

I looked into it when I was taking my current job--a lot of people who work in what I do are contractors rather than employees--you end up making more money, usually, since with all the travel, getting paid by the hour (contractor) instead of salaried (employee) adds up. But I decided I'd rather have the insurance and some reliability.

But I did look into it, and becoming an LLC (as opposed to a fancier kind of corporation) didn't look hugely complicated. But I also didn't want to deal with the tax and accounting issues, on top of everything else.