Just call me the computer whisperer.

Willow ,'Lessons'


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.


shrift - May 27, 2009 8:23:24 am PDT #21397 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

When I go to the doctor this afternoon, I need to ask if he can test for strep throat. Bah.

But first, I shall have sushi.


Jesse - May 27, 2009 8:23:39 am PDT #21398 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

On principle, I could start going by Yay-see Air-gare, Stephen Colbert-style.


megan walker - May 27, 2009 8:28:41 am PDT #21399 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

m'GAHN walKAIR?

Hah, considering Renault's line of cars, that's not such a hot idea: [link]


megan walker - May 27, 2009 8:33:16 am PDT #21400 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

megan - I fear I will never be able to address you again.

The French wouldn't be too bad, Hec manages. Growing up, I don't think I ever heard anyone, including my father, pronounce my mom's name correctly.

The Polish would be the real sticking point. When I was in academia I thought about insisting on it, but I lived for too long with it the "American" way.


Lee - May 27, 2009 8:38:47 am PDT #21401 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I am suddenly very proud I have not Americanized my name.

Tino must have decided to give me a pass for the day, because things are working out better for me today. Perkins seems pretty much back to normal, and the vet said she didn't see any reason why Jezzie Sophie couldn't come back in a couple of weeks.


Jesse - May 27, 2009 8:45:11 am PDT #21402 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I am suddenly very proud I have not Americanized my name.

Your name is already Americanized! I mean, isn't it German?


Lee - May 27, 2009 8:49:36 am PDT #21403 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

But we pronounce it the German way.


Jesse - May 27, 2009 8:50:02 am PDT #21404 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

German = American, is what I'm saying.


DavidS - May 27, 2009 8:50:48 am PDT #21405 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Your name is already Americanized! I mean, isn't it German?

It's true. Germans are the dominant American ethnicity by numbers. Hence, we are the default and everybody else is an outlier who should conform to our krautmaking, spaetzel-eating, word-conjoining ways.

Also, we like to conquer the world periodically. Or more accurately, we like to try.


Cashmere - May 27, 2009 8:50:55 am PDT #21406 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.

msbelle, thanks for the socks! We seriously needed them because Owen refuses to go barefoot even outside and he tends to go through socks very quickly.

We also met a friend of my sister's and their adopted baby boy from Ethiopia. That baby made my ovaries ache, he resets the scale on adorable.