Gavin, ask yourself this question. What are you more afraid of, a giant murderous demon or me?

Lilah ,'Destiny'


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.


Trudy Booth - Jul 02, 2009 5:19:26 am PDT #27003 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 God is a big-ass chipmunk that would RAWK.

Growing up in New Jersey clearly warped me as a driver. I think jughandles are perfectly normal and I still get jumpy when I have to pump my own gas.


Amy - Jul 02, 2009 5:21:13 am PDT #27004 of 30000
Because books.

Growing up in New Jersey warped me as a driver. I think jughandles are perfectly normal and I still get jumpy when I have to pump my own gas.

Pumping your own gas is just wrong. ::nods::


Calli - Jul 02, 2009 5:33:32 am PDT #27005 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I came into the office today, determined that I would Get Things Done. Then I found that the Things I wanted to Do required input from people who decided that a 3-day weekend would be improved by becoming a 4-day weekend.

That sound you hear is my carefully built-up motivation trickling away.


billytea - Jul 02, 2009 5:35:25 am PDT #27006 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

That sound you hear is my carefully built-up motivation trickling away.

Calli! Did you know that your trickling motivation sounds surprisingly similar to a crying baby who's pooped his pants?


Polter-Cow - Jul 02, 2009 5:40:28 am PDT #27007 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Happy birthday, Frank!


Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jul 02, 2009 5:43:36 am PDT #27008 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"

It is so beautifully sunny here! I've been out drinking lime and soda on the terrace of the student union (where, it being summer, there was actually space to sit) with a friend. Blissful.

Pumping your own gas is just wrong.

It's standard here. Because I need help, I have to buy a transmitter that requests service remotely. And then it never works. Hmph.

Just one more reason I need to move to the States...


Hil R. - Jul 02, 2009 5:44:49 am PDT #27009 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Growing up in New Jersey clearly warped me as a driver. I think jughandles are perfectly normal and I still get jumpy when I have to pump my own gas.

I've pumped my own gas exactly once. And I somehow screwed it up, so that it filled the tank but didn't record how much gas it pumped out, and thus how much money I owed. (Well, how much money Zipcar owed.)


Hil R. - Jul 02, 2009 5:46:24 am PDT #27010 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

It's standard here. Because I need help, I have to buy a transmitter that requests service remotely. And then it never works. Hmph.

Just one more reason I need to move to the States...

Well, only one state. New Jersey law says that customers can't pump their own gas. I think maybe Oregon, too?


amych - Jul 02, 2009 5:46:43 am PDT #27011 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Just one more reason I need to move to the States...

While we'd love (LOVE!!) to have you, don't decide on the basis of full-service gas. Self service is standard everywhere except New Jersey, where for strange historical and political reasons, pumping your own is not only not the norm but actually illegal. Ah, federalism.


msbelle - Jul 02, 2009 5:46:47 am PDT #27012 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Hil, doesn't sound like you screwed it up, sounds like a broken computer on the pump.

I stole the motivation, sorry - Just cranked out 3 invoices and dealt with 3 more emails.