Everybody plays each other. That's all anybody ever does. We play parts.

Saffron ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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.


Juliebird - Jul 07, 2009 1:42:00 am PDT #27722 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

My laptop, it is alive! ALIVE!!! I spilled an entire glass of ginger ale across the keyboard and killed it ded. Although I guess not All Dead. We'll see how long this lasts. At least until I hook my external hard drive up and clear off the rest of my music and videos and resume.


Jesse - Jul 07, 2009 2:46:38 am PDT #27723 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Glad you got the book, Kat!


Theodosia - Jul 07, 2009 4:48:08 am PDT #27724 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

More fun than PuppyCam? PlinthCam art project in Trafalgar Square! For the next 99 days, they're filming someone on top of the plinth in front of the British museum for an hour at a time.

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Calli - Jul 07, 2009 4:56:40 am PDT #27725 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I hate laundry. I want a laundry elf.

I love laundry. There's maybe 15 minutes of actual work for me per load. I can slounge on the couch, reading fic and listening to the washing machine do its thing, and feel like I'm accomplishing something. Unlike, say, vacuuming or dusting, where I have to actually be doing something throughout the entire process.

My laptop, it is alive! ALIVE!!!

Yay! Good luck with the data recovery.


tommyrot - Jul 07, 2009 4:57:13 am PDT #27726 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.

Why am I just as gronky now as I was Monday morning? It's not fair.

Pro'lly my subconscious going, "The three-day weekend is over! And I've got a five-day week to get through! Waahh!"

Maybe coffee will make my subconscious whine less....


Theodosia - Jul 07, 2009 5:04:49 am PDT #27727 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

I think the current guy on the Plinth is eating his lunch.


Jesse - Jul 07, 2009 5:05:18 am PDT #27728 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

It is clean-up day in my office. So far I'm going through computer files which were "organized" by someone who apparently had no idea what any of them were...


tommyrot - Jul 07, 2009 5:15:11 am PDT #27729 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.

Flags of Forgotten Countries

In recent years, we have seen a number of countries disappear, along with their flags. The Soviet Union came to an end, to be replaced by a multitude of new or revived republics, all with their own flags. Czechoslovakia split into its two component parts, while Yugoslavia splintered, as the individual nationalities all asserted their independence. All this happened very recently, but many states have vanished from the map before over the centuries. Here’s a look at some flags of those long gone - and in many cases forgotten - kingdoms and countries.


SuziQ - Jul 07, 2009 5:17:32 am PDT #27730 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

I am so sore this morning. We did full contact sparing last night - two on one. The one was supposed to use fancy footwork to keep out of the middle and only spar one opponent at a time. Exhausting.


Barb - Jul 07, 2009 5:19:15 am PDT #27731 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

The Soviet Union came to an end, to be replaced by a multitude of new or revived republics, all with their own flags.

Watching Chess a couple of weeks ago, I found myself actually shivering a little when I saw the hammer and sickle flag.