No, it's shiny! I like to meet new people. They've all got stories...

Kaylee ,'Serenity'


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.


Gudanov - Jul 09, 2009 6:42:21 am PDT #28217 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

Deer are pretty normal in my neighborhood. Not drunk as far as I know.


Kathy A - Jul 09, 2009 6:45:09 am PDT #28218 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Better than the cats that come into the bathroom when you're peeing

...and want to be petted.

A manager at the bookstore told me about the time she and her husband were fostering a feral momma cat and her several kittens. Since they have a loft, the only closed-off room they could keep them in was the only bathroom in the place, so whenever they had to use it, they'd sneak in through the door, do what they had to, then sneak out again, under the baleful eye of MommaCat.

Well, one night, her hub had to make a 2:00 am bathroom call and was half awake standing in front of the toilet when one of the kittens decided to check out the yellow water and leapt towards the source. Laurie said she was woken up to "Oh, shit, don't you d--ooooowwwww!!!" Then she could hear the shower running, and then her hub came up the stairs with a wet kitten wrapped in a towel, bitching at full volume.


Kathy A - Jul 09, 2009 6:45:31 am PDT #28219 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Oh, and I meant to say, "Happy birthday, Sara!!!"


billytea - Jul 09, 2009 6:46:33 am PDT #28220 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.

Deer are pretty normal in my neighborhood. Not drunk as far as I know.

I have no deer in my neighbourhood. I did have a kangaroo turn up on the front lawn of my old house the day we sold it. That was pretty neat.


billytea - Jul 09, 2009 6:47:03 am PDT #28221 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.

Happy birthday, Sara!


Trudy Booth - Jul 09, 2009 7:02:30 am PDT #28222 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

We used to have a mullberry tree and the birds would get so drunk that Mom had to keep the cat inside for a week or two or our back yard would have been an abattoir.


Hil R. - Jul 09, 2009 7:02:47 am PDT #28223 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Ugh. Nice to know they think I should be second class citizen. Oh well, this is why I never talk about religion with family.

And, as usual, just about every one of his examples of America's "Judeo-Christian" heritage is actually just Christian.


Trudy Booth - Jul 09, 2009 7:04:16 am PDT #28224 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

Look, we're not blaming you for the death of our Lord. Just be happy with that.


Frankenbuddha - Jul 09, 2009 7:07:05 am PDT #28225 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Hippo birdies, sara.


Hil R. - Jul 09, 2009 7:09:53 am PDT #28226 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I particularly liked the bit where he mentioned a Supreme Court case that said that the US was a Christian nation with tone and phrasing that clearly said, "See, not just Judeo-Christian, but just Christian! Even better!"