Hey ita!
Check out High Kick Girl, and other movies you might want to que up.
Giles, help! He's going to scold me!
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
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.
DavidS - Jan 07, 2009 6:27:21 pm PST #51 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
dcp - Jan 07, 2009 6:27:44 pm PST #52 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Yeah, I've got one example in my file from the 1850s of one son named General Rafe Lastname, his brother is named Colonel Hugh Lastname.
It makes me wonder, would they have continued the pattern if they had had more children?
Did Colonel live a life of despair, knowing that he could never earn a promotion? "Mom always liked you best!"
Ginger - Jan 07, 2009 6:48:01 pm PST #53 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The ones I boggle at are when titles get used as first names.
The guy across the street is named Sirmichael.
Family names I wouldn't visit on a baby:
Benoni (Meaning "child of sorrow" and given to babies whose mother died in childbirth. His did.)
Hepzibeth
Ora Dora
One ancestor was a schoolteacher and named his children Horace, Aurelius, Albert, Serena, Regulus and Livona.
One grandmother was named Estella Marie, but called Dorothy.
§ ita § - Jan 07, 2009 6:51:09 pm PST #54 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ooh, cool, Hec.
javachik - Jan 07, 2009 7:17:40 pm PST #55 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I have ancestors who were dirt poor farmers (pre-civil war) who named their children "One" through "Twelve" and then, because of superstition or whatever, switched to regular (Cassius, Walter) for the next two.
he gets called Moore because he has a brother that goes by Les.
BWAH!!
And Meara, that reminds me of Michael Jackson calling his son "Prince".
And guess what? I am leaving the office, hitting the grocery store and watching the season premiere of "Damages"! Yay!
Consuela - Jan 07, 2009 7:20:37 pm PST #56 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I just spent a happy 15 minutes watching a former Buffista speak at TED. How fun was that?
Did we know about that? Maybe we did, but I never got the memo.
meara - Jan 07, 2009 7:38:24 pm PST #57 of 30000
Oh, I was like "Wait, did she speak at TED *again*?" but then I saw it was indeed from a 2007. I think we knew about that. At least, I did...she had posted about it on one or more of her other blogs at the time (LJ? I don't think she posted it on Dress A Day, that doesn't seem right!)
Kathy A - Jan 07, 2009 8:23:05 pm PST #58 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I didn't know she spoke at TED! I've got it bookmarked for later viewing.
I just got my new laptop! Also picked up a new printer, BSG Season 4.0, a copy of Spaced to replace my scratched disc, and 50 blank dvds so I can start using my dvd recorder/VCR combo set that I bought last week. Oh, and now I can finally get my first MP3 player working! (I held off until I got the laptop.)
Lots of toys to play with this week.
Kat - Jan 07, 2009 8:23:06 pm PST #59 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Astrid would be such a cool name! Imagine Grace as Astrid! It would totally be this awesome ethimix.
Speaking of Grace, today's daily picspam: [link]
DavidS - Jan 07, 2009 8:26:04 pm PST #60 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Ooh, cool, Hec.
Face kicking is Go!
I think we all learned that from Billy Jack, but the lesson obtains.
"I'm going to take this foot, and kick you in the face right there. And there's not a damn thing you can do about it."