I hate to break it to you, oh impotent one, but you're not the big bad anymore, you're not even the kind of naughty.

Xander ,'Showtime'


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.


Emily - Mar 09, 2009 8:57:25 am PDT #9742 of 30000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Speaking of the Grand Canyon, what's near enough by it to combine into a vacation for non-outdoorsy types, aside from Las Vegas?

There's lots of stuff in Arizona alone -- Desert Museum in Tucson, Petrified Forest, Devil's Canyon, and just driving through the landscape. I LOVE Arizona.


Nora Deirdre - Mar 09, 2009 8:57:32 am PDT #9743 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

I had a salad for lunch but will have a mozzarella-tomato-prosciutto sandwich for dinner.


Emily - Mar 09, 2009 9:00:04 am PDT #9744 of 30000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

The official site actually looks pretty good:

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msbelle - Mar 09, 2009 9:06:42 am PDT #9745 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I had a T-day leftover lunch. I made turkey breast with veggies, mashed potatos, and dressing this weekend. I should have made gravy, but it was still yummers.

I may actually accomplish getting 4 months of invoices for a vendor approved for payment. This has been a curse on many of my days.


megan walker - Mar 09, 2009 9:10:22 am PDT #9746 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Paging megan walker! (Who had a long trip through the SW last fall, and had many recommendations.)

Well, my trip was pretty outdoorsy. You could do a non-active, but scenic loop through Zion (the Utah park you can best see without hiking via the great shuttle bus system), Page/Lake Powell, and the Grand Canyon. Monument Valley is gorgeous and more about driving tours than hiking, but it's a bit out of the way if you are flying into Vegas.

But I think I would revert to my first trip to Arizona/New Mexico (a family trip in 6th grade) and suggest doing a loop that would involve Flagstaff (cute town), Sedona/Red Rock country, Jerome (ghostown), and Montezuma's Castle (cliff dwelling). If you pass through Williams, you must have the pie at the Pine Country restaurant (facing the train station with the trains that take you to the Grand Canyon).


erikaj - Mar 09, 2009 9:14:49 am PDT #9747 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!

I think Kay Howard ate at Jimmie's once, Lisah. You have nothing to apologize for on that count. Also, I like turkey clubs.


Steph L. - Mar 09, 2009 9:16:26 am PDT #9748 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Is it one of those fancy city-driving thingamabobs?

It allows me to drive through the toll plaza of the Bay Bridge and then electronically deduct the toll without needing change or to stop.

So imagine a little plastic rectangle velcroed to the left corner of the front windshield that beeps as I shoot through the FasTrak lanes (which are always open on the weekend as tourists don't get the FasTrak and commuters don't want to go back to the city on the weekend).

Also, the readout at the tollbooth says: "Valid Etc" when you go through. We find this mysterious but validating.

It's like an ATM in reverse!


lisah - Mar 09, 2009 9:17:08 am PDT #9749 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

I think Kay Howard ate at Jimmie's once, Lisah.

Oh they were forever going to Jimmie's on Homicide. That's where Bolander had a date with Nurse Hathaway, cellist lady.


§ ita § - Mar 09, 2009 9:17:33 am PDT #9750 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Shanks was both chunkier and smarmier than when playing Daniel Jackson, but I still found him instantly recognisable on Burn Notice.


erikaj - Mar 09, 2009 9:24:27 am PDT #9751 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!

They were surprisingly cute together. Even if I thought she had more spark with the Munchkin and expected them to kiss at Fort MH. (/Homicide geekout)