Sox puts it so well, in Natter:
Also, today? Does not deserve to be a Tuesday. It is a Monday-ish style Friday the 13th in a failed steampunk-esque cogs-hotgluegunned-onto-gold-lame charade of the end-times and it can just go away now.
Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.
'Out Of Gas'
Coffee On My Monitor Again
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smonster - Jul 06, 2010 3:52:45 pm PDT #467 of 1328
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Toddson - Jul 07, 2010 10:53:02 am PDT #468 of 1328
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Erin has the final word on Belinda, in Natter:
Belinda is the end product of the Anita Blake stable of were-lovers storyline. You guys Just Don't Understand Love.
Vortex - Jul 09, 2010 8:05:52 am PDT #469 of 1328
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
On my issues with "formal" beach weddings.
ita : There's nothing inherently casual about beaches. It's not their fault people keep showing up mostly naked.
Jesse : I think nature is inherently casual.
Tommyrot : With the exception of penguins.
Typo Boy - Jul 11, 2010 10:07:11 pm PDT #470 of 1328
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Tommyrot in Dr. Who discussion: I mean, how many people can't be with the one they love because if they were, two universes would be destroyed?
Shir:How familiar are you with Jewish families, tommyrot?
JenP - Jul 13, 2010 9:38:27 pm PDT #471 of 1328
Hec: Is there some little useful-but-not-necessary-item that you lack, whose very lack bedevils you to the point of sighing wistfully and saying, "Gee, I really wish I had a [item] ?
Zenkitty: Boyfriend.
Trudy Booth - Jul 14, 2010 10:27:43 am PDT #472 of 1328
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
flea: The NYT has a 3-page obituary of Steinbrenner up already; clearly they knew he was going.
Jessica: For someone that high profile, they've probably had an obit ready for years.
Amy: Some places have "deathwatch books" in various stages of completion, too -- Kensington had a list of people likely to die soonish and every once in a while we'd have to discuss who we should/could preparing a book about.
Good times in the editorial meeting, man. @@
flea: I knew about that, but I wonder how they decide who to include and when? I mean, presumably they don't have an obituary of Bill Clinton written (or do they? he did have that quadruple bypass), but they probably do have Nelson Mandela drafted at least. It took them most of the day yesterday to get Tuli Kupferberg's obit up, although he had a big stroke in April and was pretty clearly dying for a while I gather. (Not that he's as famous as George Steinbrenner, of course.)
Jesse:
I mean, presumably they don't have an obituary of Bill Clinton written
I bet they do. I think it's on prominence, not likelihood of dying.
DebetEsse: There's a formula.
(national prominence x [international prominence/2] x belovedness^2)/number of years the actuaries say the person has left
Trudy Booth - Jul 14, 2010 6:18:58 pm PDT #473 of 1328
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
brenda m: I figure the scar tissue from CC keeps a lot of kids from being hurt by razor blades in halloween candy.
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2010 11:46:41 am PDT #474 of 1328
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Erin in Bitches on voyeurism:
I am usually very interested in learning of people's love of toy boats, but I may not want to watch the regatta.
smonster - Jul 15, 2010 6:05:30 pm PDT #475 of 1328
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
One-upmanship, in Natter.
shrift: If that makes you a horrible person, then I'm the Osama bin Antichrist Hitler wearing a Fred Phelps skin suit.
Calli - Jul 20, 2010 9:23:18 am PDT #476 of 1328
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
About the ongoing growth of the English language:
Steph L.: I went to a Shakespalin place, too.