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.
Nobody can tell Marmaduke what to do. That's my kind of dog.
Trick ,'First Date'
Coffee On My Monitor Again
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JenP - Jul 13, 2010 9:38:27 pm PDT #471 of 1328
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.
Vortex - Jul 20, 2010 6:37:02 pm PDT #477 of 1328
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
ita: Currently I can't get to google.com. It's blocked on "sex" grounds. Halloo?
Burrell: Maybe you misspelled it "goolie"?
Jessica - Jul 22, 2010 7:59:11 am PDT #478 of 1328
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Nattery goodness:
Kat: Wondering what to do with your placenta? Howabout making a cuddly teddy bear out of it? Or, artwork. or print a tshirt. [link]
Aims: SHE MADE A BEAR?!?!? UNDO IT!! UNDO IT!!
Trudy Booth - Jul 22, 2010 10:06:19 am PDT #479 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
Calli: My parents planted trees for my sister and me, but I don't think placentas were involved. Just blue spruce. I don't hate the thought of burying a placenta--you can compost just about anything organic. But it seems like one more thing to keep track of for a new parent. What with feeding and diapering and juggling helpful (or "helpful") relatives, who wants to bother tracking down a shovel and a sapling?
Trudy Booth - Jul 29, 2010 4:03:21 am PDT #480 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
Sophia Brooks: I just have to say this because I cannot yell at my cow-orker-- Punk existed in the 70's!!!!!!!!!
Tom Scola: It was all steam-powered way back then, but yeah.
billytea: Wait, that was steampunk? No wonder I find musical culture so confusing.
It does at least explain the Sex Pistols' album, "Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Velocipedes".