In Bitches.

Steph L.

I just hadn't been to the gym in over 6 weeks thanks to the 18th-century lung disease, and I really got out of the habit of fueling up properly. Plus, I think I thought that a slow walk (seriously, it was about a 22- to 24-minute mile, and I only walked a half-mile) wouldn't require all that much from me.

Clearly I my brain was addled, no doubt from the lack of protein....

DavidS

You know what's full of protein? Brains.

You know who never passes out at the gym? Zombies.

Draw your own conclusions.

Ginger

Yeah, but they fall off the treadmill a lot.

tommyrot

And occasionally they get their intestines caught up in the exercise bike.

Erin

And trying to clean up after them when they're done with the weight machines?

A literal nightmare.

Steph L.

Plus overzealous (non-zombie) gym rats are always shooting them in the head, and that's just loud and annoying when I'm trying to watch cable TV.

In Natter:

Hil R.: So, criticism of Sarah Palin isn't just "blood libel." It's also "simply the latest round of an ongoing pogrom against conservative thinkers." [link]

Erin: Sarah Palin is a Russian Jew? She can see her family from her house!

In Natter.

ita: Apparently there was a furry in outfit at the trans Hasidic wedding.

Frankenbuddha: I think you just won at some form of bingo.

Musings in the Music thread.

DavidS: And frankly, there was nothing atrocious in his behavior. He wasn't punching ducklings in the face.

Frankenbuddha: Hey! Some ducklings deserve it.

DavidS: To be fair, that duckling was looking shifty.

In Natter, city denizens get defensive:

lisah: Baltimore? Rude?? Are you kidding me? Even the junkie prostitutes call you 'hon!'

Shir, in Bitches.

But yet, mornings are the cruelest month.

Best LOTR-themed conversation we've had in months:

ita: If your username contains "smeagol" you really shouldn't be surprised to learn Aragorn was in his 80s during LotR

Steph: Dang, dude looks pretty good for being an oldster.

ita: He's Dunedain, originally descended from elf-hybrid.

billytea: You can tell he's a hybrid, he's environmentally friendly and gets great mileage.

Tom Scola: I like my porn to look like fashion photography more than I like fashion photography to look like porn.

In Natter, Liese S.

I can't find my teeny tiny screwdriver. OMG, what kind of a geek am I? That's like not knowing where my uv light is. OMG! Where's my UV light?

In Bitches, Theodosia made me chortle with this:

It sounds like Abney Park is the living example of "Steampunk is when Goth discovers brown."