Hey! What do you two think you're doing? Fightin' at a time like this. You'll use up all the air!

Jayne ,'Out Of Gas'


Natter 64: Yes, we still need you  

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.


Jesse - Sep 23, 2009 5:46:18 pm PDT #10494 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I mean, clearly!


tommyrot - Sep 23, 2009 5:47:46 pm PDT #10495 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Well, some people think that the "desire to win" plays a major roll - like, if you try harder than everyone else, you'll win. I mean, there are people who place way too much importance on this....


Hil R. - Sep 23, 2009 5:50:19 pm PDT #10496 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Interesting. This kid is three years old, and they just gave him a mini football and told him to throw it, and he had close to perfect throwing form without anyone telling him how to do it. I think that most kids I've seen that age tend to step forward with the leg on the same side of the body as their throwing arm, if they step at all.


brenda m - Sep 23, 2009 5:52:53 pm PDT #10497 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Well, some people think that the "desire to win" plays a major roll - like, if you try harder than everyone else, you'll win.

Well, there's desire to win, or competitive spirit or whatever. And there's the drive to take what you're given and put in the hard work of training to do it. But it's ridiculous to pretend that those two on their own will get you there. (Or that if you're born with the freaky talent, the drive and training probably come easier as well.)


Lee - Sep 23, 2009 5:56:12 pm PDT #10498 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Hey, if you unfriend someone on Facebook, do they get notified?

(no one here--someone from my home town, who turns out to be a jackass politically)


Vortex - Sep 23, 2009 5:58:27 pm PDT #10499 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

No, they don't. Unfriend away!


Hil R. - Sep 23, 2009 5:59:46 pm PDT #10500 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

This seems unfair. They're testing this kid on a bunch of standard strength tests, but the standards for the tests start at age 6, and he's only 3. So they're telling what percentile he falls in for six-year-olds, but also have another three-year-old boy there doing the same tests as a control. The other three-year-old can't even do some of them, like chin-ups and sit-ups, and it just seems unfair to put him next to this super-strong kid for comparison.


Jesse - Sep 23, 2009 6:01:28 pm PDT #10501 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Perkins, you may show up on their "people you may know" list, but that's it.

Well, some people think that the "desire to win" plays a major roll - like, if you try harder than everyone else, you'll win. I mean, there are people who place way too much importance on this....

I think it's both, at the really elite levels. You have to have the physical body to do whatever, and the mental desire to work as hard as you need to.


Lee - Sep 23, 2009 6:03:27 pm PDT #10502 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

No, they don't. Unfriend away!

I was actually hoping he would, because he is that big an asshole.

Oh well.


megan walker - Sep 23, 2009 6:04:23 pm PDT #10503 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Reading the reviews of my company at glassdoor.com is both depressing and hi-larious.

My favorite so far: "no diversity, all male white run - it's like working for a republican convention."