I gave her everything... jewels, beautiful dresses -- with beautiful girls in them.

Spike ,'Sleeper'


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.


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."


Steph L. - Sep 23, 2009 6:04:53 pm PDT #10504 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

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

Oh my lord. One of my high school classmates had a campout last weekend for our 20 year reunion. I skipped it, because I loathe (1) camping, (2) reunions, and (3) the woman who hosted it.

But she friended me on Facebook, and in looking at her picture, I wouldn't recognize her as my classmate if I bumped into her on the street. Not at all. Which, I know, it's been 2 decades. People change. Plastic surgery is had and obessive exercising is engaged in. But still. I'm stunned at how unrecognizable she is.

So then I looked at some of the pictures she posted of the campout -- everyone there was a classmate, and I'd bet I recognized maybe 1/3 of them. It's a little freaky to think they changed, physically, that much. Because while I've gotten fatter, I still look pretty much the same as I did 20 years ago.

At least, *I* think I do. Maybe all of the classmates who I don't recognize would look at me and say, "Who?" Weird.


§ ita § - Sep 23, 2009 6:05:42 pm PDT #10505 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Well, Usain obviously trains like a mofo, and Lance Armstrong is driven beyond belief, but we saw Bolt win when it looked like he wasn't trying as hard as everyone else.

And I seem to remember shameful things about his diet during the Olympics--things that would shame me when I'm trying to get fighting fit, but that obviously weren't as much as a factor for his amazing metabolism.


tommyrot - Sep 23, 2009 6:06:22 pm PDT #10506 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.

A guy I went to high school with was almost unrecognizable after one year. He had gained a bunch of weight and lost most of his hair.


Connie Neil - Sep 23, 2009 6:07:21 pm PDT #10507 of 30001
brillig

his amazing metabolism.

In ten years his metabolism will probably shut down and it'll be Revenge of the Cheeseburger or something.


Jesse - Sep 23, 2009 6:08:52 pm PDT #10508 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

but we saw Bolt win when it looked like he wasn't trying as hard as everyone else.

I'm sure he does overall, though. I mean, he doesn't sit around eating Big Macs and then get off the couch and do that, right?


Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 23, 2009 6:14:02 pm PDT #10509 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

A friend of my late cousin's that I knew to say hi to changed so much that I can barely believe he's the same person, and in fact did not recognize him the first time I saw him after many years. I almost wish he'd been an asshole back in school rather than a pretty nice guy, because the schadenfreude would be delicious if it happened to someone I disliked.