Totally my brain fart, Hil. I meant George Herbert, and I'm pretty sure (though I can't dig up a link right now) that the poet's name is a family tradition (not an ancestor, just beloved by someone way back, and tradition maintained until Sr. named Jr. and dropped the "Herbert").
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
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.
JZ - Oct 23, 2009 2:19:40 pm PDT #15058 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
javachik - Oct 23, 2009 2:24:12 pm PDT #15059 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
JZ, you are/were correct.
JZ - Oct 23, 2009 2:26:58 pm PDT #15060 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Good God, the things I remember, and yet I STILL don't know the names of half my coworkers (not for lack of trying, either...maybe if they were all named after poets I'd be marginally less awful at it?).
javachik - Oct 23, 2009 2:29:41 pm PDT #15061 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
We could just totally rename them all after poets. For instance, anyone you really loathe could be called McGonagall.
tommyrot - Oct 23, 2009 2:33:18 pm PDT #15062 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.
Huh. Most of these I didn't know: Internet rules and laws: the top 10, from Godwin to Poe
Amy - Oct 23, 2009 2:38:20 pm PDT #15063 of 30001
Because books.
Internet rules and laws: the top 10, from Godwin to Poe
I like the Law of Exclamation!!!!!
javachik - Oct 23, 2009 2:41:14 pm PDT #15064 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
#10 is funny.
I worked with my boyfriend three companies ago, and developed a small crush on him. I finally asked him to my company holiday party, in an email, about a year after we'd both left our mutual company and were at new, different jobs. Anyway, I *almost* didn't go through with the date, because he responded with too many exclamation marks after his "yes".
I'm glad I shoved Miss McJudgy to the side on that one. We celebrate three years together this December. But I did give him a lot of shit for it, and still laugh at him mercilessly.
Connie Neil - Oct 23, 2009 2:43:15 pm PDT #15065 of 30001
brillig
Bush Sr. refused to eat broccoli at some official function. I give the man points just for that. As he said, "I'm President of the United States, I don't have to eat broccoli if I don't want to." The Broccoli Anti-Defamation League (or whatever they're called) begged him to recant "for the good of the children".
Nora Deirdre - Oct 23, 2009 2:43:58 pm PDT #15066 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
For instance, anyone you really loathe could be called McGonagall.
Hey, hey!!
sarameg - Oct 23, 2009 2:44:57 pm PDT #15067 of 30001
How the fuck do you peel kiwis? So frustrating.
I like swimming. I love my pool. I love that the lifeguards wave to me when I come and go and so do the instructors who see you every week.