My nerd neighbors are Firefly fans. One just sang the chorus from "The Man They Call Jayne" and said, "I need to find someone who can do that on the guitar." Neighbor: "I'll so do that!" And then they laughed in shared geek joy.
Where's the praising and extolling of my virtues? Where's the love?
Host ,'Not Fade Away'
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.
Connie Neil - Dec 10, 2009 7:21:46 am PST #24209 of 30001
brillig
brenda m - Dec 10, 2009 7:22:18 am PST #24210 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
The CTA was such a mess this morning. Some of the tracks and switches in the Loop were frozen. I had to take three separate trains - and I only go four stops.
But thank dog for the CTA bus tracker. My preciousss. We loves the precious.
shrift - Dec 10, 2009 7:23:01 am PST #24211 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I've read about 47 books this year, currently on 48. Most of those books were pretty hefty. I tried to make an effort to read more books and less internet. In the end, I think I just got less sleep.
tommyrot - Dec 10, 2009 7:25:07 am PST #24212 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.
But thank dog for the CTA bus tracker. My preciousss. We loves the precious.
Yeah. (I almost said "totes" here.) I've been checking that before I leave for work in the morning, to make sure I won't have to be standing around in the cold waiting for a late bus.
Plus if I'm already at the stop I can use my cellphone to see how long before the bus arrives, so I can decide whether to keep on waiting or find some other method of getting where I'm going.
Polter-Cow - Dec 10, 2009 7:25:09 am PST #24213 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
In the end, I think I just got less sleep.
More muffin?
smonster - Dec 10, 2009 7:26:22 am PST #24214 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
But thank dog for the CTA bus tracker. My preciousss. We loves the precious.
We have a GPS bus tracker, too, and it rocks my socks. Except for the occasional ghost bus blip, but really? Overall a definite win. t hugs free public transit tight
shrift - Dec 10, 2009 7:27:25 am PST #24215 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
...muffin?
Jesse - Dec 10, 2009 7:28:11 am PST #24216 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That really is brilliant. I wish they had that for the trolleys here. My closest stop only gets 1/4 of the trolleys, but the one that they all stop isn't that far, so I wish I could know for sure which made the most sense.
§ ita § - Dec 10, 2009 7:30:32 am PST #24217 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
hugs free public transit tight
Where do you live again? Even communist Russia makes you pay.
smonster - Dec 10, 2009 7:42:27 am PST #24218 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Chapel Hill, NC. The University and the two towns got together several years ago and decided that parking was a big enough problem that it was worth their while to make the buses free. Ridership jumped 40% in the first year.
Of course, weekend and night service is pretty limited, but I think that's more a function of living in a relatively small community.