Last night was our annual holiday party (which I skipped) so the office is nice and quiet today as everyone nurses their hangovers.
Willow: It feels like we're going around in circles. Xander: Our circles are going around in circles. We got dizzy circles here.
'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.
Jessica - Dec 17, 2009 5:47:08 am PST #25722 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Connie Neil - Dec 17, 2009 6:32:02 am PST #25723 of 30001
brillig
My nerd neighbors are discussing chemistry. Specifically, what will happen to various acids if you add water to them. "We should test that this weekend!" "Right, at your house?" "Sure!" "OK, I'll look for the house with the car parts, computer bits, and smoking things in the front yard."
And there was something about kids in foreign sweatshops learning valuable skills that "American brats don't learn until they're 24!"
Gudanov - Dec 17, 2009 6:35:52 am PST #25724 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
And there was something about kids in foreign sweatshops learning valuable skills that "American brats don't learn until they're 24!"
Are they suggesting that we should have more domestic sweatshops employing child labor?
§ ita § - Dec 17, 2009 6:39:15 am PST #25725 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How passive aggressive is ending an email request with "Thanks for your prompt attention"? Very? Ah, well, too late.
Tom Scola - Dec 17, 2009 6:40:35 am PST #25726 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Is "your prompt attention is appreciated" less passive-aggressive?
brenda m - Dec 17, 2009 6:41:37 am PST #25727 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
I'd say more.
Toddson - Dec 17, 2009 6:55:06 am PST #25728 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
More passive, less aggressive.
Daisy Jane - Dec 17, 2009 7:23:31 am PST #25729 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
HA! Look what I just found! [link]
Lee - Dec 17, 2009 7:29:45 am PST #25730 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
DINAO: Joe Lieberman or Joe Wilson
(courtesy of Plei)
Connie Neil - Dec 17, 2009 7:31:07 am PST #25731 of 30001
brillig
Are they suggesting that we should have more domestic sweatshops employing child labor?
I think it was from the chemistry-conversation standpoint of become more proficient with handling the hazardous materials that come in handy when 24-year-old young men with nothing better to do are bored and looking for something to blow up.