My reaction is, "Isn't the America of seven months ago a lot like the America now? I mean aside the fact that people are talking about the 'recession' now instead of the 'next great depression'."
You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love till it kills you both.
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.
Gudanov - Aug 14, 2009 10:21:48 am PDT #3855 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
tommyrot - Aug 14, 2009 10:24:34 am PDT #3856 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.
Cute/Ridiculous Animal Thing Of The Day: Cat Plays Peek-A-Boo (VIDEO)
This cat is an excellent peek-a-boo player, so much so that we're pretty sure he could kick any baby's ass if he tried. Take that, babies.
tommyrot - Aug 14, 2009 10:28:52 am PDT #3857 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.
Tracking Down the Place Where We Lost John Hughes
This piqued my interest:
At 8:55, 9-1-1 operators received a call from one of the witnesses, who summoned medics to the building. Hughes was unconscious when they arrived 15 minutes later. Hughes was raced to Roosevelt Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
I don't know Manhattan - is a 15 minute response time for paramedics normal? Excessive?
Jesse - Aug 14, 2009 10:43:23 am PDT #3858 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It doesn't sound that surprising in midtown during morning rush hour -- everything is gridlock, and no one would move for an ambulance.
Trudy Booth - Aug 14, 2009 10:51:09 am PDT #3859 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I'm not sure how well you COULD move for an ambulance.
I'm always anxious when I hear one when I'm driving in the city... because of the canyons I can't really tell what direction its coming from until I see it. My sister and I have joked for years that if we felt The Big One coming we'd get on the ferry to Jersey.
megan walker - Aug 14, 2009 10:53:26 am PDT #3860 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Somewhat relatedly, a coworker who has me pegged as a nerd asked me the other day what TV show used some Echo and the Bunnymen cover (cover by them, not of them, but now I forget what song) as its theme or something, and I totally let her down by having no idea.
Is she thinking of Charmed, which uses a cover of The Smiths?
Frankenbuddha - Aug 14, 2009 10:54:37 am PDT #3861 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Didn't some show use E&tB's cover of "People are Strange"?
tommyrot - Aug 14, 2009 10:55:23 am PDT #3862 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.
Remember ages ago (this morning?) when we all laughed at the squirrel who poked his head into a photo a couple was taking of themselves?
Scene-stealing squirrel: the cheeky critter throughout history
Jesse - Aug 14, 2009 10:55:29 am PDT #3863 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Didn't some show use E&tB's cover of "People are Strange"?
That's what it was!
Frankenbuddha - Aug 14, 2009 10:56:43 am PDT #3864 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Of course, that cover was originally done for THE LOST BOYS soundtrack.