But that's just my point! You she obeys! She obeys you! There's obeying going on right under my nose!

Wash ,'War Stories'


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 - Aug 26, 2009 10:37:32 am PDT #5694 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

You...you're singing "Into the Woods" near me.

You have seen the filk site, yes?

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Atropa - Aug 26, 2009 10:44:16 am PDT #5695 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Not true! I am a big proponent of making the distinction between nice and polite -- they are not the same thing at all.Not true! I am a big proponent of making the distinction between nice and polite -- they are not the same thing at all.

No, they aren't. I want people to be polite, and to try to be kind. Nice has nothing to do with it. SH, you've known me for ages - I'm frequently Not Nice. But I do try to be polite.


Sophia Brooks - Aug 26, 2009 10:48:01 am PDT #5696 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I believe in being polite, courteous and kind. While wishing people dead in my head for not being the same.

My new favorite Sondheim is Assasins. My previous was A Little Night Music.


Fred Pete - Aug 26, 2009 10:49:25 am PDT #5697 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.

A "Yay Christianity!" T-shirt isn't necessarily impolite. A "Boo Islam!" T-shirt pretty much is impolite by definition.


-t - Aug 26, 2009 10:50:09 am PDT #5698 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

The author of the I Hate to Cook Book wrote an etiquette guide called I Try To Behave Myself. I don't know if it was useful or insightful or anything, but it's a great title.


Kathy A - Aug 26, 2009 10:52:08 am PDT #5699 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

When I was in high school, the local playhouse did A Little Night Music--not a bad version of it, surprisingly enough.

I've got the Carnegie Hall Tribute to Sondheim CD. It has a terrific rendition of "A Weekend in the Country" as the penultimate song (the final is "Sunday" from Sunday in the Park with George, which always brings tears to my eyes for some reason).


Fred Pete - Aug 26, 2009 10:53:19 am PDT #5700 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.

Peg Bracken! I have a copy of that book. Calling it an "etiquette guide" makes it sound more formal than it is. But it's amusing, and worth a read to amke sure those things you think of as harmless quirks don't drive other people crazy.


StuntHusband - Aug 26, 2009 11:17:12 am PDT #5701 of 30001
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark

Ah - I thought people kept trying to make me NICER.

I *am* polite, almost always. It's when I stop being polite that blood tends to flow in voluminous quantities.

So you need to quit smacking me with your fan when I'm polite but mean! :p


Barb - Aug 26, 2009 11:39:46 am PDT #5702 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”

I do not read to search for truth // I know the truth // the truth is hardly what I need

Loving you is not a choice//Not much reason to rejoice//But it gives me purpose//Gives me voice//to say to the world//This is why I live

Gah! Slays me every time-- so beautiful, but damn, so, so despairing. Poor Fosca. What a disaster of a character.


StuntHusband - Aug 26, 2009 11:55:15 am PDT #5703 of 30001
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark

Huh. All the Sondheim reminded me, of course, of Sweeney.

And...I found this snippet:

"In 1995, the Barcelona cast recorded a cast album sung in Catalan."

I may have to track that down.