How come you didn't qualify for the heart thing again? This came up on Mystery Diagnosis and I was trying to remember.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
bon bon - Sep 11, 2009 2:30:43 pm PDT #8205 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Polter-Cow - Sep 11, 2009 2:32:48 pm PDT #8206 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I guess I shouldn't be irritable with people suggesting things I've already tried
Yesterday, we had a stress management talk, and the guy said that a woman who'd had chronic migraines for years followed his stress relief tips and breathing/meditation exercises for a couple weeks and her migraines went away. I thought of you.
Allyson - Sep 11, 2009 2:38:06 pm PDT #8207 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Ima go wink at you on OKCupid, ita.
Barb - Sep 11, 2009 2:40:42 pm PDT #8208 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
My baby girl went off to her first middle school dance tonight.
It's a welcome back luau and she's wearing shorts, a t-shirt, leis, and a floral ponytail holder.
She was looking forward to doing the limbo.
Hold me.
Hil R. - Sep 11, 2009 2:41:36 pm PDT #8209 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
These are horrible people who should not have children. [link] (Not necessarily abusive, but just really mean -- they bought the kid clothes, put them in an X-Box box, and wrapped it as a Christmas present, then filmed him getting all excited to get an X-Box and then laughed at him fighting back tears when he realized it was just clothes, and then put it on YouTube.)
Polter-Cow - Sep 11, 2009 2:44:17 pm PDT #8210 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
My parents always did the opposite. They would buy us video games and then put them in a Coke box or something and wrap the Coke box.
Jessica - Sep 11, 2009 2:45:40 pm PDT #8211 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Not necessarily abusive, but just really mean -- they bought the kid clothes, put them in an X-Box box, and wrapped it as a Christmas present, then filmed him getting all excited to get an X-Box and then laughed at him fighting back tears when he realized it was just clothes, and then put it on YouTube.
WTF? Someone should mail them a court summons in an envelope marked "Winning Lottery Check!" and film it and put it on YouTube. And then maybe kick them in the crotch a few times, just for good measure.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 11, 2009 2:45:41 pm PDT #8212 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Here's hoping the "Oh, those aren't your heart pills; I replaced them with Tic-Tacs" reveal when they're old and dependent strikes them just as funny.
StuntHusband - Sep 11, 2009 2:49:37 pm PDT #8213 of 30001
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
I am Matt.
§ ita § - Sep 11, 2009 2:51:16 pm PDT #8214 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How come you didn't qualify for the heart thing again?
The study? They just never called me back. My migraine specialist at the time didn't want me to have it since she thought it too invasive (okay, quite very) and with side effects (she never said what, though, even when asked). She mostly wanted to give me more botox and hugs. We're not with her any more.
the guy said that a woman who'd had chronic migraines for years followed his stress relief tips and breathing/meditation exercises for a couple weeks and her migraines went away
Anything short and sweet you can tell me? I've tried your garden variety stress control stuff, but you can't lessen your stress too much, can you?
then put it on YouTube
That's really where I would want to break up with them for ever and ever.