ION, I am sick. I rarely get sick, and I'm not dealing with it well. whine
I want someone to come take care of me. What can I eat if even crackers make me want to barf?
Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.
'Out Of Gas'
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.
Zenkitty - Sep 14, 2009 1:05:25 pm PDT #8778 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Polter-Cow - Sep 14, 2009 1:10:53 pm PDT #8779 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The seller's losing some money, but he's getting customer satisfaction and a good customer review, and on Amazon your sales live and die by your reviews.
It's strange; after I got the wrong book, I checked the reviews and was surprised that it was actually fairly low (92% in the last 30 days—I normally prefer sellers with 95% or above). Loads of great reviews, but quite a few 1-star reviews about not getting the right product or getting a defective product and having nothing done about it. They must not have talked to the guy I talked to, who was great!
(The funny part was that he "had a theory" about why the book was mislabeled, like they just hired some new guy who was an idiot or something. Obviously, he didn't go into detail, but I was amused that he actually had an inkling of where things went wrong.)
Shir - Sep 14, 2009 1:16:51 pm PDT #8780 of 30001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Nilly, the Wedding: Freaking Awesome. I'm dead tired now, but I bet our girl is still there, dancing, giggling, smiling, and stopping every 5 minutes to take her picture with a guest.
And there was so much love there. You can't even begin to imagine.
Words, words and more words tomorrow. Pictures as soon as the bride will allow me to post them for the masses.
Lovely wedding, in every way of the term.
Oh, bed now.
Kathy A - Sep 14, 2009 1:20:26 pm PDT #8781 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Hurray for happy love-filled weddings!!!
Thanks for the update, Shir--get some sleep and then wake up and tell us everything!
tommyrot - Sep 14, 2009 1:20:46 pm PDT #8782 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.
Yay Nilly wedding!
Thanks for that on-the-scene reporting, Shir.
tommyrot - Sep 14, 2009 1:22:24 pm PDT #8783 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.
Tru Blood O Positive, A Synthetic Blood Nourishment Beverage For Vampires
My 4 pack of Tru Blood O Positive arrived last week, it’s a based on the synthetic blood substitute that vampires drink in the HBO series Tru Blood, which just finished Season 2. It’s a tart, lightly sweetened blood orange carbonated drink created by our friends at Omni Consumer Products, the same people who produce Brawndo – The Thirst Mutilator and Sex Panther Cologne.
Amy - Sep 14, 2009 1:22:52 pm PDT #8784 of 30001
Because books.
Wedding update! Awesome!
amych - Sep 14, 2009 1:27:27 pm PDT #8785 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Oh, good grief.
Friends A and B are separating. They agree that they want to tell people themselves rather than have anyone find out second- or third-hand through the gossip network.
Friend A's definition of telling people is "pull them aside for a one-on-one chat".
Friend B's definition is... well, let's say that Friend C just popped up in Facebook chat to say "Why does B's status say 'single'? Holy shit!"
(Obvs. part of the issue here is that C hasn't yet had the one-on-one and I have, blah blah how-to-answer awkwardcakes. But the other part is, dudes, playing all this out with FB statuses? SO VERY HIGH SCHOOL.)
Dana - Sep 14, 2009 1:43:38 pm PDT #8786 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Whoops, CBS just got another curse word onscreen during the men's final. Details:
Federer was pissed that the ref allowed Del Potro to challenge after quite a bit of time elapsed. The mic caught quite a few words, including "I don't give a shit..."
§ ita § - Sep 14, 2009 1:50:49 pm PDT #8787 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Apparently he dropped the f-bomb. So it seems that doesn't get you tossed. My sister is pissed, but this is in no way equivalent to threatening to shove a ball down someone's throat--that should get you penalised whether or not you swear when you do it.
That having been said, some clarity about what penalties apply for what would be nice.