Spike: I'm not a monster. Xander: Yes! You are a monster. Vampires are monsters! They make monster movies about them! Spike: Well, yeah. Got me there.

'Dirty Girls'


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.


Jesse - Jul 28, 2009 8:05:16 am PDT #987 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Wrote a new post for cocktail party physics about the ridiculous amount of stupid guys who hit on me via internet dating.

That was brilliant.


tommyrot - Jul 28, 2009 8:07:43 am PDT #988 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.

This is almost too weird to be true: Blue M&Ms 'mend spinal injuries'

The food dye that gives blue M&Ms their colour can help mend spinal injuries, researchers have claimed after tests on rats.

The compound Brilliant Blue G blocks a chemical that kills healthy spinal cord cells around the damaged area - an event that often causes more irreversible damage than the original injury.

BBG not only reduced the size of the lesion but also improved the recovery of motor skills, the rodent tests showed.
Those treated with BBG were later able to walk, although with a limp. Rats that did not receive the BBG solution never regained the ability to walk.

On the downside, the treatment causes the skin to temporarily turn bright blue and BBG needs to be injected soon after the trauma. The test injections were given within 15 minutes.


Allyson - Jul 28, 2009 8:07:45 am PDT #989 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

Allyson, the whole Tino thing started here:

Thanks, Tom. It all makes sense, now.


tommyrot - Jul 28, 2009 8:09:28 am PDT #990 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.

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COOL canine Fei Fei left other dogs in the shade after his owner bought him a pair of sunglasses as a joke.

But now the fashion mad mutt refuses to leave owner Bo Lee's home in Chongqing, central China, without being given his wraparound shades!
"I think he likes all the attention he gets on the street," said Lee.
"I bought them to protect his eyes but now if I try to leave the apartment without them he howls the place down," he told the Austrian Times.


Jesse - Jul 28, 2009 8:11:42 am PDT #991 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I have to say, that little mouse with blue trim is adorable.


Jesse - Jul 28, 2009 8:12:34 am PDT #992 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Also, the whole Tino thing is remarkably satisfying and gives me some insight about religion. It's nice to imagine there's something Out There responsible for stuff!


Gudanov - Jul 28, 2009 8:16:34 am PDT #993 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

I think I saw an image of Tino appear in the gravel on my driveway this morning. I can't be sure since I don't know what Tino actually looks like.


Jesse - Jul 28, 2009 8:17:20 am PDT #994 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

IT MUST HAVE BEEN TINO!!!


lisah - Jul 28, 2009 8:21:52 am PDT #995 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

My blind dog runs into stuff all the time. He's also kinda senile though so that can't help.


Gudanov - Jul 28, 2009 8:24:26 am PDT #996 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

Tino takes the blind and makes them senile too.