Why Pete is a clever man: before leaving for D&D, he reminded me that there is half of a chocolate-chocolate cupcake in the cupboard for me. Tonight, in addition to writing, will involve sugar. And possibly pink fizzy vodka.
Zoe: I thought you wanted to spend more time off-ship this visit. Wash: Out there is seems like it's all fancy parties. I like our party better. The dress code is easier and I know all the steps.
'Shindig'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Atropa - Nov 11, 2009 5:19:29 pm PST #119 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Vortex - Nov 11, 2009 5:26:46 pm PST #120 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
She's *Jilli* -- shiny isn't necessarily a deterrent.
Point.
omnis_audis - Nov 11, 2009 5:45:48 pm PST #121 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Sorry I missed the link, but much kudos & congrats to you Hil !!!
meara - Nov 11, 2009 5:49:27 pm PST #122 of 30000
But if they're under a skirt and petticoats isn't the shiny sort of hidden?
WindSparrow - Nov 11, 2009 6:07:42 pm PST #123 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
But if they're under a skirt and petticoats isn't the shiny sort of hidden?
Hiding the shiny under the skirt and petticoats makes 'em cute. It's like a silly joke shared with just a privileged few in an otherwise highbrow discourse.
Hil R. - Nov 11, 2009 6:12:32 pm PST #124 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Oh. One of my officemates today (not the one I usually tell about) was complaining for about five minutes about how it's so horrible that people are so sensitive that he can't even use the word "niggardly."
Pix - Nov 11, 2009 6:24:35 pm PST #125 of 30000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Well, to be fair, that word doesn't actually have any relationship with the n-word: [link]
The adverb form niggardly, miserly or stingily, was formed in the sixteenth century from niggard, a miser or stingy person. In the Wycliffe Bible of 1384 it was spelled nygard; earlier still it can be found as nigon, and another form nig also existed. We are pretty sure this was borrowed from a Scandinavian source, because there are related words in several Germanic languages, for example, the Old Norse hnøgger, meaning “stingy”. So it has nothing to do with nigger, which comes via French nègre from Spanish negro, ultimately from Latin niger, meaning “black”.
Nonetheless, as this article points out, it's so similar that it inevitably causes strife in the US and therefore is often best avoided.
t /etymology pedant
Hil R. - Nov 11, 2009 6:29:17 pm PST #126 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yeah, I know. His point was that the "often best avoided" was just not fair. I'm not sure what he thinks he's losing by avoiding one word which has approximately a thousand perfectly good synonyms, but he was for some reason very upset about this and complaining about it for a long while. Loudly.
Pix - Nov 11, 2009 6:30:12 pm PST #127 of 30000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Gotcha.
Cashmere - Nov 11, 2009 6:31:12 pm PST #128 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
His point was that the "often best avoided" was just not fair.
Fair is for fucking five year olds. He need to get the fuck over it.