Btw, smonster, thanks for being so reasonable and gracious during the discussion.
Back atcha. So much more nuanced a discussion than I could have almost anywhere else. Love me some Buffistas.
Wesley: We were fighting on opposite sides, but it was the same war. Fred: but you hated her…didn't you? Wesley: It's not always about holding hands.
'Shells'
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.
smonster - Nov 12, 2009 2:08:09 pm PST #382 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Trudy Booth - Nov 12, 2009 2:10:03 pm PST #383 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Anyone see the recent South Park where the boys have to have the dictionary changed so that the new definition of "Fags" is "Guys who ride Harley Davidsons and make a bunch of noise"?
Hil R. - Nov 12, 2009 3:01:38 pm PST #384 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Ginger (I think), from way back, you asked what I used arrowroot for. Right now, the only thing I use it for is pumpkin pie filling. I never tried that with cornstarch, but consensus from other people who have tried it seems to be that cornstarch will make the filling taste kind of starchy, while arrowroot doesn't do much to the flavor.
-t - Nov 12, 2009 3:25:33 pm PST #385 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Little does she know what awaits...
Hee! I really didn't. Lots of thinkiness, yay!
Hil R. - Nov 12, 2009 3:36:16 pm PST #386 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I finished 71 job applications.
Hil R. - Nov 12, 2009 3:44:28 pm PST #387 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
This school is looking for math professors. I'm very tempted to not apply just because of the absolutely ridiculous misuse of statistics here: [link] (Pretty much everything from "Barron's" until the end of that paragraph.)
Vortex - Nov 12, 2009 3:55:11 pm PST #388 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
That just means that they need you!
Typo Boy - Nov 12, 2009 3:57:36 pm PST #389 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Hil, Vortex speaks for me.
Oh, and apropos of nothing, Jo Walton has written a wonderful poem on her policies with regard to elves: [link]
Clever and good poetry besides.
Also one of her commenters has a great poem in response: Elf Insurance.
sj - Nov 12, 2009 3:58:04 pm PST #390 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yay, Hil!
TCG is at a meeting, and I am watching TV and drooling over Nigella Lawson's Christmas cookbook.
Laura - Nov 12, 2009 4:09:57 pm PST #391 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Go Hil with the applications! Apply then set them straight after you're hired.
I read all of the discussion today. Way to break in the new thread!
I think the only words mentioned that I use regularly are crazy and lame. Never gave these words a second thought. I didn't use lame until I started mimicking the kids. I don't think I could drop crazy because there is just too much crazy stuff going on in this world.
I've never cursed or used derogatory language in large part because of my parents and the Catholic school thing. I never heard it in my youth and never adopted these words. When I encountered the terms as an adult they never appealed to me. Using words that describe genitalia or sexual acts as the worst thing you can say and hugely negative just never made sense to me.
I would be horrified if I used a term that someone found offensive or hurtful. It's just not the way I roll.
That said, I do get amused when y'all get your potty mouths going and my dearest friend here can't manage a sentence without cursing. So, just not part of my language set.
Don't know if that made any sense, but it is Fringe time for me now so I'll be back later.