Poor Buffy. Your life resists all things average.

Willow ,'First Date'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jesse - Jan 14, 2010 12:39:23 pm PST #1565 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

OMG I want to stab my boss.


Daisy Jane - Jan 14, 2010 12:42:14 pm PST #1566 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

I think bosses frown on being stabbed.

Oh, also, re: drinking at work. We actually had a wine cellar/room at my last agency also a salsa/margarita party, also also, bloody mary/mimosa mornings.

Why yes, I was in advertising, why do you ask?


Sheryl - Jan 14, 2010 12:42:39 pm PST #1567 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

That cherpumple thing is waaay too much sugar for my taste, and I have a major sweet tooth.


Jesse - Jan 14, 2010 12:45:08 pm PST #1568 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I think bosses frown on being stabbed.

Luckily, there are several states in between us.


Jesse - Jan 14, 2010 12:47:42 pm PST #1569 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

And I would really only stab her a little -- in her hand, say, with a pen.


Daisy Jane - Jan 14, 2010 12:50:26 pm PST #1570 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

And that's what you'll tell the cops! "But I only stabbed her a little. Is that even a crime!?! "


SuziQ - Jan 14, 2010 12:52:35 pm PST #1571 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

The accounting department I used to be in had a mini-fridge stocked with beer. Folks working after normal hours could dive in as desired. I'm not aware that has changed. Explains a lot of what comes out of that group (note, I was in a different office).


Daisy Jane - Jan 14, 2010 1:06:14 pm PST #1572 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

This quote is making me giggle with all of its wrongness packed in there.

BECK: …you lose the game when you decide that the best thing you can do is play the game with them. [i.e., by filling out the census] No. I’m going to stick to the Constitution.

So you lose when you decide your best strategy is to play. So you only win by not playing, only you can't win. So you are just a loser, period. And then, just in case you thought he was just getting a cliche wrong, he adds in the bit about the census not being in the Constitution.

I swear its like watching a dog startle from a nap and bark its fool head off every time a dog barks on tv.


Atropa - Jan 14, 2010 1:10:07 pm PST #1573 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Plei is me in sizes. I currently wear a size 12 (or sometimes 10, omgwhat?) in jackets and full-skirted dresses or skirts. I'm at the slimmest I've been in years. If I were to go down a size, my friends and family would start asking me questions about my eating habits.

ION, has anyone tried the method of breaking in boots where you lace them up over thick socks, soak them in warm water, and then wear them until they dry? I'm contemplating trying it on a pair of slightly-snug thrift-store boots.


tommyrot - Jan 14, 2010 1:15:13 pm PST #1574 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.

Say hello to the scariest robotic baby ever

Oh my goodness. This robot baby, named Diego-san, is the stuff nightmares are made of. Standing a bit over four feet tall and featuring a grotesquely large head, it's supposed to be some sort of baby simulator. I don't like it.

Diego-san's face has about 20 moving parts so that it can communicate with facial expression without being able to talk. It is 130cm tall, weighs 30kg and can stand up from a chair on its own. It can hold a water bottle with its hand. It has a high resolution camera and 6 axis acceleration sensor built in to detect movement.

All I know is that if I saw this thing walking down the street I'd be looking for a weapon.