Man, just ascend already.

Willow ,'Chosen'


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.


Calli - Apr 01, 2010 2:34:34 am PDT #20211 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

chocolate milk, white bread, dessert after dinner, soda. Everyday food or treat food when you were a kid?

We never had chocolate milk or white bread at home, except for rolls on holidays. Dessert, as in sweet baked goods, was another holiday or birthday thing. (We often had fruit for afters.) So, they were treats, basically. We could have one serving of diet soda a day.

My mom was on one diet or another for as long as I knew her, which meant that the rest of us were, to some extent, too. And yet Mom was overweight that entire time, I've been fat pretty much all my life, and my sister has been overweight since she had her kids. It's amazing how much we were willing to keep doing the allegedly right dietary thing, in spite of no evidence towards its efficacy.

Anyway, I still don't drink chocolate milk because I don't like drinking milk at all. I usually eat wheat bread because I like the taste and texture, generally have fruit for dessert because I like fruit, and drink 1-2 diet sodas a day. Childhood habits can have some staying power.


Hil R. - Apr 01, 2010 2:57:26 am PDT #20212 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Aww, poor kiddo. [link]


Cashmere - Apr 01, 2010 3:01:34 am PDT #20213 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.

We ate a lot of processed food when I was a kid. Sugared cereal was standard, white bread and soda was readily available. None of my sibs had weigh issues--in fact, they are all still slim. I didn't become overweight until after college.


brenda m - Apr 01, 2010 3:18:26 am PDT #20214 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Oh, this is awesome. If you live in Berkeley and have fruit trees, you can hire a monkey to climb up and pick it for you: [link]


Steph L. - Apr 01, 2010 3:42:17 am PDT #20215 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Damn it! I would pay dearly for a monkey to go in and do my job today.

Note: I do not pick fruit.


Tom Scola - Apr 01, 2010 3:45:32 am PDT #20216 of 30001
They pay me in WOIMS

Thank you, Google, for reminding me that today is Internet Jackass Day.


smonster - Apr 01, 2010 3:53:24 am PDT #20217 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Aww, poor kiddo. [link]&

I snorted laughter, and posted to fb. Don't crush your kid's dreams, man!

Damn it! I would pay dearly for a monkey to go in and do my job today.

I like the way you think, lady.


Cashmere - Apr 01, 2010 3:54:47 am PDT #20218 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.

CV, I'm so glad you and the baby are ok. Scary stuff but happy ending!


Jesse - Apr 01, 2010 3:55:49 am PDT #20219 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Hooray for both Erin and CV!!


Jessica - Apr 01, 2010 3:59:56 am PDT #20220 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Google's logo today is adorable.