I have half an avocado. I'm trying to decide what to make for dinner with it.
Smash it on toast. Sprinkle of salt, if you like. Slivered basil on top if you have it.
Mmmm.
I'm eleven hundred and twenty years old! Just gimme a friggin' beer!
Anya ,'Storyteller'
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.
Cass - Jan 20, 2010 6:22:29 pm PST #3086 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Hil R. - Jan 20, 2010 6:23:40 pm PST #3087 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Really did not need to see a reenactment of the lynching.
Cashmere - Jan 20, 2010 6:30:43 pm PST #3088 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Or, at least, their first girl.
First and only. Older parents. Lots of issues but nice enough folks. I just wish they weren't so stressed about everything.
Lee - Jan 20, 2010 6:32:25 pm PST #3089 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
ita, did you get the phones?
Ginger - Jan 20, 2010 6:35:09 pm PST #3090 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I don't think I need a "Dog Inside" sign. Any rescuer entering the house will notice the dog biting his ankle.
DavidS - Jan 20, 2010 6:38:24 pm PST #3091 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oooh, fascinating tidbit:
Who knows the origin of the word Yakuza (for Japanese gangsters)?
Answer: Eight. Nine. Three. In the Japanese card game known as hana-fuda, it’s the worst hand you can get. Eight, nine, and three — ya, ku, and sa. Japanese organized crime families adopted the name “yakuza” because of this hand. Because you need to be lucky to be a yakuza. Because you’ve drawn the worst hand if you cross them. Because winning with a ya-ku-sa hand requires the utmost skill at reading an opponent. Others may claim it’s because it’s bad luck that leads to a life of crime, or because yakuza are born losers.
§ ita § - Jan 20, 2010 6:39:41 pm PST #3092 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I was just off setting them up, Perkins! Handsets are charging right now. Thank you!
Lee - Jan 20, 2010 6:44:08 pm PST #3093 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Awesome!
brenda m - Jan 20, 2010 6:45:16 pm PST #3094 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
Neat, David.
sarameg - Jan 20, 2010 6:47:18 pm PST #3095 of 30001
Fair warning, gruesome warning, even old iron-stomach-me got weepy at this, but a pediatrician who has just re-landed in Haiti's blog: [link] Goddamn. So many parts to this. The volunteers on the ground, doing their bit, frustrated at the macro. The macro slowly (as expected) coming to shape. Baby born en route to the USS Vinson. That's micro. I just watch. And watch.