I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.

Simon ,'Out Of Gas'


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.


Jessica - Jan 21, 2010 8:09:23 am PST #3189 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I'm carrying on my laptop and my phone, so if my luggage gets lost it's just clothes and toiletries, which I can have Jet Blue pay me back for and spend Friday afternoon shopping.


Aims - Jan 21, 2010 8:14:02 am PST #3190 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

I just didn't know that there were that many kinds of curling irons.

Big fat ones, teeny tiny ones, flat ones, ones for spiral curling. And then you consider that they are all made of different heating materials. Ceramic, etc.

Eff my brother. I'm totally checking.


§ ita § - Jan 21, 2010 8:15:06 am PST #3191 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I would like to point out that at this juncture I hate everyone and everything and no, my doctor hasn't refilled my painkiller prescription, and why does the consultant have to be in the office today consulting on the bit of the project I care about? Also, why does this week already have to be a short week and I have no sick time?


Gudanov - Jan 21, 2010 8:16:13 am PST #3192 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

Yeah, but I'm not sure he meets reasonable expectations.

I think part of the problem with Obama is that he has been assumed to be a lot more progressive than he really is. There's plenty I'm not happy with, but he ran as a Clinton style democrat, not as strong progressive. The right making him out to be the love child of Carl Marx and Hugo Chavez doesn't help, of course, they pretty much did that with Clinton too.


Gudanov - Jan 21, 2010 8:18:35 am PST #3193 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

My wife e-mailed me the story about the SCOTUS decision today, now she's asking me my feelings about New Zealand. I've seen pictures, it looks nice.


Nora Deirdre - Jan 21, 2010 8:19:30 am PST #3194 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

New Zealand is awesome! OK, I've never been, but my cousin moved there and became a citizen. She loves it.


Tom Scola - Jan 21, 2010 8:19:36 am PST #3195 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

What flight are you on, Jess? I'm on the noon flight tomorrow.


Steph L. - Jan 21, 2010 8:22:04 am PST #3196 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Interview: Nathan Fillion Talks Firefly, Dr. Horrible, and Why Kids Need to Read

I can't listen to the interview, seeing as how I'm at work, but I love that fact that he's a big reading geek.

(Also, it wasn't until Dr. Horrible that I finally started liking him. Something about being willing to be a dork and sing even though he's not the world's best singer. [Although that didn't work on me for Felicia Day. She still makes me go MEH.])


Gudanov - Jan 21, 2010 8:22:32 am PST #3197 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

New Zealand is awesome! OK, I've never been, but my cousin moved there and became a citizen. She loves it.

My grandparents went on a tour there and the pictures are really nice. I digitized them awhile ago. I think my wife was kidding, but I'm not entirely sure.


Nora Deirdre - Jan 21, 2010 8:24:24 am PST #3198 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

That's the place to go if freaked out about the political climate- everywhere else is similarly screwed up. NZ is still small enough to not be fully entrenched in corruption and horribleness.