The About A Boy boy is the Skins boy? Damn. I would not have put that together without the help of the internets.
We just watched a couple of episodes of that this weekend, and after that article, I thought it might be him.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
Dana - Jan 25, 2010 10:54:48 am PST #4053 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Polter-Cow - Jan 25, 2010 10:58:02 am PST #4054 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I haven't seen About a Boy, but he was great in Skins.
Tom Scola - Jan 25, 2010 11:03:47 am PST #4055 of 30001
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.
tommyrot - Jan 25, 2010 11:06:09 am PST #4056 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.
Brain-slug cupcakes.
Skipper.
tommyrot - Jan 25, 2010 11:13:24 am PST #4057 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.
§ ita § - Jan 25, 2010 11:17:36 am PST #4058 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Aargh! Dirty data! Whoever let users near unvalidated data entry should be shot.
Steph L. - Jan 25, 2010 11:26:37 am PST #4059 of 30001
That which does not kill you should RUN
How to use a semicolon - the most feared punctuation on earth
Goddamn, I might have to buy that poster.
bon bon - Jan 25, 2010 11:43:45 am PST #4060 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Sierra games! On the internerd: [link]
Gudanov - Jan 25, 2010 11:45:28 am PST #4061 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
§ ita § - Jan 25, 2010 12:00:09 pm PST #4062 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, god, Leisure Suit Larry ate so much of my university time. It was a sickness.
I'm the 9th doctor, and I didn't even rig the answers that way. Go team Eccleston.
Oh-emm-gee, I hate my data.
Back into Excel and SQL.