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.


brenda m - Jan 10, 2010 4:55:41 pm PST #575 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

Going on the restaurant list, the only ones that would be problematic travel wise are the ones that just show directions, e.g. North/Northwest or South/Southwest. Lakeview is probably a $12 cab ride. All others are walking or less than $10 cab.


Nicole - Jan 10, 2010 5:11:25 pm PST #576 of 30001
I'm getting the pig!

Post has been marked. Thanks, brenda! I am there Feb 24th - 26th, so all weeknights, but would love to see you. I'll ping you once the work schedule gets hammered out a bit.


Jesse - Jan 10, 2010 5:13:41 pm PST #577 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I had a big lunch and am just now hungry for dinner. Well, it's too late! Maybe a cracker.


lisah - Jan 10, 2010 5:25:48 pm PST #578 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

I did Disney marathon last year! I was just thinking how I was glad I didn't have to do it in this weekend's cold. Or do it this weekend at all. I do need to start running again though or at least walking.


Burrell - Jan 10, 2010 5:29:36 pm PST #579 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I just got an early reservation link for Chicago Restaurant Week. 3 course meals, $32 bucks.

We did that in LA in Oct. Lucked into an amazing meal, truly amazing.


§ ita § - Jan 10, 2010 5:33:55 pm PST #580 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

UCLA just rebuilt their main hospital a couple years ago and put in pneumatic tubes. I don't think they're going away any time soon.

Spent a few hours hanging out with SyFy movie actors. Man, those guys can talk shop. Now I know why they date amongst themselves. I shouldn't talk trash, the guy whose birthday it was was very nice and funny. I might have snagged an invitation to an elk BBQ.


Jesse - Jan 10, 2010 5:35:07 pm PST #581 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Cooking an elk? Not the BPOE, right?


§ ita § - Jan 10, 2010 5:36:12 pm PST #582 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Lower case elk, yes. They will be eaten, not eaten with.

I also learnt that people eat mountain lions. And that mountain lions will hunt people hunting them. Montana is a whole different country, it seems.


Kat - Jan 10, 2010 5:36:15 pm PST #583 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

ita, we have elk in the freezer. If I had known you wanted an elk BBQ, I could have made that happen for you before now.

I'm already so tired and work hasn't even restarted yet. I slept for 6 hours this afternoon and I plan on going to bed soon.


Liese S. - Jan 10, 2010 5:36:36 pm PST #584 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

sara I put photos of the box in question up on facebook, but couldn`t tag you or copy the link on my phone. Why yes, the laptop is just yards away from me, but I am too smitten with the technology of my phone to move off the couch. Where I am sitting next to the tacklebox.