Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.

'Time Bomb'


Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.  

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.


Strix - Sep 21, 2010 1:30:43 pm PDT #25303 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Oh, msbelle. I can totally see how you are ovewhelmed right now, and I hope your folks get more comfortable real fast, since one of the reasons you moved it so your could have more support with Mac.

I do not know how you deal, and so gracefully. I'd be flippin' like a mammal; I'm sure you WANT to, and feel you can't. I wish you lived closer; I would be happy to spell you when you needed it -- I have lots of exp. with flippin' out, runnin-away-threatening kiddos. Poor Mac, poor you.


tommyrot - Sep 21, 2010 1:42:51 pm PDT #25304 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.

No, his role was the Bitter Snarky Soon-to-be-dead-of-AIDS Gay Guy in Parting Glances.

Oh yeah. Because Prettyboy Cool was a different guy.


SuziQ - Sep 21, 2010 1:44:08 pm PDT #25305 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Zenkitty - did you have anything that may have raised the humidity in your house? When my carpets were cleaned a week ago, the high humidity set off all the alarms in my place. After the initial panic, I ended up unplugging all 4 and waiting a few days before plugging them back in.

My dad just sent me the itinerary for CJ's trip out to California next month. He leaves here at 6:30am. And his return flight leaves SFO at 6:30am. CRAZY. After the drive from here to California with Kelly, if I could take the time to drive, I would do that over flying.

With my current size, I'm often worried that someone will complain and I'll get booted. So again, if I can manage the drive within the time I have, I'd rather drive, save the worry, and not have to rent a vehicle.


tommyrot - Sep 21, 2010 1:46:19 pm PDT #25306 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.

Batfamily en Español: naked Batman, gun-toting Robin, and the luchadora Batwoman


Theresa - Sep 21, 2010 2:02:20 pm PDT #25307 of 30001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"

Cable guy just called and estimates 5 minutes. Which is only an hour and 5 min. late. I'm calling myself lucky. Also, I just watched him drive by the house looking for the address. Guess I should run out and flag him down.


§ ita § - Sep 21, 2010 2:04:00 pm PDT #25308 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Guess I should run out and flag him down.

I forget--did you undress for your bath?


Theresa - Sep 21, 2010 2:17:00 pm PDT #25309 of 30001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"

Heh. Now that would be worth money off the cable bill. No, I refused the bath.


Theresa - Sep 21, 2010 2:32:50 pm PDT #25310 of 30001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"

Now I am reminded of how not good I am with people. He's telling me about the weak signal and all I can think of is wishing for a fast forward button because I've heard this on every service call. They said it as they were installing the cable. The signal wasn't the problem. The problem was that one out of two dvrs wasn't recording. That is getting lost in the "Ima see if I can get the signal boosted to all the tvs".

Which is to say I don't have anything really to complain about of significance so I should be counting my blessings that the worse thing going wrong right now is an inconvenience.


Hil R. - Sep 21, 2010 2:39:54 pm PDT #25311 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I want to be a contestant on "Don't Forget the Lyrics." I could actually make use of the lyrics to all those Paula Abdul songs that have been in my brain for the past 20 years!


Zenkitty - Sep 21, 2010 2:58:11 pm PDT #25312 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Zenkitty - did you have anything that may have raised the humidity in your house?

Suzi, I think that's probably the answer -- I haven't been running the air conditioner as much as usual, so I've had the windows open, and it's humid outside. Thanks!

Theresa, just tell him that! Talking to repairmen can be so frustrating. Especially if they're of the cowboy "I'll handle this, little lady!" variety.

The main reason I hate to fly now is because I've gotten fat enough that my hips just barely fit between the seat arms, and while the belt does buckle, wrestling with it after I've already sat down is annoying and embarrassing (because what am I gonna do? block the aisle with my giant ass while I unhook the thing and drape it so that I can reach the ends after my giant ass has squeezed into the seat? no). So, clearly the only reasonable solution is to lose 50 pounds before I fly to Boston next spring.