Buffy: A Guide, but no water or food. So it leads me to the sacred place and then a week later it leads you to my bleached bones? Giles: Buffy, really. It takes more than a week to bleach bones.

'Dirty Girls'


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.


tommyrot - Sep 23, 2010 1:44:58 pm PDT #25752 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.

I actually have this weird habit of tapping the front of the stair with my foot as I go down if I cannot look at my feet.

I do that sometimes too.

OK, people who have a bad sense of balance - do you suffer from motion sickness more than most people too? I do - I wonder if they're related.


Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 23, 2010 1:46:34 pm PDT #25753 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Oof. Just posted this in the comments to a friend's status complaining about his neighbors filing a formal complaint against him instead of knocking and asking him to turn it down.

Is it possible their attempts to do this might have gone unheard? Last year I had to call the cops on my downstairs neighbor at 1 am because the music and yelling was too loud for anyone to hear me pounding on the door like a bongo drum.


Burrell - Sep 23, 2010 1:53:53 pm PDT #25754 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Oh Cash, how awful for your friend.


Theresa - Sep 23, 2010 2:04:17 pm PDT #25755 of 30001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"

do you suffer from motion sickness more than most people

The upside is never having to yell shot gun cause no one is going to argue that you should ride where you can see.


Sophia Brooks - Sep 23, 2010 2:06:29 pm PDT #25756 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Yes, I too, always ride in the front!


Scrappy - Sep 23, 2010 2:08:49 pm PDT #25757 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Balance is a skill which can be improved with practice. When I started skating, my coach gave me a piece of 2x4 and I had to put it flat on the floor and stand on it on one foot, so I was a couple of inches off the floor. I was supposed to do this for 5 or 10 minutes at a time. First, I just had to stand, but then as the weeks went on, I had to start holding my other leg up or closing my eyes or reaching overhead.

I really sucked at first but definitely got better as time went on.


DavidS - Sep 23, 2010 2:16:31 pm PDT #25758 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Completely reconsidering good study habits via neuroscience.

Guess what? Having a quiet, dedicated space to study is not best. Moving around and having a stimulating environment helps your brain create a neural scaffolding of associations.


Jesse - Sep 23, 2010 2:23:28 pm PDT #25759 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

The cashier at the drugstore had the alcohol lotion stuff out before I was even done paying. Nice! I even paid with my debit card so she didn't have to take my sick money.


Dana - Sep 23, 2010 2:23:55 pm PDT #25760 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

OK, people who have a bad sense of balance - do you suffer from motion sickness more than most people too? I do - I wonder if they're related.

I'm not sure if I have a bad sense of balance, but I am very careful on stairs and the link. I might just be clumsy. But yes, I am also prone to motion sickness.


sarameg - Sep 23, 2010 2:24:51 pm PDT #25761 of 30001

Well, the waiting and uncertainty is over. My aunt, Carol Louise, died last night.

I've known for a few hours, just have refused to really give the news any space. Still really not. Heard first from my dad, and just got an email from my uncle. This big, gruff man ended it with a plea to make sure all the women in our lives get regular checkups "even if you have to drag them by the hair because guaranteed after chemo they won't have any hair." And that is pure Carol-style snarkiness.

Sigh. I should call my dad tonight. He's probably dealing with it even less than I am and won't have anything to say beyond a heavy sigh.