Tara: Do you have any books on robots? Giles: Oh, yes, dozens. There's a lot of research to be done in order to--no, I'm lying. Haven't got squat. I just like watching Xander squirm.

'Get It Done'


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 - Oct 15, 2010 9:45:45 am PDT #29845 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.

He's the one who questioned my Firefly cred. He's the one that fed live goats to his 18+ foot snakes. He gets UV-visible tattoos. He got his porn BBSs shut down by the government. He...he...just, I don't even know.

OK, the "liar" theory seems likely now....


flea - Oct 15, 2010 9:46:59 am PDT #29846 of 30001
information libertarian

And, let me say for the record, there is something to be said for having librarians as coworkers. Some minor excesses of cute cat stories, but nobody of the dangerous-crazy variety.


Polter-Cow - Oct 15, 2010 9:47:59 am PDT #29847 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Is he Bob from the office down the hall?


Jesse - Oct 15, 2010 9:50:51 am PDT #29848 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

And, NO, I'm not having the conversation. I fell for it when y'all needed more details about the goat, and that cost me 20 minutes out of my lunch hour. Never again.

Come ON! You cannot let this go! We need to know more.


Calli - Oct 15, 2010 9:52:15 am PDT #29849 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

He's the one who questioned my Firefly cred. He's the one that fed live goats to his 18+ foot snakes. He gets UV-visible tattoos. He got his porn BBSs shut down by the government. He...he...just, I don't even know.

Maybe he's discussing his RPGs?


tommyrot - Oct 15, 2010 9:53:07 am PDT #29850 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.

Maybe he's discussing his RPGs?

What RPG lets you eat human flesh?


Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 15, 2010 9:58:06 am PDT #29851 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

I'm thinking this co-worker makes Gus look like George Washington in comparison.


tommyrot - Oct 15, 2010 9:58:42 am PDT #29852 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.

A map of the US, showing how likely straight people are to want to have a same-sex experience:

[link]

Sullivan asks, "What's up with Oregon?" A reader responds (Bicurious Oregon):

I think the answer to your question "What's up with Oregon?" could be answered in one word: Portland. For whatever reason, it seems to be extremely sexually adventurous town. Bisexuality and open relationships don't even raise our eyebrows. Polyamory even edges into the discussion from time to time.

I wish I had some stats on why, but I can only go on my experience. I'm a (99%) straight male that's done more than my fair share of dating and I can't think of a single solidly straight woman I've ever dated here. I've even dated lesbians. How is that possible? You'd have to allow them to explain the complexities of their sexuality because I never got that one myself.

Point is, things that don't fly elsewhere in the country seem to be normal in our little bubble. Also, the percentage of young residents who use OK Cupid in places like Portland is probably much higher than Alabama, the bluest on the OK Cupid map. People tend to settle down early in those parts. The people who escape the South and Midwest (like myself) flee to the coasts - places where being liberal minded about politics, sexuality, and oh, you know, recycling a can, aren't viewed with hostility by their neighbors.

Huh.


Scrappy - Oct 15, 2010 9:58:53 am PDT #29853 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Maybe he just means he bites his nails.


tommyrot - Oct 15, 2010 10:00:01 am PDT #29854 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.

Maybe he just means he bites his nails.

Occasionally I'll bite a hangnail off and then swallow it. Wow, I'm just like him. (Now to see if my cat will eat goat.)