I lost my phone last week (TRAUMA!) and my new one is due to be delivered today and I'm totally paranoid after the UPS horror stories.
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 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
lisah - Jan 24, 2011 6:49:56 am PST #18559 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Daisy Jane - Jan 24, 2011 6:51:43 am PST #18560 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Googling "Mr. Rogers is awesome" gives you about 9,660,000 results.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 24, 2011 6:54:36 am PST #18561 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
It was a huge comfort back when I worked for the Presbyterian Church that our most prominent public figure was famous for teaching kids to tie their sneakers instead of embezzling church funds or getting caught with hookers.
tommyrot - Jan 24, 2011 6:56:23 am PST #18562 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.
Christopher Walken/zombie/metal tee
This tee ($25+$5S&H) pays tribute to zombies, Christopher Walken, and the golden age of heavy metal tees all at once. All it wants is an umlaut for utter sartorial perfection.
I just love that zombie!Walken is holding a cowbell!
quester - Jan 24, 2011 6:58:35 am PST #18563 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
character shoes are simple heels, usually black or flesh tones, used for dance and stage work.
Oh, I love these!
Scrappy - Jan 24, 2011 7:00:10 am PST #18564 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I didn't like his show at all (although the intended audience, toddlers, I knew all seemed to love it), but I loved and admired the man.
erin_obscure - Jan 24, 2011 7:14:02 am PST #18565 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
quester- dispatching anyone for anything can lead to conflict and "push back" from dispatchees questioning just about anything. Likely the last person was young and soft and cried a lot from being questioned and the writer (who desperately needs an editor) doesn't want to go through that again.
§ ita § - Jan 24, 2011 7:21:35 am PST #18566 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
as someone else noted with soft leather soles so not super durable outdoors
Getting durable soles put on is pretty simple.
DavidS - Jan 24, 2011 7:24:17 am PST #18567 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Mr. Rogers was a genuinely kind and decent man.
My college roommate, Chip, went to prep school with his son and got to know him then. Later, Chip worked for an education foundation and did a lot of work with Fred Rogers and said he was just the nicest guy. However, Chip did note that Fred's son was a total stoner, adding, "You'd kind of have to be if your dad was Fred Rogers."
WindSparrow - Jan 24, 2011 7:24:46 am PST #18568 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I'm on the Mr. Rogers love train, too. I loved him when I was a child. And there was a time in my 20s when I was extremely depressed, that I watched his show to soothe myself. It helped, a lot.
Mister Rogers seems to have been almost exactly the same off-screen as he was onscreen. As an ordained Presbyterian minister, and a man of tremendous faith, Mister Rogers preached tolerance first. Whenever he was asked to castigate non-Christians or gays for their differing beliefs, he would instead face them and say, with sincerity, “God loves you just the way you are.” Often this provoked ire from fundamentalists.
That was from the link DJ posted.