I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a bed of bones.

Buffy ,'Chosen'


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.


§ ita § - Mar 02, 2011 3:26:25 pm PST #26021 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I am feeling a compulsion to buy gourmet popcorn. It's something I do fancy I can taste the difference with, and is worth it. But I have most of a bottle of Pop Secret to make it through.

Man, when I was on different meds I could plow through half a cup of kernel's worth of popped corn in a sitting. Not so much anymore, no matter how hungry I am.


Dana - Mar 02, 2011 3:28:53 pm PST #26022 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I like Bacon Salt on my popcorn, but non-liquid toppings never really seem to stick.


tommyrot - Mar 02, 2011 3:40:32 pm PST #26023 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.

Live sex toy demonstration held on NU campus

Northwestern University acknowledged today that an unusual demonstration was held on campus last week in which students observed a naked woman being penetrated by a sex toy.

The sex act was performed in front of about 100 students in psychology professor John Michael Bailey’s human sexuality class. The demonstration occurred after class, and attendance was optional.

The university will pay several hundred dollars to guest lecturer Ken Melvoin-Berg, co-owner of Weird Chicago Tours. His Feb. 21 discussion of bondage, swinging and other sexual fetishes was arranged by Bailey, who gets extra funding from the university’s College of Arts & Sciences for lectures and other activities he routinely holds after class.

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The woman undressed and got on stage with her male partner, who used a device that looks like a machine-powered saw with a phallic object instead of a blade. Melvoin-Berg said the couple are exhibitionists who enjoy having people watch them have sex, and they were not paid for the demonstration.

“It is probably something I will remember for the rest of my life. I can’t say that about my Econ 202 class and the material that I learned there,” said Northwestern senior Justin Smith. Smith, 21, said students were told there would be a “sex tour operator” speaking about fetishes after class, but they didn’t initially know there would be a live demonstration.

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An Evanston police department spokesman said Northwestern police would be responsible for determining whether the demonstration violated any local ordinances. University spokesman Alan Cubbage said “the issue has not been raised,” and nobody had filed a complaint with the police department.

Huh.


aurelia - Mar 02, 2011 3:48:04 pm PST #26024 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Sounds like the Econ professors need to step up their game.


tommyrot - Mar 02, 2011 3:56:47 pm PST #26025 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.

Sounds like the Econ professors need to step up their game.

Heh. Not sure how. Maybe an invisible hand job?


Zenkitty - Mar 02, 2011 3:58:05 pm PST #26026 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Not sure how they could beat that. A mecha-dildo trumps even a donkey, and doesn't shit on the floor.


beekaytee - Mar 02, 2011 4:06:52 pm PST #26027 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant

Eek. Passing on the public display convo to add, pepper and parmesean on popcorn.

I took the local guy's kettle corn to the Oscar event I went to and it was a huge hit. The kernels were roughly the size of racket balls. So light and tasty.


Tom Scola - Mar 02, 2011 4:08:30 pm PST #26028 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Are you doing the crossword puzzle tournament, Jesse?


-t - Mar 02, 2011 4:08:47 pm PST #26029 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Heh. Not sure how. Maybe an invisible hand job?

Ha! Considering my undergrad Econ prof had to cancel our final so he could go into rehab, I'm gonna say HOOKERS AND BLOW


tommyrot - Mar 02, 2011 4:11:24 pm PST #26030 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.

This is cool & funny: Harpo Marx & Milton Berle 1959 Kraft Music Hall

From Boing Boing:

Germy Shoemangler sez, "On the Kraft Music Hall, Harpo plays the clarinet (and blows bubbles out of it), accuses Milton Berle of using cocaine, and holds up seven fingers on one hand when asked how long he's been playing the clarinet. A surreal moment in late '50s TV. Harpo was over seventy years old when he made this appearance, and he was younger than ever."