What'd you all order a dead guy for?

Jayne ,'The Message'


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.


tommyrot - Mar 19, 2011 1:45:51 pm PDT #29189 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.

Propaganda posters urge you to keep calm and shoot Nazi dinosaurs

When Hitler's dino-hordes storm Normandy, will you have the wherewithal to beat them back? Allied propaganda posters from a lizard-filled WWII urge you to take arms against these Jurassic Nazis, while Axis posters tout raptors as the strength of Germany.

These propaganda posters are actually promotions for the video game Dino D-Day, which finally gets its release on Steam next month. So you can enjoy hunting Nazi dinosaurs from the comfort of your living room.

This recruiting poster cracked me up: [link]


erin_obscure - Mar 19, 2011 1:51:36 pm PDT #29190 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

Hil, call the local police if there is a non emergency number. If it's makin yr walls shake, it's almost certainly in violation of any local noise ordinances.


sumi - Mar 19, 2011 1:56:16 pm PDT #29191 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

Racing commenced at two tracks in Japan: proceeds to go to tsunami/quake victims.


§ ita § - Mar 19, 2011 2:00:38 pm PDT #29192 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

ita, did you use self-rising flour? Is it necessary?

I used 1 tsp of baking powder. Rose just fine. It's a decent, uninspiring chocolate cake (I halved the sugar). I suspect that if I'd had Nutella I'd snarfing this down and making another. As it is, I'm happy with it, and you can't beat the cleanup.


Scrappy - Mar 19, 2011 2:14:25 pm PDT #29193 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I have gone to Pilates and brunch and then the DH made me watch the first two eps of Spartacus, which he started watching while I was out the other night and wanted me to catch up. Blood and fucking seem to be the major themes so far.


Liese S. - Mar 19, 2011 3:07:05 pm PDT #29194 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Whoot. Surround sound is functional! I still have to find two other long screws, because the ones that came with the fixture are insufficient, and I don't want to use only two out of the four since there's a good deal of pressure on the panel. And the SO still needs to mount the last speaker, which I currently have wired directly in. But it's working, and it sounds badass!

Now I am starving, because I just now realized that in addition to missing the tea, I also missed lunch. All you can eat corned beef and cabbage? Hm.


lisah - Mar 19, 2011 3:26:16 pm PDT #29195 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

My allergies have been so bad I had to bail on last nights plans (and fell apart cuz I felt so crappy and useless) and had to bail on this mornings ride. Lame!

I did make it to yoga and Bob made beer can chicken and I made sides including super indulgent smashed taters with cream and butter. Yum. Now maybe watch the Social Network maybe?


Liese S. - Mar 19, 2011 3:40:01 pm PDT #29196 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Nom. Sounds good.

Where did I put my phone? I had it earlier today when I was making hotel reservations.


Liese S. - Mar 19, 2011 3:44:36 pm PDT #29197 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Oh, right, it`s in the media closet attached to the sound system to test the installation. Dur.


sarameg - Mar 19, 2011 4:10:05 pm PDT #29198 of 30001

Spent the last 3 hours doing my taxes. They are now efiled. I saved myself some money doing it this way, and comparing to last year's, pretty certain I didn't muck it up at all. Itemizing, aieeeee! But pretty much just from owning a home and a couple charity things.

My head hurts.

And I'm annoyed at TBI dude who stopped with his husky as I was trying to shepherd Loki inside (I saw them coming, and I don't trust his judgement, so we booked it back to the house. ) Of course he let the the dog see Loki as I was unlocking the door and it started straining and Loki freaked (he was between the screen door and the door - I was prepared to shut him in there in case just this happened and that's exactly what I had to do. ) Dude then tries to chat and I'm all GO AWAY I NEED TO GET THE CAT INSIDE HE'S FREAKED OUT AND DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN. He goes off muttering to himself, all injured. I swear, I know he's got a TBI, I know you have to really enforce boundaries with him, but jesus.

Loki calmed right down and we were able to go back out later. If I see him walking his dog when I'm out, stuffing Loki into my shirt and bolting into the nearest house, even if it isn't mine.