But then came "The Quickening."
We must never even acknowledge its existence.
Chick in the washroom was wearing a purple top. I was tempted to walk up behind her and mutter "QUILTBAG" and see if her eyes flashed black.
Angel: He is dead. Technically, he's undead. It's a zombie. Connor: What's a zombie? Angel: It's an undead thing. Connor: Like you? Angel: No, zombies are slow-moving, dimwitted things that crave human flesh. Connor: Like you. Angel: No! It's different. Trust me.
'Destiny'
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 § - Oct 20, 2010 11:35:28 am PDT #837 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
brenda m - Oct 20, 2010 11:47:09 am PDT #838 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Hah!
I'm wearing a purple dress. It's kind of interesting to see where to purple is popping up in the office today.
brenda m - Oct 20, 2010 11:48:49 am PDT #839 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
There was a thing on the Times website (not sure if it was in the actual paper) recently about STEM, for science-technology-engineering-math, as used in education, and how it's stupid. But honestly, it's so much better than SMET, which is what they started with....
For serious.
Then you've now got the BRIC countries. Is there a word for this kind of acronym that makes things easier (or quicker) for people in the know but are probably totally opaque to anyone who doesn't already know what you're talking about?
Jesse - Oct 20, 2010 11:51:56 am PDT #840 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's jargon, but I don't know if there's anything more specific. I love jargon! Although in my first job in NYC, all I could for in meetings for months was write down all of the initials that people were spewing -- it was my first job in New York, in health care, in government funding. Many, many acronyms and initialisms...
Ginger - Oct 20, 2010 12:13:25 pm PDT #841 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I used to have a purple suit, but purple seems to have fallen out of my wardrobe without my noticing it. Perhaps I need purple.
Connie Neil - Oct 20, 2010 12:21:16 pm PDT #842 of 30001
brillig
I wore my purple shirt yesterday, unthinkingly. I couldn't wear it two days in a row.
billytea - Oct 20, 2010 12:33:58 pm PDT #843 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I am wearing my burgundy shirt today. However, today is tomorrow already, so I'm probably doing it wrong.
SuziQ - Oct 20, 2010 12:36:18 pm PDT #844 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I loves me some purple. This morning, I forgot my purple. But when I came home for karate, I put a purple tank under my gi.
Sue - Oct 20, 2010 12:51:30 pm PDT #845 of 30001
hip deep in pie
This story is crazy...Man rescues baby from dumpster, later finds out he is the father:
I hope we don't find out later he was complicit in baby dumping.
Daisy Jane - Oct 20, 2010 1:14:13 pm PDT #846 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."