Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!

Wash ,'Serenity'


Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


javachik - Aug 14, 2011 12:48:40 am PDT #20375 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Ha!


§ ita § - Aug 14, 2011 4:58:17 am PDT #20376 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It is "you and me against the world, not "you and I", right?


Stephanie - Aug 14, 2011 5:15:01 am PDT #20377 of 30001
Trust my rage

I think so because "I against the world" sounds weird.


Connie Neil - Aug 14, 2011 5:21:10 am PDT #20378 of 30001
brillig

People get told so often not to say "you and me" that they don't remember that it's sometimes the correct form.


beekaytee - Aug 14, 2011 5:28:11 am PDT #20379 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant

Yep, It's 'me against the world.'

sarameg, I'm glad you kept your feet!

We have a rule in this house, and in the doggy lama houses. No dog and people on the stairs at the same time. With a crowd like that, though, I suppose a stampede is the only option.

Am I taking it correctly that you didn't know the herd was in house?

I am observing dog walkers for the company I'm partnered with and am finding it fairly common that clients neglect to mention when another dog is going to be present. Sigh. We are going to have to institute a penalty for such behavior.

It's clear that one of my primary tasks as Director of HR/PR is being a hard ass.


Sparky1 - Aug 14, 2011 5:31:05 am PDT #20380 of 30001
Librarian Warlord

Skipping to say: An American U student did a short documentary piece on our search for Sassafras: [link] Give him some hits!


§ ita § - Aug 14, 2011 5:58:53 am PDT #20381 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Whenever I've seen the "and me" correction called out in fic, it's always been an erroneous correction. Tsk, tsk.

It can't be easy to train a dog not to follow you directly up or down a flight of stairs.


beekaytee - Aug 14, 2011 6:04:14 am PDT #20382 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant

It isn't too difficult if there is a sight line.

It is a matter of teaching self-control and the 'wait' or stay command.

I live on the second floor and Bartleby has two commands for exiting the house. "go pee" means that he can rush down the stairs in front of me to go into the yard. 'go outside' means he must stop on the landing, lie down and wait for me to go downstairs and get his equipment together.

It's funny that, if I say the wrong command for a given behavior, he will correct me.

There have been times when we've gone for a short walk that I didn't intend because I messed up and don't want to confuse him.


Hil R. - Aug 14, 2011 6:55:18 am PDT #20383 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Jewelry made from pieces of Barbie dolls: [link]


smonster - Aug 14, 2011 7:03:58 am PDT #20384 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

I don't know what was up with Frankie this morning. He very rarely humps, and it's almost always boy dogs (and I correct him immediately and put him in 'timeout' if it keeps happening). Today he would not stop humping Josie, the sweet Dobie we see at the park sometimes! Embarrassing and puzzling.