Mercy is the mark of a great man. Guess I'm just a good man. Well, I'm all right.

Mal ,'Shindig'


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.


Ginger - Aug 18, 2011 2:01:04 pm PDT #21025 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Maria rocks.


Atropa - Aug 18, 2011 2:02:27 pm PDT #21026 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I love our hivemind.


Toddson - Aug 18, 2011 2:03:20 pm PDT #21027 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

On a vaguely tangentially subject, related to MFNlaw's tagline, I recently saw a commercial. It's in the locker room of a hockey team, probably mid-game. A big, burly, sweaty hocky player is on the phone with his little girl, it's bedtime and, to make her happy, he sings "The Itsy-Bitsy Spider", complete with hand gestures. His teammates gradually gather around, listening, silently. When he's through, he says good night, she says, "I love you daddy." There's a little friendly teasing - one player is missing several front teeth - and, in a spirit of teamship, they go back to finish the game.

I'm probably not telling it well, but it's sweet.


Toddson - Aug 18, 2011 2:03:37 pm PDT #21028 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

aha! Jilli! I put a book in the mail to you.


Jesse - Aug 18, 2011 2:06:35 pm PDT #21029 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Did I tell you people about my coworker having her baby? She told us she was going in to be induced Monday night, and then we never heard anything! Finally another coworker called her husband's cell, and I guess she had the baby on Tuesday! Or possibly yesterday -- I heard both things. But still. We were worried! The baby is cute.


§ ita § - Aug 18, 2011 2:10:41 pm PDT #21030 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Wow. This is kinda cool to come back to my meeting from, except for the part with Buffista distress. But the rest rocks.

Speaking of rocking, my new boss just "let slip" that he's attended Star Wars anniversary screenings in costume. I am so golden. I don't know if he could hear the mental squeeing I was doing, but this is the first time I've ever felt I had a boss dorkier than me. It's a nice feeling.

Though, really, I should go through my folio thingy and remove all the 8.5x11 work-doodled fanart. There's more accumulated in there than I'd thought.

I have a sketch at my desk that one particularly nosy guy was delving into, and I had to tell him that, no, I don't draw people I know, and no, I don't name the people I draw. They, you know, already have names. He so had no understanding of what I was talking about.


Amy - Aug 18, 2011 2:12:37 pm PDT #21031 of 30001
Because books.

I guess she had the baby on Tuesday!

Coworker's husband! It's your job to make those calls!

my new boss just "let slip" that he's attended Star Wars anniversary screenings in costume.

Heh. That's excellent.


sarameg - Aug 18, 2011 2:13:17 pm PDT #21032 of 30001

Love you, Maria.

It's coming down buckets. There's another cell in Silver Spring on the same trajectory. And one behind it in Centreville, on the same line. And I just had to correct a typo, that crack was so close I jumped. I think I have to give up on getting to swim tonight. That's pretty much a lineup for the next couple of hours.

Hey, I'll find out if the leak is really fixed!


Jesse - Aug 18, 2011 2:14:13 pm PDT #21033 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Coworker's husband! It's your job to make those calls!

This is what I'm saying. Just send a text to everyone, or something! Anyway, all's well that ends well, and Connor looks super cute.

Speaking of rocking, my new boss just "let slip" that he's attended Star Wars anniversary screenings in costume.

Nice.


Atropa - Aug 18, 2011 2:14:38 pm PDT #21034 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

aha! Jilli! I put a book in the mail to you.

Oooh, yay! I will keep an eye out for it.

Dear small kitten on my lap, I have to go upstairs and get ready to go to my doctor appointment. I can't stay here and be kitty furniture. I bet you don't care.