She's terse. I can be terse. Once in flight school, I was laconic.

Wash ,'War Stories'


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 - Sep 02, 2011 8:25:59 am PDT #23824 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I'll be thinking about you today, Maria.

I hope things are looking better for your friend, Matt.

I think y'all have heard my rant about how in this country asking for pain killers = junkie, even though there's no evidence that short-term use of opiates for pain is addictive. I've had several root canals, and while they haven't been terribly painful, I was grateful for a pain killer the day after. I swear part of the pain comes from bruises from the dentist's fingers.


Jesse - Sep 02, 2011 8:28:17 am PDT #23825 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I thought the beauty of the root canal is that it stops the tooth from hurting, via killing the root? Which does NOT mean no pain after, just different pain, IME -- my jaw hurt like hell, but my teeth were fine. So I can see a dentist thinking you should be fine.


Amy - Sep 02, 2011 8:31:26 am PDT #23826 of 30001
Because books.

Completely off topic, although I will add that I value a painkiller like whoa after any dental work, watching The Barefoot Contessa really makes me want to live in the Hamptons.


Gudanov - Sep 02, 2011 8:39:01 am PDT #23827 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

Wow, talk about poor taste.

GOP holds gun raffle in Gifford's district


Aims - Sep 02, 2011 8:39:10 am PDT #23828 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

I am also off topic in that I am crying at the end of Sondheim: The Birthday Concert.

Off Topic Amy's!


Amy - Sep 02, 2011 8:43:23 am PDT #23829 of 30001
Because books.

Off Topic Amys would be an excellent band name.


beekaytee - Sep 02, 2011 8:51:02 am PDT #23830 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant

Joel Shumacher passed a group of friends outside a sushi place in Manhattan. He looked even more California Sunshine in person. My friends couldn't figure out why I was tickled and then thought there was something wrong with me for being able to identify a director of Brat Pack movies.

My Lost Boys love is legion.


DavidS - Sep 02, 2011 8:52:30 am PDT #23831 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Off Topic Amys would be an excellent band name.

"We're The Off Topic Amys and our next song is 'Watch Me Tangent!' 1-2-3...Did I tell you about the time the gerbil ate his way through the middle of my Georgette Heyer collection?"


Jesse - Sep 02, 2011 8:52:44 am PDT #23832 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

So I thought I got an invitation to a casual alumni cocktail party, but I read the email more closely, and it turns out to be a CAUSAL cocktail party. Awesome! Nerds.


DavidS - Sep 02, 2011 8:55:33 am PDT #23833 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Aims! The Giants rookie Brandon Belt is a tall gangly dude such that the local announcer compared him (quite aptly) to a baby giraffe. He got to meet a baby giraffe.