Dawn: Any luck? Willow: If you define luck as the absence of success--plenty.

'Touched'


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.


Beverly - May 12, 2011 9:40:04 am PDT #7969 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Kathy, I keep meaning to tell you how awed and impressed I am with your progress. You're amazing, and you look terrific!

And ita, you look absolutely fantastic. Goes without saying.


Polter-Cow - May 12, 2011 9:47:50 am PDT #7970 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

As long as you don't go on to tell him about BMECT.

But My Experience Counts Too?


Jesse - May 12, 2011 9:51:11 am PDT #7971 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Contradicts That.


Steph L. - May 12, 2011 10:26:36 am PDT #7972 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Woo! Apple just sent me a shipment notice for the laptop, with a FedEx tracking number which does indeed have actual tracking information when I click on it.

Apparently you CAN ship a computer next-day to Cincinnati from The Rift.


Steph L. - May 12, 2011 10:30:51 am PDT #7973 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Unrelatedly, I'm editing something on genetics that uses the word "mendelian" (as in Gregor Mendel). The AMA style guide says it should be lower-case, but then goes on to say that editors should defer to -- specifically -- "the latest edition of Merriam-Webster."

Which, naturally, capitalizes it.

I am in a quandary.


tommyrot - May 12, 2011 10:34:49 am PDT #7974 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.

Cat Opening a Box

Kitty can't get the box open, so it drags a human's hands to the box with its teeth to get the human to open the box. I've never seen a cat do that....


Jesse - May 12, 2011 10:40:08 am PDT #7975 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Now, that's a cat who knows how to use tools.


lisah - May 12, 2011 10:46:26 am PDT #7976 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

hilarious! Also that cat has markings strikingly similar to my Uncle Bud's!

Man, both my work AND Bob's work are driving me nuts today. The downside of being partnered up, I guess.


smonster - May 12, 2011 10:49:22 am PDT #7977 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

From waaaay back - that picture of the two Starbucks was pre-airing of the new BSG. And those who have less than warm fuzzy feelings about Dirk Benedict, it may have been because of this essay he wrote: [link] Here's one colorful quote: "Men hand out cigars. Women `hand out' babies. And thus the world, for thousands of years, has gone round."


Polter-Cow - May 12, 2011 10:51:20 am PDT #7978 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Unrelatedly, I'm editing something on genetics that uses the word "mendelian" (as in Gregor Mendel). The AMA style guide says it should be lower-case, but then goes on to say that editors should defer to -- specifically -- "the latest edition of Merriam-Webster."

What? Why the hell wouldn't you capitalize it? I look askance at you, AMA style guide.