It's right under item 20,306: Worrying about corkboards becoming animate and eating me.
It's cavalier attitudes like this that lead directly to people's -- nay, CIVILIZATIONS' -- downfalls.
She's not just a blob of energy, she's also a 14-year-old hormone bomb.
Spike ,'The Killer In Me'
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.
Steph L. - May 21, 2011 9:44:18 am PDT #9111 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Connie Neil - May 21, 2011 9:44:41 am PDT #9112 of 30001
brillig
I was talking to a customer the other day, and as we were waiting for something to process, he mentioned his previous job, managing a TV ratings company.
"So if you had a favorite show that went under between 1999 and 2008, it's probably my fault."
"So Firefly is your fault."
"That was sci-fi, cable wasn't my job."
"It was on Fox."
"Oh. OK, it was my fault."
"I'll be sure to tell my friends. I have your name and address after all."
"Please don't."
I suspect he's been blamed for Firefly before.
Trudy Booth - May 21, 2011 9:46:38 am PDT #9113 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Hee! The article mentions my book:
It began as a offhand remark. “Hey, what if we just didn’t tell?” And then Stocker found a book in his school library called X: A Fabulous Child’s Story by Lois Gould. The book, published in 1978, is about raising not a boy or a girl, but X. There’s a happy ending here. Little X — who loved to play football and weave baskets — faces the taunting head on, proving that X is the most well-adjusted child ever examined by “an impartial team of Xperts.”
Hil R. - May 21, 2011 9:50:11 am PDT #9114 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I vaguely recall reading that X book in school. It must have been second or third grade, I think. I remember a lot of the kids analyzing the story for clues to determine whether X was really a boy or a girl, which probably wasn't what the teacher intended when she assigned it.
Strix - May 21, 2011 10:00:57 am PDT #9115 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
It's right under item 20,306: Worrying about corkboards becoming animate and eating me.
I'm a right bitch, I am. MWAHAHAHAHA!
Trudy Booth - May 21, 2011 10:05:58 am PDT #9116 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
It's been two years since Popgate broke. All those breatlessly horrified people and, from anything I can find on Google, no one has bothered to follow up and see if Pop has felt like revealing Pop's gender yet -- Pop is nearly 4 1/2 now.
Connie Neil - May 21, 2011 10:27:57 am PDT #9117 of 30001
brillig
I wonder how long you can go with that before the requirements of public restrooms force the issue. Once you get to school locker rooms, it would have to be declared one way or another, I would think.
sumi - May 21, 2011 10:33:39 am PDT #9118 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Well, those kids are being homeschooled.
Connie Neil - May 21, 2011 10:35:31 am PDT #9119 of 30001
brillig
At the very least, if noticeable tits show up, that cat's out of the bag.
sumi - May 21, 2011 10:37:51 am PDT #9120 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Well, I don't think the idea is to keep the secret forever but to allow the child to choose it's likes/interests etc on it's own. So that nobody will be making judgements on what the kid should be like based on whether s/he's a boy or a girl.