Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.

Mal ,'Safe'


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.


Amy - May 27, 2011 8:32:31 am PDT #9874 of 30001
Because books.

Sloth orphanage. That's some impressive natural slounging right there.


Theodosia - May 27, 2011 8:35:54 am PDT #9875 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

tommy, have I missed something? Who's Darby, whom I'm going to assume is an animal of some sort if you're talking vet!


tommyrot - May 27, 2011 8:39:08 am PDT #9876 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.

tommy, have I missed something? Who's Darby, whom I'm going to assume is an animal of some sort if you're talking vet!

The what now? I think you're thinking of someone else's post...


Amy - May 27, 2011 8:42:27 am PDT #9877 of 30001
Because books.

Darby is brenda's dog, Theo.


Amy - May 27, 2011 8:45:18 am PDT #9878 of 30001
Because books.

Buffista gardeners: any idea what this flower is? It's growing in a big bush in the backyard -- it must have been done flowering when we moved in last September.

The picture was quick and sort of crappy, sorry.


Steph L. - May 27, 2011 8:49:46 am PDT #9879 of 30001
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.

Isn't that a rose? I don't know what kind, but it's not the elegant-looking ones you see cut in florists' shops. We have one of those bushes, and I've been calling them roses for 3 years.


Steph L. - May 27, 2011 8:51:24 am PDT #9880 of 30001
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.

Possibly a variety of floribunda rose? [link]


Amy - May 27, 2011 8:53:36 am PDT #9881 of 30001
Because books.

Stephen thought it was a rose! I thought it was a little too ... floppy? Open? But I'm probably just thinking of florist shop roses, and not one of the varieties.

It also has only a very faint fragrance, which made me question it.


Tom Scola - May 27, 2011 8:57:22 am PDT #9882 of 30001
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.

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Burrell - May 27, 2011 9:24:21 am PDT #9883 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

That's definitely a rose. I'm no expert, but my guess would be Doctor Huey. It's a red rose that tends to open into a loose flower like that, with a bit of white at center of the petals. Can't recall stamen color. It's often used as root stock for grafted plants because it's hardy and grows well.

{edited to weed out wonkiness}