Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.

Andrew ,'Damage'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

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 - Feb 16, 2012 12:31:36 pm PST #22375 of 30001
Because books.

What Cashmere said. I read some Rick Santorum quotes earlier, and I could feel my blood pressure rising.

Then I ate a chocolate donut, and it made me feel like the assholes won.


msbelle - Feb 16, 2012 12:32:41 pm PST #22376 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I think come March I will have a no-read policy for all news sites.


Gudanov - Feb 16, 2012 12:34:54 pm PST #22377 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

Good Luck, Jilli!!


Gudanov - Feb 16, 2012 12:36:20 pm PST #22378 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

I like the all-male contraception hearing because it is so OBVIOUSLY fucked up.

That's an awesome lack of self-awareness.


Amy - Feb 16, 2012 12:38:36 pm PST #22379 of 30001
Because books.

That's an awesome lack of self-awareness.

I disagree. I think it's purposeful arrogance.


Tom Scola - Feb 16, 2012 12:39:54 pm PST #22380 of 30001
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.

It's definitely deliberate: [link]


Gudanov - Feb 16, 2012 12:51:08 pm PST #22381 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

I stand corrected. And plunged into a combination of anger and depression.


askye - Feb 16, 2012 12:51:21 pm PST #22382 of 30001
Thrive to spite them

It is deliberate. They keep trying to frame this as a religious issue and that it's not about women. Just like when Santorum back pedaled on his comments that Griswold v Connecticut was a bad decision. He tried to claim it wasn't about birth control, it was about states rights.


Zenkitty - Feb 16, 2012 12:55:45 pm PST #22383 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I have outrage fatigue.

Good grief, me too. I was getting the outrage back until the current ultrasound-dildo-rape and men-know-best outrages, and now I'm exhausted again.

I had the transvaginal ultrasound before I got my Mirena, and it made me cry. I can't deal with how terrible it would be for someone whose experience was worse than mine. And how those horrible people just don't care. Or else they want it to make a woman feel awful because how dare she?!


aurelia - Feb 16, 2012 12:55:58 pm PST #22384 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Thank you Andy Borowitz:

"Remember, no matter how bad your life is, at least Rick Santorum isn't in the same room talking to you right now."