I-I'm just taking things without paying for th... In what twisted dictionary is that stealing?

Willow ,'Showtime'


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.


§ ita § - Mar 31, 2012 12:44:45 pm PDT #29043 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Is that what it always looks like to you, Steph? That looks like an old school video driver incompatibility issue, but obviously the rest of the graphics on your screen is being rendered just fine.

Which means: huh? I have never seen that before. Here's mine, of about that same shot. Anything else giving you problems like that? What OS are you running?

Man, I got some tea bookmarking to do. I am in love with the tea machine, did I mention? I swear I have a dull resentment of filling up my mug with hot water at the work hot/cold kitchen dispenser, and then getting sidetracked while it brews.

However, that's all happening in my Abed & Troy In The Morning mug, so it's not all bad. In fact, it's pretty good.

bon, why are we avoiding a fight? What's the collateral damage you need to concern? Can you just tell her to pull the billion dollars out of her ass, and it might just relax her some?

It's not, like, your MIL, or something? Or a *boy*, because I just realised I'd assumed chick.

I do wish Teavana were cheaper and their sales people less consistently awful was completely impervious to the upsell. I've cut the off of their "Our system says that if you like this..." by telling them I'm just there for the jasmine green tea, but then they end up selling me a metric tonne of it.

Which, admittedly, I power through.

Which reminds me, there's a Lupicia in that same mall. That would help with my inability to find any of the "notes" in teas that their writeups rhapsodise about. I should check on that one day when I don't feel like my brain is dying and leaving my body alive to pretend.

Anyone shop at Lupicia? Recommendations? Not strong on the black tea, because of insomnia problems. The Oolong chai is as strong as I'm drinking right now, but only first thing in the morning. When that runs out, maybe I'll experiment with a fancy Earl Grey, or something. I remember a ... Lady (?) Grey tea I had once that used straight up orange instead of bergamot, but avoided the bitterness I sometimes associate with Constant Comment tisane.

Lots of good stuff to bookmark. Thanks, guys!


le nubian - Mar 31, 2012 12:57:06 pm PDT #29044 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

BTW, the tea that Beau likes is Gyokuro and he said he notices a distinct difference between the tea when we get it online vs the store. He says it is fresher at the Teavana store versus when it comes in the foil bags through the mail.

Seeing as how I'm not going in the fucking store anymore, I think that's an interesting comment. But I'm not going to experience this difference myself.


Amy - Mar 31, 2012 1:00:42 pm PDT #29045 of 30001
Because books.

Wasn't Steph trying to get to Street View *in* the Quest View, though?

Lady Grey tea is lovely. Really light but with a lot of flavor.


bon bon - Mar 31, 2012 1:01:36 pm PDT #29046 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

bon, why are we avoiding a fight? What's the collateral damage you need to concern? Can you just tell her to pull the billion dollars out of her ass, and it might just relax her some?

It's not, like, your MIL, or something? Or a *boy*, because I just realised I'd assumed chick.

Lots of people say dumb things on facebook/the internet: it's not best for me to challenge them all. Especially if it's just a FoaF. It's a man. Here's the context:

Friend from sixth grade: "Just think what we could do if everyone had put $1 or $10 or $20 or whatever they spent on lottery tickets this week towards new textbooks for schools or electing better leaders or sustaining after-school programs for youth..."
Me: "But that's where lottery money does go."
Other commenter I don't know: "I read a thing once that said in one weekend, what Americans spend at the movies, we could end world hunger."

Me: boggle


Polter-Cow - Mar 31, 2012 1:01:52 pm PDT #29047 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Wasn't Steph trying to get to Street View *in* the Quest View, though?

Yes. That is why it looks like that.


Dana - Mar 31, 2012 1:04:44 pm PDT #29048 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Other commenter I don't know: "I read a thing once that said in one weekend, what Americans spend at the movies, we could end world hunger."

Man, why didn't someone just tell us?


§ ita § - Mar 31, 2012 1:04:47 pm PDT #29049 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Damn, man. That tea's even more expensive than my pearls.

Maybe I'll go in and buy a cup from them.

Shit, they have a Jasmine oolong. Just a touch more expensive than my pearls...I wonder.

And I refuse to let those people keep me out of the store. THEY WILL NOT WIN.

Signed,
The Motherfucking Batman.


Steph L. - Mar 31, 2012 1:06:56 pm PDT #29050 of 30001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Wasn't Steph trying to get to Street View *in* the Quest View, though?

Yes. That is why it looks like that.

I was, and I just thought maybe it should look better than that. Still Legend of Zelda-ish, but...better.


bon bon - Mar 31, 2012 1:08:34 pm PDT #29051 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Man, why didn't someone just tell us?

Or like several dozen rich countries, many NGOs and the UN!


Dana - Mar 31, 2012 1:11:17 pm PDT #29052 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I really like going to the movies, though, so I'm glad no one mentioned I could be ending world hunger instead.