You never know if a girl's gonna say 'yes', or if she's gonna laugh in your face and pull out your still-beating heart and crush it into the ground with her heel.

Xander ,'Help'


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.


Dana - Apr 06, 2012 12:54:55 pm PDT #29846 of 30001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

OMG, you guys, my manager is so nuts.


lisah - Apr 06, 2012 12:58:07 pm PDT #29847 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

Your brother's family can't get to where she is?

Well, she's in the hospital and he's got a 4 and 10 year old. Also, she's reluctant to have people visit. She hates being fussed over. Maybe she'll feel better by Sunday and we can visit and at least my brother and his wife and maybe oldest kid can come by.


lisah - Apr 06, 2012 12:58:31 pm PDT #29848 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

Happy birthday, Amy!!!


§ ita § - Apr 06, 2012 1:03:54 pm PDT #29849 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Did the 80s-90s Batman franchise go sour with Batman Forever, or Batman and Robin? Or, honestly, earlier? I'm watching a documentary that's cheering the Burton Batman for going dark, but they really mean "darker than the '66 movie" which isn't much of a challenge. Elektra meets that criterion. I watched the '89 Batman, and was thrilled to bits, but it was nowhere near the level of satisfaction I felt with Batman Begins. I'm trying to work out if I am cheesed off with that attempt at the character in hindsight, or what.


Tom Scola - Apr 06, 2012 1:10:11 pm PDT #29850 of 30001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Batman Forever was pretty bad. Batman & Robin was one of the worst films of the decade.


Dana - Apr 06, 2012 1:13:00 pm PDT #29851 of 30001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Manager wrap-up: I called her at 2:50 (after confirming that the meeting notice said she would call me), and she picked up the phone and was all "Hey! Thanks for calling!" with no acknowledgment that she was supposed to call me twenty minutes ago.


Laura - Apr 06, 2012 1:14:38 pm PDT #29852 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

All the women of Wisconsin must be thrilled to be liberated from the oppressive yolk of Big Government.

Full of surprises that Walker is. Now if only Romney would chose him for VP.

I'm still processing, and very, very full (of both feelings and popcorn).

Still debating if we need to read HG first. When I suggested to my son that he should read the books he claimed that since he has already read Lord of the Flies and Battle Royale he doesn't need to read Hunger Games. I had no compelling argument other than it is always better to read the book first.


Laura - Apr 06, 2012 1:18:27 pm PDT #29853 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Manager wrap-up: I called her at 2:50

So you get to call it quits for the day, right.


Amy - Apr 06, 2012 1:19:58 pm PDT #29854 of 30001
Because books.

I had no compelling argument other than it is always better to read the book first.

He should definitely read the book first (so should you!). And it's a quick one, because you can't put it down.


-t - Apr 06, 2012 1:28:58 pm PDT #29855 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I found Batman Returns disappointing and didn't bother with the rest of that iteration. I loved Burton's Batman when it came out, but Batman Begins might have replaced it in my affections (rather than supplementing and surpassing. I'm not sure which is more accurate, but I think one of those).