Apparent Duke (my former workplace) has an Occupy encampment. Which is very funny, since the main goal in life of a plurality of Duke students has traditionally been to be an investment banker.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
flea - Oct 25, 2011 7:13:41 am PDT #3052 of 30001
information libertarian
le nubian - Oct 25, 2011 7:17:41 am PDT #3053 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
thank you for linking the Halloween house. The thriller video on his site is EXCELLENT too. I sent it to some of my students.
amyth - Oct 25, 2011 7:20:22 am PDT #3054 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
I swear, you have to walk through EVERY aisle at Target: [link]
Or one for absolutely everything: [link]
Apparent Duke (my former workplace) has an Occupy encampment. Which is very funny, since the main goal in life of a plurality of Duke students has traditionally been to be an investment banker.
Maybe they think it's K-ville, and they're camping out for basketball tickets?
Amy - Oct 25, 2011 7:25:53 am PDT #3055 of 30001
Because books.
Oh, amyth, that's excellent! And really, really tempting.
amyth - Oct 25, 2011 7:32:27 am PDT #3056 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Oh, amyth, that's excellent! And really, really tempting.
And you buy three, you get one free!
le nubian - Oct 25, 2011 7:37:53 am PDT #3057 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
man, I wish I could get those posters as coffee mugs or something. I swear I'd buy a set of 6 or 12.
-t - Oct 25, 2011 7:42:25 am PDT #3058 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Here's one: [link]
§ ita § - Oct 25, 2011 7:52:06 am PDT #3059 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I made one up and wore it to my sleep psych appointment, and she was very confused. She was all "what does that have to do with the war???" I told her it had to do with a TV show (it's a smush of a Supernatural quote), and she was all "Ohh" in that "I totally fail to get that, but okay" tone.
Kathy A - Oct 25, 2011 7:52:17 am PDT #3060 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
This is interesting: 1943 Walt Disney Company employee handbook.
Jesse - Oct 25, 2011 8:37:00 am PDT #3061 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Random question: does anyone here use "Motrin" for the general term for ibuprofen? I just got a flu shot and the nurse said I should take "Tylenol or Motrin" if it gets sore. I just would always call ibuprofen Advil.