well a Starbucks doesn't allow me as much leeway wrt direct constant contact with the public. I am pretty sure no-one wants that.
I'm sorry. I didn't realize that you were trying to minimize public contact. I'll step off.
You're nice, and you're funny and you don't smoke, and okay, werewolf, but that's not all the time. I mean, three days out of the month, I'm not much fun to be around, either.
Willow ,'Get It Done'
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.
Maria - Oct 27, 2011 12:28:10 pm PDT #3499 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Tom Scola - Oct 27, 2011 12:30:19 pm PDT #3500 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
There's a new Hyperbole and a Half. Except it's not funny, and I'm trying hard to no cry at work right now.
Maria - Oct 27, 2011 12:35:19 pm PDT #3501 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Tom, I'd hug you if I could (and you'd accept). You are so much more than you give yourself credit for.
Allyson - Oct 27, 2011 12:40:14 pm PDT #3502 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I feel like touching a spider.
Liese S. - Oct 27, 2011 12:42:58 pm PDT #3503 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I could totally touch a spider.
Allyson - Oct 27, 2011 12:47:45 pm PDT #3504 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Cmon, scola. Come touch a spider with me!
Consuela - Oct 27, 2011 12:49:27 pm PDT #3505 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
We have lots and lots of spiders around this fall for people to touch.
You know what I love about that comic? This comment down the page:
Wow. I never really understood what proper, actual depression felt like until this post. I think I've been a bit of a shit friend to my friends who have it. Soz dudes. :(
Ally is amazing and that comic is terribly sad but it's also awesome, and important.
{{hugs Tom}}
brenda m - Oct 27, 2011 12:51:40 pm PDT #3506 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oof. I think I'll save reading that one for later. Hugs to you Tom. (But not spider hugs. Unless you like that kind of thing.)
msbelle - Oct 27, 2011 12:52:26 pm PDT #3507 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Maria, I just don't think I am a "good with the general public person" others could probably verify. I didn't mean to sound short. (although I am short, in stature. Steph, do you see what I did there?)
§ ita § - Oct 27, 2011 12:57:12 pm PDT #3508 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
As well as wanting to hug Tom, I kinda feel for Jilli right now.
Man, I can't get a call back. And when I do get a call back, I have an incredibly convoluted thing to explain that I'm not looking forward to. But I need the answer! Can't put shit off! Call me back, dammit!