Apparently I am a Very Bad Pagan for getting married on Samhain. Pffft, whatever.
I throw pumpkin guts in their general direction.
Buffy: Synchronized slaying. Faith: New Olympic category?
'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.
Polter-Cow - Oct 31, 2011 12:50:51 pm PDT #4016 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
DavidS - Oct 31, 2011 12:52:04 pm PDT #4017 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Thanks, sj and Erin.
I hope shrift wanders by so I can squeeze out some more Gone-to-London tips.
Betty is also going through Dublin and is very tempted by this tour:
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Land & Water Tours
The immensely popular Viking Splash Tour (tel. 01/707-6000; www.vikingsplash.ie) is an unusual way to see Dublin. Aboard a reconditioned American World War II amphibious landing craft, or "duck," this tour starts on land (from Bull Alley St. beside St. Patrick's Cathedral) and eventually splashes into the Grand Canal. Passengers wear horned Viking helmets (a reference to the original settlers of the Dublin area) and are encouraged to issue war cries at appropriate moments. One of the ducks even has bullet holes as evidence of its military service. Tours depart roughly on the half-hour every day 9:30am to 5pm and last an hour and 15 minutes. It costs €20 for adults, €10 for children 12 and under, €18 seniors and students, and €60 for a family of five.
flea - Oct 31, 2011 12:53:54 pm PDT #4018 of 30001
information libertarian
We saw those duck tours in Dublin. If she likes silly, they could be good. Seemed to have a lot of children or school groups.
In Dublin, if she likes treats, tell her to go to Queen of Tarts.
Ginger - Oct 31, 2011 12:59:07 pm PDT #4019 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
So apparently I get the procrastinatrix award today.
You lose. I never get trick or treaters, but it occurred to me at 5:30 that kids might go further afield since the weather is so nice, so I did an emergency run to the CVS on the corner. There was more Christmas candy available than Halloween, but at least this will not be The House with No Candy. It will still be the house of the dog who protects it from all comers, though.
Toddson - Oct 31, 2011 1:02:34 pm PDT #4020 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
We have duck tours - they use either duck calls or some kind of noisemaker so you hear loud, artificial "quacks" as they go by.
Consuela - Oct 31, 2011 1:08:04 pm PDT #4021 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
It will still be the house of the dog who protects it from all comers, though.
Oh, good point. I should probably crate the dog this evening...
ION, My Nemesis has done it again. Nearly 2 weeks ago, someone from the field sent her an email asking her for some information, at least half of which was data she wouldn't be able to compile easily (if at all) but which was the sort of thing I could pull together.
She told them she would do it, and then ... didn't. Well, she gave them her data, but not mine, and didn't forward it to me or anything. Just left the guy with only half of what he'd asked for.
So he sent the request again to someone in our Juneau office, who forwarded it to me. I got to tell the guy, "When you have this sort of question, just send it straight to me."
Nemesis is not making herself look good. Why so stupid?
And now I am compiling that data for him. Because I'm helpful like that...
Cashmere - Oct 31, 2011 1:08:54 pm PDT #4022 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Lots of Duck in Central Wisconsin in the Dells. One of those amphibious craft are serving as a plot point in my friend's Zombie Apocalypse story in @WausauLoner's tweets.
Sue - Oct 31, 2011 1:09:44 pm PDT #4023 of 30001
hip deep in pie
If the duck tours in Dublin are anything like they are here, they're highly irritating to locals and run by tour guides who make shit up.
I have had about 20 kids so far. It's very slow. And I bought way too much candy!
Also, I saw halloween candy package featuring Baby Ruth bars (with Three Musketeers and something else.). We don't get the full sized ones here, so I was tempted to buy, but went with some that were peanut free.
tommyrot - Oct 31, 2011 1:10:42 pm PDT #4024 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Some art for the season: Best Art Ever (This Week) - Halloween 2011
Some is almost NSFW. Like this one, of Vampirella versus Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Bruce Timm
Strix - Oct 31, 2011 1:11:36 pm PDT #4025 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
That sounds like a completely fin tour, David! I haven't been to London since 1993, so...
We had no trick or treaters last year so I didn't buy candy this year. Which means we'll probably get slammed. Oh, well.
Jilli, @@.
Cold going into full-on body aches and stupidity. Glad I got some good progress done on work earlier; NSM on the F2F client meeting tomorrow at 9am. He switched it from 11 am to 9 -- ugh. Although I am very glad to have the work; just...cold.
I foresee much hot tea and cold medication, and miserable hunkering down over the laptop tomorrow.