Inara: So, explain to me again why Zoe wasn't in the dress? Mal: Tactics, woman. Needed her in the back. 'Sides, those soft cotton dresses feel kinda nice. It's the whole... air-flow.

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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.


Steph L. - Nov 02, 2011 7:08:53 am PDT #4331 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

What is it with you and footwear?

Holli is the excellent person who let me wear her shoes to walk back to the hotel from dinner at the DC F2F because my shoes were poorly chosen and painful. So I think she has a *great* track record with footwear. But I do have a bias.


sj - Nov 02, 2011 7:11:54 am PDT #4332 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

You know, that kind of thoughtfulness is how sj wound up with Teacup Guy. Good job Mr. Flowersocks.

Aww, this made me smile. It's been nearly 7 years!

Holli, he sounds like a keeper.


Strix - Nov 02, 2011 7:16:56 am PDT #4333 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Whyyyyyy did none of you warn me that the TJs dark chocolate bar with caramel and black salt was this crackalicious? Whyyyyy?

Hee -- I got this for D before I left for Detroit. He let me have a taste, and it was nom! And like Tep, I don't much like dark chocolate. Toss salt on it (AHEM TJ's dark choc almond w salt) and I'm a goner.

Mr. Flowersocks, sobriquet has been had! Sounds nice, Holli! Have fun.

A giant biker squirrel took interest in my sister at the Halloween party Saturday. He's a really nice guy, with thumbs-up from 2 of my closest girlfriends, so I'm trying to persuade her to meet him when he's NOT in the giant squirrel costume...personally, I feel that any guy who sports a 4 foot tail, and hand-makes giant acorns as testicles for his costume get a plus for hilarity.


DavidS - Nov 02, 2011 7:17:33 am PDT #4334 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Just received this email from Matilda's elementary shcool (which is very committed to environmentalism):

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Dear Grattan Community

You are receiving this email today to announce what we hope will be a long term relationship with City Bees. Robert MacKimmie of City Bees recently visited our school and stated about our rooftop location, “This is the best real estate for my bees in the city.” City Bees started in 1996 with its long-term goals being:

Assist threatened bee populations against recent health challenges. Pollinate regionally by disseminating local bee populations. Enhance lives by providing colony co-habitation in city backyard gardens. Create unique and distinctive honeys from select neighborhoods and historic locations in San Francisco and the Bay Area.

Having City Bees’ hives on our rooftop would be an exciting and wonderful learning opportunity for our students, help expand our greening program and strengthen our commitment as a community to a healthy environment. City Bees maintains the hives and as a “rental fee” for the use of the roof, we get jars of some fabulous honey!


amyth - Nov 02, 2011 7:23:27 am PDT #4335 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

Holli, I love that story! Yay, Mr. Flowersocks!

Whatevs.

Aw, Spinderella, I love you too.


Liese S. - Nov 02, 2011 7:24:16 am PDT #4336 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

City bees!

Yay for Vintage!Boy and flowers and socks.


sumi - Nov 02, 2011 7:26:34 am PDT #4337 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

That's cool. Do they plant gardens on the school's roof to?


Sophia Brooks - Nov 02, 2011 7:30:19 am PDT #4338 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I love the name Mr. Flowersocks!


DavidS - Nov 02, 2011 7:37:54 am PDT #4339 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

That's cool. Do they plant gardens on the school's roof to?

The school is surrounded by gardens and gardening is a regular part of the curriculum. They just had a huge bond-funded grant to relandscape the entire school.

The mosaic murals all along the outside school walls are all about gardening and bugs.

If you ever fantasized how cool it would be to have an entire elementary school deeply, philosophically committed to Green issues - this is it. They've got live Praying Mantis in the computer lab.


§ ita § - Nov 02, 2011 7:41:07 am PDT #4340 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Spinderella, I love you too.

She's my FAAAAAAAAAAAAVourite.

I can't believe I missed an 8am meeting this morning. FUCK. That was such craptastically unprofessional behaviour. I just did not think to check my schedule at wee-fuck AM this morning. But at least I had an idea of something important that should be done before the meeting, so there's a good reason to delay it. No good reason to waste two other people's time, though.