It's not like she blew me off. She just left with another guy, that's all.

Riley ,'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.


JenP - Nov 02, 2011 3:34:03 pm PDT #4506 of 30001

All kinds of ~ma for your friend, Liese. Yikes.

I am watching TED talks by Brian Cox and now Brian Greene, and I blame vonnie. Because it's her fault for linking them. I subscribe to the podcast, but these are older ones. Blame, because I should be either writing or cooking food instead.


§ ita § - Nov 02, 2011 3:36:39 pm PDT #4507 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

TED talks by Brian Cox and now Brian Greene

See, that's not him or him. My brain is all twisty.

Why am I still at work? Someone could send me an email or something! I better leave!


Cass - Nov 02, 2011 3:36:46 pm PDT #4508 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Blame, because I should be either writing or cooking food instead.

No, what you should really be doing is linking meeeeeeeeee.


Liese S. - Nov 02, 2011 3:42:01 pm PDT #4509 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Okay, I need to go get dinner and watch television. Should I a) eat the venison stew that is in the slow cooker timed to be done with the SO gets home? Or b) eat the squash enchiladas from yesterday?


tommyrot - Nov 02, 2011 3:43:39 pm PDT #4510 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.

The 32 Wittiest Comebacks Of All Time

A number are by Churchill.


Sophia Brooks - Nov 02, 2011 3:43:57 pm PDT #4511 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I am with ita- and I am confused about Brians.

I am also confused by how much I love Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake together. Before History of Rap, Justin was just a blip on the radar, and Jimmy was the stupid giggler during skits on SNL, and now I love them both!


Ginger - Nov 02, 2011 3:45:09 pm PDT #4512 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

it's making her nauseated.

I will also once again advocate ginger, at least in between pills. I ingested a lot of ginger tea and ginger hard candy.


Consuela - Nov 02, 2011 3:45:29 pm PDT #4513 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Liese, my sister had MRSA a couple of years ago; she discovered it when she kept getting these cuts that wouldn't heal and got infected. Handling it was a hassle, but it could have been much worse.

She went on a massive dose of antibiotics for a while (it was useful to have a doctor in the family--my brother is an infectious disease specialist, and was able to advise on that), and then afterwards she & her family had to spend 3 weeks or so scrubbing daily with an antibiotic soap, since it was assumed that the entire family had been colonized.

MRSA is really dangerous, but mostly if you're already immuno-compromised, I think.


JenP - Nov 02, 2011 3:49:44 pm PDT #4514 of 30001

Cass, it all started when she linked this, [link] which is an article about a new series from Greene, which starts in ten minutes on PBS, by the by.

Then in response to my thanks, she linked this [link] which is Cox's TED page.

And from there, I went here [link]

Welcome to this evening's rabbit hole! Ooh, and the new series starts in ten minutes. Perfect!

ETA:

See, that's not him or him.

I would gladly watch either of these gentlemen give a TED talk, too.


Beverly - Nov 02, 2011 3:56:35 pm PDT #4515 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Liese, so many good thoughts to your friend.

I am totally calling smonster "Frodo" henceforth.

But--but, Dana's Frodo! When she's not a drunk streetlamp.