Zoe: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.

'War Stories'


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.


DavidS - Nov 02, 2011 5:16:15 pm PDT #4536 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Also, board games make great wedding gifts!

You should come by Chez Zmayhem on Thursday which is Family Game Night.

However, I must warn you that Emmett will win 80% of all the important rolls of the dice. I know this is statistically improbable, but JZ will back me up on this.


Kate P. - Nov 02, 2011 5:17:09 pm PDT #4537 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Next time we make it out to SF, I am totally holding you to the promise of Family Game Night.


P.M. Marc - Nov 02, 2011 5:22:06 pm PDT #4538 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I thought pearl was one of the 3 (seriously) options for June -- alexandrite (which is a random, weird-ass stone that changes color depending on what light source you're under), moonstone, and pearl.

Correct. I'm eh on pearls, can't afford alexandrite (it's a chrysoberyl, for the record), and therefore have a lot of moonstone.


Polter-Cow - Nov 02, 2011 5:24:55 pm PDT #4539 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Previous wedding gifts have included Arrested Development, Gloom, and my very presence.


Liese S. - Nov 02, 2011 5:25:37 pm PDT #4540 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, I'd say go with consumables. TJs basket?

OMG, the SO has been doing pick-up work where he can find it, and he's been clearing the land of our vet. (They bartered Seabiscuit's recent dental cleaning and surgery which we never could have afforded for music lessons, love!) Anyway, he nearly came home with a puppy today. Someone dropped off an Australian Shepherd mix (same as Biscuit) puppy. He's too little, so they're holding onto him until he's old enough to go home with his adopting family. So he's just hanging around the office right now, and apparently he took a liking to the SO and followed him around all day while he was working. Kept sniffing his shoes, so he must have smelled the Biscuit. They tried to take him away, but he just had to be by the SO. Thank goodness he's already adopted.


Atropa - Nov 02, 2011 5:29:38 pm PDT #4541 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

What's a good wedding gift for my neighbors (who are getting hitched this next week)? He doesn't drink much (half a beer and he's woozie,) so a nice bottle of wine is kinda wasted on them.

A selection of fancy coffees, teas, and chocolates?


lisah - Nov 02, 2011 5:32:13 pm PDT #4542 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

What's a good wedding gift for my neighbors (who are getting hitched this next week)?

Money! or, do they like food? A gift basket of tasty not so perishable treats?

Am so tired. Why am I not in bed??


sarameg - Nov 02, 2011 5:37:56 pm PDT #4543 of 30001

Vet's offices are dangerous places to work. Hell, apparently walking home from the Y is dangerous for me.

Damnit. I just did a last run of recyclables down to the alley and missed one thing. Doesn't hurt to wait a week, I just like to start afresh every week. But going down into the basement is complicated with Loki AND Pumpkin. How they popped the hook latch, I do not know, but they did it twice. Pumpkin is FAST. And the screen is torn in a catshaped hole in the door and since she shows no fear of any space, I don't feel like chasing her around in the dark.


JenP - Nov 02, 2011 5:51:53 pm PDT #4544 of 30001

TJs basket

I love that idea! For most occasions, really. And non occasions.


le nubian - Nov 02, 2011 5:57:12 pm PDT #4545 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I have already sent around the Kardashian calculator. I love thinking about it as a unit of time.