She's not just a blob of energy, she's also a 14-year-old hormone bomb.

Spike ,'The Killer In Me'


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.


SailAweigh - Oct 06, 2011 5:39:21 am PDT #514 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Funny-sad, not funny-haha, how we all recognize the description.


JenP - Oct 06, 2011 5:40:22 am PDT #515 of 30001

Not even being able to verify via my FB, I understand. That's professional grade, that is.

In happy news, I am meeting a friend for dinner in Salisbury today on the spur of the moment. Same-day notification counts as spur, right? Anyway. Fun.


Cashmere - Oct 06, 2011 5:45:40 am PDT #516 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Happy Birthday, Sail!


Jessica - Oct 06, 2011 5:47:24 am PDT #517 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I have no idea who we're talking about. I guess I should be thankful?


Steph L. - Oct 06, 2011 5:47:37 am PDT #518 of 30001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

She also seems to have acquired some friends who are deranged conspiracy theorists.

True 'dat.

I don't call being sad that someone who has touched the lives of so many people and quite literally changed the way we communicate across the globe as a species has died canonization.

Perhaps we should reserve that status for musicians and artists?

Only one of them, I think.

All that said, if I may return to elevating Steve Jobs to godhood, I was just a little let down that when I started up my Mac at work this morning that it didn't give me a sad Mac icon. Part of me really believed that there was secret coding worked into the OS that would make a sad Mac pop up after Jobs died.


Sparky1 - Oct 06, 2011 5:48:27 am PDT #519 of 30001
Librarian Warlord

It will probably come to you in a minute, Jessica.

Happy Birthday, Sail!


Amy - Oct 06, 2011 5:49:30 am PDT #520 of 30001
Because books.

Is this someone we all know?

Happy birthday, Sail! With extra cake!


Jessica - Oct 06, 2011 5:51:52 am PDT #521 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

OH. Right.

Perhaps we should reserve that status for musicians and artists?

I think it would be fair to call Steve Jobs an artist.

Part of me really believed that there was secret coding worked into the OS that would make a sad Mac pop up after Jobs died.

I think Ready Player One and Daemon have skewed my expectations of what's supposed to happen when tech bigwigs die.


Cashmere - Oct 06, 2011 5:54:28 am PDT #522 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Teppy, that brings to mind one of my favorite quotes from The Big Lebowski on Nihilism being exhausting.

I have zero motivation today. I need to clean off my desk, clean the carpets and go buy Liv new sheets.

And yet...here I sit.


Ginger - Oct 06, 2011 5:55:46 am PDT #523 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Is this someone we all know?

Most of us do.