It's good to have cargo. Makes us a target for every other scavenger out there, though, but sometimes that's fun too.

Mal ,'Shindig'


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 08, 2011 4:55:22 am PST #5344 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Isn't Ryanair the airline that recently flew with a window "fixed" with duct tape? (Leading to an emergency landing since apparently duct tape isn't the best way to "fix" a window ON AN AIRPLANE.)

That's a well-run airline.


Hil R. - Nov 08, 2011 4:55:53 am PST #5345 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I spotted several reporters on campus today. The sexual abuse story. [link] I'm not sure exactly what they're trying to find out on campus -- pretty much, they seem to just be interviewing students who don't know any more about what's going on than anybody else does. The reporters are also completely ignoring the Occupy protest, which is going on about ten feet from where the reporters are standing, which is at least somewhat amusing. (I'm sure the general feeling among out-of-town reporters is something like, "You're occupying a student lounge? With couches and heat and a coffee shop and a food court? Whatever.")


Hil R. - Nov 08, 2011 4:58:01 am PST #5346 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Isn't Ryanair the airline that recently flew with a window "fixed" with duct tape? (Leading to an emergency landing since apparently duct tape isn't the best way to "fix" a window ON AN AIRPLANE.)

The first time I heard of Ryanair was several years ago, when either they first started or they were started some big new publicity campaign, where they offered free airfare to anyone named Ryan. Apparently they hadn't actually bothered to figure out how many people there are in Ireland named Ryan, and they ended up losing a bunch of money on it. I think they'd expected to get money from all the other people traveling with the Ryans.


Amy - Nov 08, 2011 5:06:31 am PST #5347 of 30001
Because books.

Fay just told me on Facebook that she found Cold Kiss in Bangkok!


sumi - Nov 08, 2011 5:13:29 am PST #5348 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

Wow! You international star!


smonster - Nov 08, 2011 5:15:06 am PST #5349 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Amy, that is awesome!!


Amy - Nov 08, 2011 5:21:35 am PST #5350 of 30001
Because books.

I just mentioned it on Twitter, and the foreign rights person at my agency was like, "ENGLISH LANGUAGE, I HOPE?!" Meaning unlicensed translations are a bad thing, but I assume it was in English, so. Yeah, pretty cool!


§ ita § - Nov 08, 2011 5:57:02 am PST #5351 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Well, and unlicensed translation means they think you're a cool money making proposition, but it is no fair. Compliments should come with cash.

Fuck I forgot to email in working from home. Gnargh. I usually like to do that before 7:30, when I know.


Amy - Nov 08, 2011 5:57:51 am PST #5352 of 30001
Because books.

Yeah, that's what the foreign rights chick was worried about.

Can you do the presentation from home, too?


Tom Scola - Nov 08, 2011 6:07:33 am PST #5353 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

FDNY is reporting a suspicious package outside. They're telling us to move away from the windows on one side of the building. Not sure if it is OWS related.