Inara: So. Would you like to lecture me on the wickedness of my ways? Book: I brought you some supper, but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped. Sin and hellfire... one has lepers.

'Serenity'


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.


Anne W. - Nov 10, 2011 5:01:43 pm PST #5922 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

So many things wrong with that, Hil. One, it's wrong that threats are being made. Two, it's wrong that McQueary should have been coaching that game in the first place.

While I know some people have been calling for Penn State to cancel the rest of their football season, I think that's going too far. I do, however, think that forfeiting this next game might not have been a bad idea.


DavidS - Nov 10, 2011 5:03:02 pm PST #5923 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

McQueary will not be coaching the game Saturday.

Right, after pressure from the Trustees and the Attorney General.


sarameg - Nov 10, 2011 5:03:11 pm PST #5924 of 30001

Just in from doing neighborhood patrol. They had us come in early, it was so quiet.

Also? New downspout installed today! Shiny white!

Plus fastest swim to date.


DavidS - Nov 10, 2011 5:07:09 pm PST #5925 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

While I know some people have been calling for Penn State to cancel the rest of their football season, I think that's going too far.

I don't. Tulane killed it's basketball program for two years for much lesser issues. The problem is institutional. The problem is that Penn State football is too fucking important. So important that you can put a price tag on what people will take in exchange for letting children get raped: $72 million dollars annually.

College football is already incredibly corrupt, with scandals all over the place. This is not an isolated incident of people afraid to buck an institution that dominates the economy of a whole region. There needs to be massive consequences for it to mean anything at all.


§ ita § - Nov 10, 2011 5:48:58 pm PST #5926 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

My sleep psych asked if I was gay. What's the polite way to say that "Since there is no sexual interest in either of us, and it's not bothering my sleep, my orientation is irrelevant."

Turns out her laser gaydar was set of by my stoicism and my love of the martial arts. Which totally aren't as hardcore as kickboxing.

Mmhmm.


Cass - Nov 10, 2011 5:56:54 pm PST #5927 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.

This is totally now an inappropriate and kinda weird time to ask but what is a good youth, entry-level martial art? Some self-awareness, some eventual self-defense for a girl?

I swear, the topic came up at breakfast and you were the person I thought would have an answer and then I forgot until now.

Also what does sexual orientation have to do with sleep? I mean, unless it was a come-on. Then there's the hopeful orgasm side-effect.

Weird.


bon bon - Nov 10, 2011 6:00:51 pm PST #5928 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Turns out her laser gaydar was set of by my stoicism and my love of the martial arts. Which totally aren't as hardcore as kickboxing.

Stoicism and martial arts, really? Not the buzz cut?


Amy - Nov 10, 2011 6:04:04 pm PST #5929 of 30001
Because books.

I guess it's not totally out of line for a psychologist to ask? But in this case, I'd be pissed off.


§ ita § - Nov 10, 2011 6:08:59 pm PST #5930 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I don't think it has anything to do with a sleep psych's job, honestly. She told me the rest (yeah, there was that implication) of her gay patients were comfortable enough to tell her.

Hey, bon, do you think she'd be less than totally honest with me? Plus, my hair is totally long now.

I have wondered if she'll suggest orgasms at any point. I don't think she's that sort of sleep psych.


bon bon - Nov 10, 2011 6:13:41 pm PST #5931 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Hey, bon, do you think she'd be less than totally honest with me? Plus, my hair is totally long now.

In my unscientific study, lesbians of my acquaintance are not more likely to be into martial arts or stoicism. Short hair? yes.

I might disagree that it's not her business, if her business has anything to do with big psych issues that might affect sleep. Maybe you're long-closeted, she thinks. But I've never consulted a sleep psychologist.