So, here's the beauty of neurotically checking flight prices for weeks on end -- I know that while the prices in general went up, the actual flights I wanted went down, so I booked and now I don't have to take the redeye!
I'm not on the ship. I'm in the ship. I am the ship.
River ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
Jesse - Jun 25, 2012 5:01:00 am PDT #11117 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sparky1 - Jun 25, 2012 5:26:38 am PDT #11118 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
The Supreme Court has finished handing down opinions today - no health care. They reversed the MT supreme court on campaign finance, said life without parole for juveniles was unconstitutional, and 3 out of 4 sections of the AZ immigration bill were preempted.
Lee - Jun 25, 2012 5:36:24 am PDT #11119 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Monday Happy Place [link]
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 25, 2012 5:40:45 am PDT #11120 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yes!Pretending I was already gone when an unexpected file transfer hit my e-mail after hours Friday paid off: turns out I was just supposed to save the files as backups, not spend the whole weekend trying to get answers from people about what needed to be done to them.
Radio DJ jokes about pistol-whipping a group of nuns advocation for social justice (and Iowa Congressman laughs): [link]
Did the Congressman go to Catholic School?
§ ita § - Jun 25, 2012 5:54:58 am PDT #11121 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks for the content suggestions--those have been added. And thanks for the copy editing--those corrections have also been made. And apparently I can't spell Somerhalder on my own.
Unfortunately, it's Monday morning, and this means developers again, and I am having to walk them through a) identifying what they have b) identifying what they need and c) asking for what they need. This is what I got my university degree for.
Fiction question--if you had to pick one over the other, would you prefer a story about people dumber than you, or about people you're dumber than?
Zenkitty - Jun 25, 2012 6:00:24 am PDT #11122 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Fiction question--if you had to pick one over the other, would you prefer a story about people dumber than you, or about people you're dumber than?
I like to read stories about Mycroft Holmes. The smarter the characters are, the more engaged I feel. Characters need to seem at least as smart as me, or I get impatient and lose interest.
Jesse - Jun 25, 2012 6:12:51 am PDT #11123 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
People I'm dumber than, for sure.
Consuela - Jun 25, 2012 6:18:07 am PDT #11124 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
They reversed the MT supreme court on campaign finance
BALLS.
We're gonna need a constitutional amendment to fix campaign finance, and it'll never happen.
Maybe Continuum isn't science fiction, after all. (It's a Canadian science fiction show where the future is entirely run by corporations: there are no governments left, just companies.)
Jessica - Jun 25, 2012 6:33:13 am PDT #11125 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Maybe Continuum isn't science fiction, after all. (It's a Canadian science fiction show where the future is entirely run by corporations: there are no governments left, just companies.)
The Red/Blue/Green Mars trilogy assumes the same thing - governments and the UN still exist, but are widely considered to be useless and outdated compared to the "transnats" (transnational corporations).
§ ita § - Jun 25, 2012 6:33:38 am PDT #11126 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This does sound like a stupid question, but bear with me: are you stupid?
I mean, basically--I like movies with people I'm dumber than, and I don't feel dumb. So...I like movies about smart people, assuming I'm average.