Giles! I accidentally killed Spike. That's okay, right?

Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'


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.


tommyrot - Jun 30, 2012 6:49:21 am PDT #12196 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Best. Weather forecast. Ever.

Hot Enough For Ya?


lisah - Jun 30, 2012 7:12:58 am PDT #12197 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

I am trying to talk Bob into seeing how much a room at the hotel monaco would be for the night. Love that place!


Maria - Jun 30, 2012 7:26:45 am PDT #12198 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

I was without power from about 7:30 last night until 1:30 am. I went downtown for dinner and beverages, and the skies opened up 15 minutes later. On the way home I saw a bunch of debris in the road and a few trees down, but it seems Frederick city escaped the worst. The rest of the county NSM.

Jess, good lord. I am so glad your parents are OK. MoCo is still a mess. A friend posted on FB that Gaithersburg looks like a war zone.


Maria - Jun 30, 2012 7:35:04 am PDT #12199 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

And because it so very needs to be said:

Teppy and Tim, and flea and family are some of the most fabulous people ever. I had such a wonderful time with them last Sunday. Thank you all for taking time out of your weekend to entertain me. HMOG, Graeter's is everything Steph says and more.

(Casper and Dillo could run the entire eastern seaboard power grid with their reserves of energy. So much fun, and so very smart.)


Steph L. - Jun 30, 2012 7:43:45 am PDT #12200 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Thank you for reminding me I need to post those pictures!

And we had a great time, too. It was such a perfect way to round out my birthday weekend, seriously.


Dana - Jun 30, 2012 8:03:22 am PDT #12201 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

I'm watching Wimbledon coverage on ESPN. There are Rolex commercials during pretty much every break, and I'm pretty sure it's Ian McShane extolling the virtues of grass lawns and tradition and watches.

He hasn't cursed once.


Sparky1 - Jun 30, 2012 8:04:21 am PDT #12202 of 30001
Librarian Warlord

We lost power about 11 p.m. last night, and the tree in our front yard came down. Fortunately, it did not hit the house or the power lines, but still, huge tree down means huge clean up cost. I was up watching the basement for flooding much of the night. My sister drove up from Richmond and took K home with her so that I could work on clean up and get some sleep. More storms expected tonight. Both water processing plants are without power, so we also have water restrictions (it's safe to drink, but they cannot replenish supply).

Signing off now to save battery power!


§ ita § - Jun 30, 2012 8:10:30 am PDT #12203 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm glad folks here are pretty okay.

I was watching a procedural this season which featured a large municipal power loss, and the way they were instructed to save cellphone batteries totally ignored the fact that they were driving everywhere, and car chargers...cops all have car chargers for their phones don't they? That's my go to backup.

And my last car and this one will charge devices even when the car isn't running. Unfortunately the Beemer doesn't have a charger in the boot, so I can't safely leave anything charging in there. But if I'm in the car...totes perfectamundo.


Jesse - Jun 30, 2012 8:23:05 am PDT #12204 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Holy crap, y'all! I was sad that my shoes didn't fully dry by the end of the workday yesterday....

Just looked at a few apartments, and I think I'm just going to take one of them. It's nice enough, good enough price, good enough location. I saw a cheaper one that was OK, but semi-crappy and not an ideal location -- basically the (more expensive) equivalent of my place in Queens that I grew to hate, so I don't think the savings is actually worth it. So I guess that's done?


tommyrot - Jun 30, 2012 8:23:51 am PDT #12205 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Unfortunately the Beemer doesn't have a charger in the boot, so I can't safely leave anything charging in there.

Wait, some cars do have chargers in the trunk?