Are we sure a zucchini muffin isn't basically the same thing as a salad?
TOTALLY the same thing. It would be unhealthy to NOT eat zucchini muffins.
I'm a science editor (science!). You can trust me.
Anya: It's lovely! I wish it was mine! Oh like you weren't all thinking the same thing. Giles: I'm fairly certain I wasn't.
'The Killer In 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.
Steph L. - Jul 02, 2012 9:26:46 am PDT #12434 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Calli - Jul 02, 2012 9:29:55 am PDT #12435 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
That sounds like a tiresome weekend, Fred. I'm glad you have power again.
Today it was about 85F when I went out to lunch, and my first thought on stepping outside was, "This is kind of nice." My usual response to 80+ is "ugh." Then I managed to eat a lunch rife with drippy things (French dip, fries and ketchup) without getting a drop on my white shirt. I think I may be in an alternate dimension. I'm thinking the split occurred when the Supreme Court did something that failed to piss me off last week. It's all shrimp-less from here on out.
Also, in this dimension, zucchini muffins = salad, so I'm planning to stay.
Strix - Jul 02, 2012 9:45:08 am PDT #12436 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Happy Birthday, Frankenbuddha!!
Sorry things are so frutrating at work, ita !
Fred, that sounds horrid! I'm glad you're back home safe though.
aurelia - Jul 02, 2012 9:56:52 am PDT #12437 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
EAT A FREAKING SALAD, WHITEY.
Hahahaha!
Dear road construction workers, please turn off your radio. I really don't want to spend my day off listening to crappy country music and I can't close the windows without cooking myself and 2 cats.
Sigh. Going outside to talk to these guys would mean putting on a bra and outside pants.
Typo Boy - Jul 02, 2012 9:59:48 am PDT #12438 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Although not doing so would definitely get their attention.
§ ita § - Jul 02, 2012 10:05:50 am PDT #12439 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Although not doing so would definitely get their attention.
Are you sure construction workers can tell the difference between a fully dressed woman and a topless woman?
Is there an opposite to "Platonic"? I want to limit the above statement to the "worst possible version of construction worker" and not to the group as a whole.
Strix - Jul 02, 2012 10:12:31 am PDT #12440 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Hey all -- help a bitch out. I need a correct (with accent marks) translation of the following phrase into Mexican-Spanish. It's for a MS I'm editing.
"That’s the last time you’ll see my shiny ass in this place."
Thanks for any help!
Typo Boy - Jul 02, 2012 10:13:29 am PDT #12441 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
ita !
I think it would get the attention of just about anyone, so don't think it is aimed at anyone in particular. So your construction is not needed in this context.
§ ita § - Jul 02, 2012 10:28:02 am PDT #12442 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I love the letter to the editor my sister just wrote as a responsible to bum-sex-will-kill-us-all-if-we-don't-stop-them-marrying. Since the article played fast and loose with fact, her letter is pretty pedantically sourced.
Too long to get published in a letter to the editors section, I think. But my father has long been sending in lengthy responses to articles--he ended up winning a couple silver pens. But he never asked me to do research for them, so obviously they're not as good.
aurelia - Jul 02, 2012 10:38:58 am PDT #12443 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
We're close enough to a college campus that I'm sure these guys get plenty to look at. I haven't heard any catcalls, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say they aren't the "worst possible version of construction worker". Still, my own comfort aside, I think going out in my inside clothes would be a barrier to communication.