Shrift, I think yes. At least my parents keep hearing about it on national news.
Wesley: And how does your kind define love? Demon: Same as all bodies. Same as everywheres. Love is sacrifice.
'The Girl in Question'
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.
aurelia - Jul 17, 2012 7:33:10 pm PDT #14441 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
billytea - Jul 17, 2012 7:36:07 pm PDT #14442 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Yeah, Chicago's already passed the 250 mark for murders this year. Are we number one? I probably don't want to know the answer to that.
Congratulations, Chicago. You've already hit the number of murders in all of Australia over 2010.
Amy - Jul 17, 2012 7:37:32 pm PDT #14443 of 30001
Because books.
It's weird because I can picture it happening in any of the neighborhoods I lived in New York, and I never felt unsafe there. Maybe it's just because I don't know your neighborhood that it sounds alarming.
aurelia - Jul 17, 2012 8:02:01 pm PDT #14444 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I could tell an alarming story about when I lived in shrift's neighborhood, but I'll bet shrift doesn't want to hear it.
All of June and July in Chicago has been far too similar to that heat-wave episode of Chicago Code.
shrift - Jul 17, 2012 8:11:44 pm PDT #14445 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I could tell an alarming story about when I lived in shrift's neighborhood, but I'll bet shrift doesn't want to hear it.
Haaaa, I probably don't since I've got plenty of alarming stories of my own. But things have been so much better here since Cappleman became our Alderman! More festivals and much less gunfire! Uh, that hostage barricade situation notwithstanding.
aurelia - Jul 17, 2012 8:25:51 pm PDT #14446 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Fair enough. Festivals! I'll actually be here for my neighborhood festival this year. I should check to see if it's close enough to my apartment to be more annoying than fun.
The evening's excitement is complete. A tow truck just took the car.
msbelle - Jul 18, 2012 4:47:55 am PDT #14447 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
First day back at work with boss, but I have not seen him yet. I have been busy working at my desk since 7:45. Mostly making a list of questions for him, precisely ones he never aaswered via email. He is scheduled in back to back meetings intil 1:45 and I have an all afternoon training that goes 1 -5, so I have to try and squeeze in between appointments. I will try not to snarl at him, but I don't feel great about the chances of that actually happening. Perhaps I can manage a cool fake smile that will camoflauge the glare of hate dripping from my eyes.
Amy - Jul 18, 2012 4:50:52 am PDT #14448 of 30001
Because books.
It's another sort of Good Things tumblr! But we did it first.
Nora Deirdre - Jul 18, 2012 5:25:01 am PDT #14449 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Yeah, Chicago's already passed the 250 mark for murders this year. Are we number one? I probably don't want to know the answer to that.
Hm, New Orleans may be in competition... I would have to check the stats but that would depress me.
tommyrot - Jul 18, 2012 5:25:05 am PDT #14450 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.
Generally I avoid posting Rush Limbaugh's idiocy here, but... Batman!
Limbaugh: Batman Is A Democratic Plot
Rush reaches new levels of foam-flecked paranoia:
The villain in the Dark Knight Rises is named Bane. B-A-N-E. What is the name of the venture capital firm that Romney ran, and around which there's now this make-believe controversy? Bain. The movie has been in the works for a long time, the release date's been known, summer 2012 for a long time. Do you think that it is accidental, that the name of the really vicious, fire-breathing, four-eyed, whatever-it-is villain in this movie is named Bane?
Sullivan then quotes someone that Bane (the comic book villain) was created in '93. The quote then summarizes what happened in that story arc, which may be spoilery for the upcoming movie.