Everyday we get more and more proof that people just suck.
Mal: How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne? Jayne: Money wasn't good enough. Mal: What happens when it is? Jayne: Well... that'll be an interesting day.
'Serenity'
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.
sumi - Jul 24, 2012 7:53:10 am PDT #15241 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Sophia Brooks - Jul 24, 2012 7:57:57 am PDT #15242 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Jesus, that is horrible.
In very tiny problems news, I really wish that Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah did not make me laugh hysterically now. It just came up on my "james Taylor radio" on spotify and it gives me the giggles.
Tom Scola - Jul 24, 2012 7:58:31 am PDT #15243 of 30001
hwæt
Ichiro has been traded to the Yankees.
Jesse - Jul 24, 2012 7:58:44 am PDT #15244 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
But did you guys see these pictures of US Olympians from the 1948 London Games?? [link]
Scrappy - Jul 24, 2012 8:20:12 am PDT #15245 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Those are fantastic, Jesse.
DavidS - Jul 24, 2012 8:21:36 am PDT #15246 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
When I taught K-Bug, we had the empty Naval Air Station
Which is exactly where Emmett is working now, out by the hangers and the USS Hornet.
§ ita § - Jul 24, 2012 9:00:24 am PDT #15247 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I learnt to drive navigating the dark and slightly damp roads of Grosse Pointe before sunrise, while my second cousin reviewed patient charts in the passenger seat.
It was really ridiculously unsupervised, and also dodgy driving conditions for someone who'd made it past twenty without a license, and was almost ten years past her last driving lesson.
I am incredibly grateful that neither of my parents taught me to drive--they'd both be horrible teachers and I'd have been a horrible student, and other people's lives would have been on the line.
Amy - Jul 24, 2012 9:03:56 am PDT #15248 of 30001
Because books.
My dad taught me the basics when I was 17, in a parking lot in town. Then I had a boyfriend who decided he would take over, and let me drive his mom's car (I'm glad that didn't backfire). It was a bad summer -- my mom was in and out of the hospital, and Dad got to a point where he would hand me the car keys and tell me just to be careful and not get pulled over (since I didn't actually have my license yet).
I *love* to drive, too. Anyone needs a ride, call me. Not that I can always guarantee a working vehicle, but still.
Calli - Jul 24, 2012 9:08:55 am PDT #15249 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
My dad taught me the basics when I was 12, in case of an emergency. Dad taught at the local community college, so we just borrowed one of their parking lots during a low-traffic period.
Then, when I was 15, I legally practiced outside Greensboro, NC. Dad would drive us out of town, find a quiet area, and hand me the keys. It went pretty smoothly.
Scrappy - Jul 24, 2012 9:14:27 am PDT #15250 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
In my town, everyone used the vast parking lots of USGS (U.S. Geological Survey), which were deserted on the weekends. Although both my brothers apparently learned to drive by sneaking out at night after my parents were asleep and driving their car up and down the street. My dad was pleased at what "naturals" they were when it came time for their lessons.