Fooey. My little brother is doing the Leadville 100 Mountain Bike race today, and I can't get into the live video feed site. Appears to be down.
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Consuela - Aug 11, 2012 7:38:50 am PDT #17819 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
§ ita § - Aug 11, 2012 7:49:43 am PDT #17820 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So, does everyone from the photographer to the printers look at this and say "Good enough for the brand."? I mean, knowing it's touched up, why not fix some stuff while you've got the liquefy tool selected?
This cake--I still don't believe it's a cake, actually.
Tom Scola - Aug 11, 2012 7:51:26 am PDT #17821 of 30001
hwæt
Maybe the retoucher was named Victoria, and she took the whole “Body By Victoria” thing too literally.
Stephanie - Aug 11, 2012 8:17:51 am PDT #17822 of 30001
Trust my rage
Consuela, I'm sorry the feed is down. But tangentially, I'm in Vail for a Family law conference. There have been warnings everywhere about traffic but now I know why at least.
Good luck to your brother. That is a hard race!
Steph L. - Aug 11, 2012 8:49:19 am PDT #17823 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Huh. After finally reading a news article, it turns out that Paul Ryan is an alum of my college and is only 1 year older than I am.
(1) Damn, I feel like maybe I'm slacking with my life. If I had worked harder, I could TOTALLY be a wingnut politician!
(1b) Yeah, no. I'm too lazy to wash the breakfast dishes from Thursday. I could never be a politician. But I could still be a wingnut.
(2) I feel like maybe I should remember him from college, given that he was only a year ahead of me, but I really don't. Still, it just seems weird.
§ ita § - Aug 11, 2012 9:01:41 am PDT #17824 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
FUCK YOU GOD. This body's by Victoria, and she's doing it right this time.
eta: Sherlock is not a sociopath--this probably goes for any fictional character, unless you've got a very determined and research-happy writer.
Steph L. - Aug 11, 2012 9:09:07 am PDT #17825 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Sherlock is not a sociopath
Were we supposed to think he was? That's not really a question for you, ita; I'm just surprised at the idea that a line that was so obviously meant to be snark has been taken literally. (Granted that the fictional character of Sherlock sure doesn't play for Team Gloriously Statistically Normal Now Give Me A Budweiser, but that's a far cry from sociopathy.)
Steph L. - Aug 11, 2012 9:09:56 am PDT #17826 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Yes, I am still trying to put off washing the dishes, and now watching S2 of Sherlock seems incredibly appealing.
Polgara - Aug 11, 2012 9:13:21 am PDT #17827 of 30001
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
§ ita § - Aug 11, 2012 9:21:55 am PDT #17828 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, hey--remember yesterday when I said there were lots of helicopters hovering? Thanks, Polgara. I'm thinking I've found out the other 2 in order to get to 4. But I don't remember hearing a crash, though. Poor pilot. I wonder what happened?
I didn't drive into work yesterday, but that's on one of my routes home. At about the time I come home, so I'd likely have been caught in the snarl of traffic. Last time something jammed the area up, it was an escaped convict. Clearly this a more exciting neighbourhood than I'd originally thought.
(There are sirens and helicopters going by as I type this...)