There's a bad reality show idea in there somewhere. Baseball Bachelor. The contestants have to literally swing a bat at a ball, but instead of scoring runs they score.
Time to slay. Vampires of the world beware!
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
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 - Oct 04, 2012 4:59:03 pm PDT #24554 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Lee - Oct 04, 2012 5:05:55 pm PDT #24555 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Practice your search terms here, then.
I'm guessing "stuff I like" doesn't count, huh?
eta: Thanks for the other suggestions! I will have to pursue them tonight.
Dana - Oct 04, 2012 5:19:13 pm PDT #24556 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, god, I just loaded etsy. I blame you people.
Burrell - Oct 04, 2012 5:29:11 pm PDT #24557 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Groovy castle, Cash!
Between Hogwarts and now my kids' coveting of Helms Deep, I think I'm going to have to hide the existence of Dracula's Castle from them. I think we are hitting the zone of Too Many Legos.
Connie Neil - Oct 04, 2012 5:31:15 pm PDT #24558 of 30001
brillig
There's an amusing Stargate Atlantis story where one of the first things they tell newcomers is "Don't mess up the Lego Room." If you've got a mostly empty floating city, why not dedicate a room to Legos?
billytea - Oct 04, 2012 5:32:53 pm PDT #24559 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.
My favourite political fact check of the day. Rated "Pants on Fire" by Politifact, this exchange regarding Indiana governor Mitch Daniels:
Daniels: "Nearly half of all persons under 30 did not go to work today."
Politifact: "Because many of them were in school."
Burrell - Oct 04, 2012 5:34:00 pm PDT #24560 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
A Lego room would rock my world, just so long as cleaning it and keeping the floors clear was Someone Else's job.
Atropa - Oct 04, 2012 5:41:02 pm PDT #24561 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I told him you got a sneak preview of Frankenweenie. He asked if you were a critic.
Ahahaha! The StuntHusband would raise an eyebrow at that and sneer "Of course she is".
But I did just send my review of Frankenweenie to a couple of my beta readers so I can post it tomorrow morning.
Cashmere - Oct 04, 2012 5:45:39 pm PDT #24562 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
But I did just send my review of Frankenweenie to a couple of my beta readers so I can post it tomorrow morning.
Owen and I will read it together.
Kalshane - Oct 04, 2012 5:47:04 pm PDT #24563 of 30001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
The "Oh, I guess that really wasn't true" from the Romney camp has begun. [link]
The very first comment after the article gave me a good laugh:
Snow White, Superman and Pinocchio are walking along. They see a sign: "Contest for World's Most Beautiful Woman." Snow White goes in, later comes out smiling, wearing a crown. They walk along and see another sign: "Contest for World's Strongest Man." Superman goes in, later comes out smiling, wearing the belt. They walk along and see a sign: "Contest for World's Greatest Liar." Pinocchio goes in, later comes out with his head down crying. "Who the hell is Mitt Romney?" Pinocchio sobs.
Obama also had a good comeback to the debate today: [link]
"We had our first debate last night, and when I got onto the stage I met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be Mitt Romney," Obama told the crowd of roughly 12,300. "But it couldn't have been the real Mitt Romney."
The "real" Romney, he said, has traveled the country promoting tax cuts for the wealthy, education plans that would hurt teachers and was a pioneer of outsourcing jobs overseas. However, Wednesday night, Obama said Romney reversed those views because he "doesn't want to be held accountable for the real Mitt Romney" and "what he's been saying for the last year."-----------
Random question of the day--does anyone have any suggestions of good online places for buying jewelry, especially necklaces?
Lee, I don't know if matches your tastes or price-range, but one of my best friends' wife makes her own jewelry: [link]
(I have actually taught him why the designated hitter rule is a desecration. Or, at the very least, when anyone mentions it, he knows to decry it.)
I would say you've educated him well, Steph.