Hey, don't worry about it. Nest full of vampires, you come get me, okay. Box full of puppies, that's more of a judgement call.

Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told 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.


Cass - May 20, 2012 4:11:55 pm PDT #6000 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I had in my mind that Kittenish was young!

Probably because I've called her Kittenish for seventeen years. She was three months shy of being legal to vote.

Emmett: Ha! "Damn, that kid's always poking me with his elbows in my...stem cells. Hey, bro, I wanna chat at you. C'mon over here. Nom nom nom..."

Funny kid.

I should have done that to my siblings. Not that we were in the womb at the same time. Or actually in the same womb. But still...


Jesse - May 20, 2012 4:12:14 pm PDT #6001 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That means he absorbed his twin in the womb.
Say what, now?? [link]


DavidS - May 20, 2012 4:13:54 pm PDT #6002 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Say what, now?? [link]

I like my story better! Now, I have to go read science. Damn you, Cupcake Cowgirl.

eta: Just look at that picture of Max Scherzer and tell me he didn't absorb his twin.


§ ita § - May 20, 2012 4:25:55 pm PDT #6003 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

IO9 or giz must have had an article on chimeras in the past day or two, because I just closed a bunch of related windows. Apparently it's much more common than we'd thought, or that we can determine, but the thought is that embryos and host mothers trade cells during a pregnancy. And keep 'em.

The conversation about a newly gay character in DC is going reasonably well at IO9, considering.

You know, considering humanity.


Jesse - May 20, 2012 4:26:47 pm PDT #6004 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I like my story better! Now, I have to go read science. Damn you, Cupcake Cowgirl.

I mean, you don't have to, but if Emmett never becomes a brilliant biologist, you'll know why.


DavidS - May 20, 2012 4:47:09 pm PDT #6005 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

but if Emmett never becomes a brilliant biologist,

Yeah, that's not going to happen. More likely that he becomes a standup comic specializing in pseudeoscience. And even that's not particularly likely.

I'm kind of liking my Pseudeoscience Comic concept now, however.


Lee - May 20, 2012 5:10:47 pm PDT #6006 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I got to see JZ, Juliana AND Toddson today.

Go on, be jealous.


DavidS - May 20, 2012 5:12:10 pm PDT #6007 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Go on, be jealous.

I would except I'm going to see Todd this week, and I'm drinking Juliana's gin.

I didn't get to see you, though.


Cass - May 20, 2012 5:14:55 pm PDT #6008 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

but the thought is that embryos and host mothers trade cells during a pregnancy. And keep 'em.

It was a present! You get to keep presents. Even when they are weird cells.


Burrell - May 20, 2012 5:29:40 pm PDT #6009 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Go on, be jealous.

I am, don't worry, I am.

It was a present! You get to keep presents.

So funny! Now I'm going to think of them as a hostess gift.

I made sushi tonight for dinner. So tasty! I wish it were slightly less work, except for that would make it less festive. And speaking of festive, at the farmer's market today we discovered franny-centric baked goods and so we had to try them. Outrageously delicious. I don't want to know how much butter is in the rosemary lemon cookies. nom!