'Objects In Space'
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.
Wow, that is awesome. I wan't paying much attention to the beginning, and while he was singing, I was like- he is a little flat. Then I realized he never had lessons or anything!
Also, Hamlet makes me want a mini-pig in the worst way! I love how he DIVES into the oatmeal.
Why did the loud chewer over the cube wall from me get replaced by another loud chewer? If I can't see you eat, I should not know so many details of your consumption.
I swear someone just mentioned that story/concept around/to me within the last couple weeks.
ita, I want to say there was something about it on Andrew Sullivan's blog recently. I believe it was discussion of a native American belief that you die a second time when the last person that knew you dies.
I don't think I've been to his blog. It's not ringing any bells.
Question about terms: "last stand"--does it have to be fatal? Can you win a last stand? Can you potentially stand again?
"last stand" is someone's fight to death. if it isn't yours, it is your opponent's.
traditionally.
more colloquially it can refer to someone's last attempt at something, before the person decides to leave.
Question about terms: "last stand"--does it have to be fatal? Can you win a last stand? Can you potentially stand again?
Generally, I'd say you die at the end of your last stand. (This is for the io9 thing, right? So "last stand" would refer to fighting.)
So I'd say you can't win at a last stand. But I suppose it's possible to be defeated in your last stand and (somehow) be unable to fight again yet still alive.
This is for the io9 thing, right?
The number of last stands commenters are suggesting that were lived through is huge. Just because you didn't read the Angel comics doesn't mean they didn't happen.
And thinking you're going to die isn't quite enough, IMO.
ita- Found what I was thinking of. It was a post referencing a discussion on Roger Ebert's blog. [link]
Couldn't a last stand mean this is the last line of defense? If the last stand fails then it is all over, but it can succeed.
Couldn't a last stand mean this is the last line of defense? If the last stand fails then it is all over, but it can succeed.
I'd say if it succeeds, it's not a last stand.
I mean, you might hear soldiers saying, "We'll make our stand here" but they wouldn't say "We'll make our last stand here." Unless everyone knows they're gonna die.