No, it's shiny! I like to meet new people. They've all got stories...

Kaylee ,'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.


le nubian - Jun 12, 2012 7:39:54 pm PDT #9461 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

But you know what might improve things?

A uterus chair.

[link]


DavidS - Jun 12, 2012 7:51:06 pm PDT #9462 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

(They were also a known phenomenon in ancient times; the Romans had mutual aid burial societies, for example.)

These are all over New Orleans cemetaries. Well, not the French ones, but the ones in the Garden District are filled with large mutual aid mausoleums. I remember one just for Italians and one just for orphans and one for Firefighters.


Consuela - Jun 12, 2012 8:01:32 pm PDT #9463 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Oh, thank god, the St. Bernard has stopped whining. Blessed silence!


meara - Jun 12, 2012 8:25:57 pm PDT #9464 of 30001

I saw the uterus chair on Jezebel and thought it looked awesome. But I like small spaces. As one of the commenters said, it might get really warm in there when you're breathing.


le nubian - Jun 13, 2012 4:06:47 am PDT #9465 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

what is an Internet troll?

[link]


sarameg - Jun 13, 2012 4:25:11 am PDT #9466 of 30001

Who knew that a box of cat toys* would prove to be so entertaining to an 8 year old?

  • Well it has little flashlights and quacking duck and oinking pig keychains too. She's also got a whole scenario going on with the toys and a matryoshka doll.


tommyrot - Jun 13, 2012 4:32:50 am PDT #9467 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Prescription Coffee Mug

Printed on mug: "Prescription Coffee, Mr. Java Joe Espresso, Drink one mug by mouth, repeat until awake and alert."


Nora Deirdre - Jun 13, 2012 5:15:33 am PDT #9468 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Wrapup of yesterday's Times Picayune bloodbath: [link]

The comments are safe to read (as of right now, anyway.) One was particularly on point:

Absolutely heartbreaking. We just witnessed yet another NOLA institution ripped to shreds by outsiders. Will it ever stop?


Jesse - Jun 13, 2012 5:22:37 am PDT #9469 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ugh, terrible.


Ginger - Jun 13, 2012 6:44:05 am PDT #9470 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

You know what this cityscape stencil [link] is lacking? The bat symbol. I may make one for my backyard to reduce the curse of the neighbor's ugly fence.