You know, it's funny. We went to war never looking to come back, but it's the real world I couldn't survive.

Tracy ,'The Message'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

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.


Trudy Booth - Feb 16, 2013 9:14:17 pm PST #11650 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

I've been reading Savage Love off and on since about the mid-90s. Now and then I'll wince and say "Jesus, Dan..." but most of the time the stuff he says it pretty sane. He does joke about finding girl-parts unappealing but it generally seems (to me) like gross-boy-being-gross humor. He does pretty frequently issue apologies or clarifies or discusses further (I have some vague memories relating to a couple of numbers on that list). And he has evolved over time on specific points and will say so. The fat-o-phobe shit is tiresome, but the It Gets Better Project [link] earns him a good bit of grace from me.

And he's not always crap with women... this column (had to hit re-load a few times, no idea why) is one of the first I read and has come down as something of a classic. [link]


Sue - Feb 16, 2013 10:10:42 pm PST #11651 of 30001
hip deep in pie

Ugh, FB reports that poor Scrappy is stranded overnight at the Charlotte, SC airport on her way back from The Netherlands.

Ugh. Poor Scrappy.

I am on the train back to Dublin. I have two days to do the town up. Did I mention I have caught a cold? I was out and about yesterday, but I was feeling pretty miserable. I think the worst of it is over...except that I have been awake since about 5AM because I was too hot with a fever to sleep. Caffeine and tylenol will be my friends.


Scrappy - Feb 17, 2013 1:12:04 am PST #11652 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

HI PEEPS. just up from a LOVELY couple of hours of sleeping on the floor here in Charlotte. My plane arrived last night I time for make my connection to LAX, but then we sat for over three hours on the Tarmac. Since I was flying in from Amsterdam, I was already short of sleep, so the whole thing was sad-making. Worst of all is that my DH leaves on a trip this morning and the only flight we could get me on today doesn't get in until 6:30pm, so I don't get to see him until Tuesday night.


Theodosia - Feb 17, 2013 3:33:54 am PST #11653 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Yeesh! Good luck with the rest of the travel, Scrappy. Adventures are rarely fun when you're having them....

Speaking of adventure, I'm trying to decide whether to attempt driving to the Catskills this morning or not, because the snow is a-blowing, but the worst of it is supposed to be over by noon -- and it's moving west-to-east, which means the further west I drive, the better it should get. (The Catskills aren't supposed to get anything.)


Scrappy - Feb 17, 2013 3:43:49 am PST #11654 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

In good news, my early morning wandering a have revealed a small spa right here in the airport. There will be massage in my future, I promise you.


Jesse - Feb 17, 2013 4:17:17 am PST #11655 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh jeez, Scrappy. A massage sounds like just the ticket.


Sheryl - Feb 17, 2013 4:47:25 am PST #11656 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelines all! It is snowing here. I foresee much take-out in my future.( Luckily our flight isn't until tomorrow.)


beekaytee - Feb 17, 2013 6:54:14 am PST #11657 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant

Poor Scrappy! A massage sounds too right, right about now. What a bother.

I wish there had been a spa at Heathrow the time I was stranded there overnight because 'they had a plane but now crew' despite having sold out the plane.

All I got was a voucher for beans on toast.

Yeesh.

I'm having a bit of envy over Sheryl's snow forecast. We've been promised snow for days with nary a flake.

This morning, I looked out and the bright, clear skies nearly fooled me. I had the presence of mind to check weather.com to find out it 'felt like 19' out.

Maybe if you were standing still, it felt like 19. Walking to a friend's house to take care of her guinea pigs, the wind came up so sharply, my face froze. Thank goodness I'd put my snow pants on.

Cagney was wearing layers...a polo shirt under a fleece vest and he was still shivering.

br.


beekaytee - Feb 17, 2013 6:59:00 am PST #11658 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant

I'm sure everyone else is way ahead of this curve, but I just found Live from Daryl's House.

Daryl Hall has combined the best of everything in his life into a web series of interviews/mini concerts/food demos from his NY farm.

The link above goes directly to his collaboration with Jason Mraz on "I won't give up." It's like church. I'm a supersucker for gospel-sounding anthems.

Other guests range from Booker T. to Joe Walsh to new bands I've not yet heard of. Just a bunch of people doing what they love.


Theodosia - Feb 17, 2013 7:19:46 am PST #11659 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Massage while stuck at an airport was worth every penny, in my experience!

I'm still at home and won't be going anywhere...