I don't care if it is an orgy of death, there's still such a thing as a napkin.

Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'


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.


tommyrot - Nov 20, 2012 5:30:27 am PST #1559 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.

Ultimate British tabloid headline - Boing Boing

Alex Balk spotted the best Daily Mail headline in recent memory: "Love-rat dad of nine children to eight women who headbutted ex-girlfriend in row over cheese toastie jailed for just 20 days."


Amy - Nov 20, 2012 5:37:01 am PST #1560 of 30001
Because books.

Theo, where down the shore is your aunt and uncle's house?


Jesse - Nov 20, 2012 5:47:48 am PST #1561 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I would not be able to get away with that. I still need to catch up on what was sent to me, and I can't make that anyone else's problem. But I'm assuming there's enough different between our jobs or workplaces to make that feasible in a way I don't understand.

Well, he sent out a huge memo detailing which parts of his job were being done by which other people in the month or so he's out, and the work moves fast enough that most things that are happening now will be done by the time he gets back. So he doesn't really need to catch up on what's happened.


Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 20, 2012 5:49:15 am PST #1562 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Did you all hear about someone who was at Paul Rudd's play "Grace" in NYC in the balcony and who puked on patrons in the orchestra section?

It is an unbelievable story. The comments section of this article have me laughing and crying.

I loved "That disguise doesn't fool me, Lindsay Lohan." and the follow up "It's not a disguise, just hard livin'"


Consuela - Nov 20, 2012 6:01:04 am PST #1563 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

No way I am reading that article about the vomit.

God, I'm exhausted. I suppose, in hindsight, scheduling a blood donation for the first day of the week I move my parents was a bad idea. And I can't sleep in, because (a) too much to do today; (b) I can't sleep because I just lay there thinking of everything I have to do; (c) my cleaners are coming today.

And my second cousin (not really a cousin) emailed me yesterday to ask if he can sleep on my couch tonight. BAH. I of course said yes, but seriously I don't know how I'm going to get through the day.

And somehow I have to get copies of ALL my mother's prescriptions from all her doctors. I don't even know.

ION, good luck Grace!


Theodosia - Nov 20, 2012 6:02:34 am PST #1564 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"

My aunt's house is midway between Point Pleasant and Seaside Heights -- if you've see pictures of the Mantoloking Bridge pretty much destroyed, that's less than two miles north of their place, which they've owned for nearly 50 years.

It's the only house still in my family that was a childhood "place" for me. The others have all been sold, and in two cases so rebuilt as to be unrecognizable, even -- that didn't hurt as much as this.


Amy - Nov 20, 2012 6:05:45 am PST #1565 of 30001
Because books.

Oh, Theo, I'm so sorry. It's so heartbreaking. I can't even imagine what LBI is like, or will be like for years to come. Wishing them strength.


Consuela - Nov 20, 2012 6:10:38 am PST #1566 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Indeed, I'm so sorry, Theo.

I'll be cleaning out my parents' condo in the next few months, but there's minimal emotional connection to it, as they've only been there for three years.

The hardest thing is sorting through their stuff and identifying what goes to the new place (and can fit), what gets excessed (sold or dumped), what gets distributed to the kids. Dad has two plastic tubs full of old newspaper articles (like about the Kennedy assassination) and diplomas etc. I have no need for it, but it seems a shame to dump it, so into the garage it goes...


msbelle - Nov 20, 2012 6:19:23 am PST #1567 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

vibing for Grace.

Today is my Friday. I am very excited about it, but I should probably actually get some work done.


SuziQ - Nov 20, 2012 6:20:50 am PST #1568 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Consuela - as stressful as it may be, good on you for donating blood. CJ and I go tomorrow morning and then I get a bonus dentist appointment.

Theo, I'm so sorry.

I kinda want to kick everyone out of my house and have a day or two alone. I love my kids and K-Bug's boyfriend is nice enough, but I have a case of the grumpies and I want a break from being social.