Simon: Captain's a good fighter, he must know how to handle a sword. Zoe: I think he knows which end to hold.

'Shindig'


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.


Jesse - Mar 26, 2013 11:45:51 am PDT #16107 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

How would that affect my answer? How would it affect the commitment with which I as an ally would agitate for right now? Trying to talk someone into equality later is a sucker's bet.

Oh, of course -- I'm just saying it happened all at once, but only after a long time of organizing and agitating.

All of my cards now are cash cards - the other thing is the airlines cards were a fee per year that I didn't think at the time was worth it.

Yeah, I wouldn't pay an annual fee -- not worth it to me. The rewards are "cash" I guess, but there are so many ways to cash them out! (And gift cards get you more $$ than actual cash.)


§ ita § - Mar 26, 2013 11:47:49 am PDT #16108 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Last week the other SoCal analyst had a meltdown at our boss, and he aimed some heavy language both at him and our manager. My umbrage right now is lesser, but in a time where we're told to try and exceed by the voices outside our department, it's frustrating when you're the interface and your internal directive feels like "do less, more slowly".


Fred Pete - Mar 26, 2013 11:57:03 am PDT #16109 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.

(And gift cards get you more $$ than actual cash.)

To me, this is a good argument in favor of the gift certificate/card. Spend $20, get $25 in purchasing power -- I like that idea.


meara - Mar 26, 2013 12:26:40 pm PDT #16110 of 30001

Yeah, as long as you'll actually use the gift card--at one point I used up a bunch of "ThankYou Points" by getting gift certs for my mom and sister for Christmas--and sometimes they put them on "sale" so you can get them even cheaper than usual. But I don't use that as my main card--just put a few random things on it every month since its free and I've had it forever.


Kat - Mar 26, 2013 12:48:30 pm PDT #16111 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Paging ita, these shoes scream you: [link] , especially the second pair.


Sheryl - Mar 26, 2013 12:54:56 pm PDT #16112 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Meh. Just meh.(No reason)


§ ita § - Mar 26, 2013 1:18:24 pm PDT #16113 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

My god, Kat! Those are perfect shoes! And the second pair and the last pair are the perfectEST.

Gnargh. I hate proof that your handwashing was inadequate. But this is better than other ways to find out--somehow I got garlic on...something involved in my cookie snack--hands, plate, glass, cookie itself, and it ruined the whole thing. Now I'm going to brush my teeth, scrub my hands, and get a new plate and glass of citrus water and try it all again.


DavidS - Mar 26, 2013 2:08:40 pm PDT #16114 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

So Emmett got asked to Prom.

If you remember the movie scene in Goblet of Fire where Fred Weasley asks Angelina to the Yule Ball, it was much like that.

The girl in question, Laura, wadded up a ball of paper and threw it at Emmett. It just had "Prom?" scribbled on it, to which he nodded yes.


Connie Neil - Mar 26, 2013 2:09:02 pm PDT #16115 of 30001
brillig

ah, teenagers.


beekaytee - Mar 26, 2013 2:11:27 pm PDT #16116 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant

Adorbs.

Totally adorbs.