It's gorgeous here, and will be close to 70 today if it's not already. Unfortunately it's also stupid hot in this loft, and the ceiling fan doesn't work.
Mighty fine shindig.
Mal ,'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.
Amy - Apr 08, 2013 7:22:13 am PDT #17682 of 30001
Because books.
Consuela - Apr 08, 2013 7:27:12 am PDT #17683 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
W/rt Thatcher, I know we're not supposed to speak ill of the dead, but Roz Kaveney has no such qualms: [link]
Pretty impressive, and chilling.
Amy - Apr 08, 2013 7:28:47 am PDT #17684 of 30001
Because books.
I know we're not supposed to speak ill of the dead
I never understood that. What about Hitler or Stalin? Just because you're dead you shouldn't get a pass.
DavidS - Apr 08, 2013 7:32:05 am PDT #17685 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yeah Maggie Thatcher can go rot in hell. Dag it's crazy gusty.
§ ita § - Apr 08, 2013 7:38:07 am PDT #17686 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
While I don't think you should worry about speaking ill of the dead, I'm not happy she's dead. It's just a thing. Her death doesn't change the world in any way for me. Hey, maybe alive and intermittently aware of her decay is an apter punishment than oblivion.
EXHAUSTED. I am blaming the wind, and the things it put in my eyes.
aurelia - Apr 08, 2013 7:44:55 am PDT #17687 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
A delightfully random assortment of images for your Monday enjoyment: [link]
tommyrot - Apr 08, 2013 7:52:00 am PDT #17688 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.
le nubian - Apr 08, 2013 7:55:37 am PDT #17689 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
aurelia - Apr 08, 2013 7:56:35 am PDT #17690 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
This is relevant to recent discussion. [link]
amych - Apr 08, 2013 7:59:04 am PDT #17691 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Coincidentally, was just reading this thing on Margaret Thatcher and the misapplication of death etiquette, which argues that not speaking ill of the dead is a fine rule when it comes to, say, not mouthing off to the friends and family of a private citizen -- but it's not relevant to criticizing the public works of public figures, and enforcing it is an active part of building up hagiography around the powerful.