I swear to god, if I make it to and through my big meeting tomorrow, it will be a miracle. I think I have appeased the VP who was mad at me, but who the fuck knows.
I know I'm a bad poet, but I'm a good man. All I ask is that... is that you try to see me—
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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 - Apr 29, 2013 8:41:28 am PDT #20983 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Consuela - Apr 29, 2013 8:46:10 am PDT #20984 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Damn, I scheduled a site visit this afternoon and just realized I don't have a key to get into the building we're looking at. I have left messages for a couple of people, but if they don't get back to me, I shall have to call it off.
How embarrassing.
Jesse - Apr 29, 2013 8:46:41 am PDT #20985 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also, if you want to continue to mist up over the Jason Collins story, here are other players' reactions: [link]
Trudy Booth - Apr 29, 2013 8:52:15 am PDT #20986 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
Twitter's existance is justified.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 29, 2013 9:06:05 am PDT #20987 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
Aw, great to see it happen. I think the support Collins is going to receive will outweigh the negative opinions by far.
Theodosia - Apr 29, 2013 9:19:45 am PDT #20988 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"
IIRC, guns are two times more likely to be used for suicide than for self-defense/crime, at least as far as what little research has been done has uncovered. It's probably understated what with the "died at home" and other circumlocutions that death notices and families employ in public.
What never gets spoken about in the gun debate that I can see is that guns, the idea of guns, promotes a false sense of safety. (The Texas prosecutor and his wife who were shot by an assailant in their own home had 5 or 6 DOZEN guns at hand, and were well-versed in their use.)
§ ita § - Apr 29, 2013 9:40:16 am PDT #20989 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think the support Collins is going to receive will outweigh the negative opinions by far.
I don't believe that about fans, but I do think so about the athletes that will speak out. I wouldn't have said so when watching...uh, that show that had this storyline last season t /not spoiling but on pondering it since, I think it behooves the vocal to be supportive, or it behooves the co-workers to be vocal and supportive.
Jesse - Apr 29, 2013 9:44:18 am PDT #20990 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, so what should I get at the Vitamin Shoppe to make sure I get a good night's sleep? I have tried valerian and melatonin, to little or no effect. Anything else I can try?
Steph L. - Apr 29, 2013 9:44:53 am PDT #20991 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Jesse, do you take a calcium/magnesium supplement? I take one at bedtime, and it really zonks me out.
Tom Scola - Apr 29, 2013 9:47:11 am PDT #20992 of 30001
hwæt
Chamomille?