This isn't a come-on. I'm in a very serious relationship with a landscape architect.

Oliver ,'Conviction (1)'


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.


aurelia - May 16, 2013 8:26:19 pm PDT #22677 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I got 10427. I wasn't doing too badly until the last one. It was a long empty road with nothing but sparse scrub around. The only thing I could tell was that they were driving on the left. I clicked a random spot in Africa. It was actually Western Australia.


Theodosia - May 17, 2013 2:34:04 am PDT #22678 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"

I got 7/10 on a Prof or Hobo quiz. And I have a tech screen phone interview today that I'd very much like to ace.


Calli - May 17, 2013 3:23:35 am PDT #22679 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

There was a jewel theft at Cannes.

I think I saw a movie about this once.


Calli - May 17, 2013 3:27:18 am PDT #22680 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

In other news, a friend of mine, mother of a strong contender for the Cutest Baby in the World title, is having her baby baptized this Sunday. It's an Episcopalian ceremony. I grew up Methodist, so I was wondering if there was anything I needed to know. Should I bring a card? A gift? Just a willingness to sing "Jerusalem"?


§ ita § - May 17, 2013 3:51:01 am PDT #22681 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

How are you getting cities?

Those were the only two. I got a couple small towns, but outpost Wyoming? I'm still thinking Wild West re-enactment, and I got a Big Winch which would have tipped off your average Australian, I guess, but all I could tell was that the parking lot didn't look like it had a lot of American cars.

Otherwise, long dusty roads that are in South Africa that I think are in Australia and vice versa, and also that bridge over the mucky tropical river was Brazil, not Nigeria.


billytea - May 17, 2013 4:01:32 am PDT #22682 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

14051 points. It was a pretty easy selection: one in Norway (Moose Crossing sign), one in France, one on the Italian-Swiss border, one in Japan. And then one in Australia with a sign giving the region (Pilbara).


-t - May 17, 2013 4:07:43 am PDT #22683 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Interview~ma, Theo!

I have no idea about Episcopalian baptisms, Calli, but I think a willingness to sing Jerusalem is always a good idea. Makes me think of Sting and David Bowie, which I feel is often a recommended state of mind.


DavidS - May 17, 2013 4:21:41 am PDT #22684 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

It's an Episcopalian ceremony. I grew up Methodist

I think you'll be expected to drink the blood of the innocent.


Sparky1 - May 17, 2013 4:22:49 am PDT #22685 of 30001
Librarian Warlord

I'm so glad Mr Peabody finally ran home, Ginger!

The powers that be did something awful to us: without warning, overnight, they removed all the coffee makers (we had pod things in the staff & faculty lounges). A look through the window tells me the Dean's office still has one, and it's possible the faculty lounge behind the double locked doors still has one (I do have keys, somewhere), but, this was a really shitty thing to do.


Sophia Brooks - May 17, 2013 4:24:14 am PDT #22686 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Why would they do that, Sparky!?!