Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


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.


Steph L. - May 22, 2013 10:26:47 am PDT #23253 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

And good luck to everyone who is trying to refi! I'm in the midst of closing with QuickenLoans. Throughout the whole process they kept telling me how much more streamlined their process is and communications are compared to other lenders or brokers or whatever they are, and still the whole thing seemed interminable, although objectively it could easily have been much worse.

QuickenLoans is who Tim is talking to! I assume any refi process would be a pain, and I have zero experience to make any kind of comparisons anyway.


DebetEsse - May 22, 2013 10:28:07 am PDT #23254 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.

There should be a store full of items that you sometimes need, even when they're out of season.


-t - May 22, 2013 10:30:12 am PDT #23255 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I thought blazers would always be in season! But I guess not.


sarameg - May 22, 2013 10:32:42 am PDT #23256 of 30001

Silence from the salesguy. No followup email or phone call in the past, what, 2 hours? You know, you'd think he might want to verify a time or something, rather than, I dunno, make assumptions?


Jessica - May 22, 2013 10:35:58 am PDT #23257 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Oh god, the footage coming out of London is horrifying.


Steph L. - May 22, 2013 10:40:08 am PDT #23258 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Oh god, the footage coming out of London is horrifying.

What the hell? (Not your comment; I just went to CNN to see what's going on and...what the HELL?)


Jessica - May 22, 2013 10:44:55 am PDT #23259 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

My boss just sent me this Onion article, which pretty much sums up my mental state right now: [link]


Burrell - May 22, 2013 10:50:16 am PDT #23260 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Do you mean the attack, Jessica? Egad, you don't have to go through all of it, do you? I am so sorry, that must be the stuff of nightmares.


brenda m - May 22, 2013 10:50:48 am PDT #23261 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Good lord.


Jessica - May 22, 2013 10:53:28 am PDT #23262 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Egad, you don't have to go through all of it, do you? I am so sorry, that must be the stuff of nightmares.

No, thank god, that'll be up to our UK team. I'm tragedy-ed out right now.

(Today I had the super-fun task of researching material on bereavement for a psychology textbook, including three separate items on how young children process the loss of one or both parents. PLEASE SOMEBODY DO A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT KITTENS PLEASE?)