Zoe: What's that, sir? Mal: Freedom, is what. Zoe: No, I meant what's that? Mal: Oh. Yeah. Just step around it. I think something must've been living in here.

'Out Of Gas'


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.


-t - May 29, 2013 3:18:48 pm PDT #24136 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I got my Doggy DNA Test at Petco for I don't remember how much, but a low enough number to make it seem like a reasonable impulse buy (which, to be fair, could still be kind of high given how impulsive I can sometimes be, but I think it was less than $100). None of the dogs whose results I know came up as the breeds we thought they were pre-test, but the results did make sense once we knew them.

Rottweiler and miniature schnauzer? That must have been some romance.

I don't know much about chihuahuas. They are filed under "fierce little dogs" in my brain, and Charlie is that! Hey, how are obedience classes going?


Kat - May 29, 2013 3:23:08 pm PDT #24137 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Lee, I'd never have guessed that.

Is it wrong that I want to do swab myself and see if they return a dog breed for me?


Lee - May 29, 2013 3:23:18 pm PDT #24138 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

But all you give them is (in my case) the dog's name and age, and a cheek swab.

That's all I gave them too, and I will admit that some of the pictures of the long hair Chihuahuas looked somwhat like Charlie.

HE IS STILL A CORGI TO ME THOUGH


Lee - May 29, 2013 3:23:48 pm PDT #24139 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Is it wrong that I want to do swab myself and see if they return a dog breed for me?

I hope not, because now I want that too.


Lee - May 29, 2013 3:26:36 pm PDT #24140 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Hey, how are obedience classes going?

Pretty good. It turned out to be just us, which kind of defeated the whole socialization idea. The trainer is really cool though.


§ ita § - May 29, 2013 4:04:00 pm PDT #24141 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Okay, this is a weird juxtaposition, but still. I'm looking at this "rape defense" from a self defence teacher, and I can't help but think it looks fussy: [link] I have some issues with what krav teaches you in that position, but I do feel it gives you more room to struggle than this which seems to depend on timing, which is not typically in your favour in these situations.

Anyway, that having been posted...Patrick Motherfucking Stewart. I knew he raised money against domestic abuse in his mother's name as a gesture towards what she could not get, but I did not know he raises money for PTSD in his father's name for similar reasons. Generally being amazing at cons I did also know. But it's Good Stuff worth sharing again (I'm sure he's been on it before, maybe even this).

Unrelated to anything but geekery, can someone read this for me in a way that makes sense:

Plans for a episode featuring a gay couple and and an allegory for HIV existed for the original Star Trek series, but the episode was never produced. The Next Generation eventually featured an allegory about HIV in the episode “Stigma,”

That's just an unfortunate (UNACCURATE, INCROMULENT) usage of the word "original", right?


Scrappy - May 29, 2013 4:35:20 pm PDT #24142 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Loving on Sir Patrick right now.


sarameg - May 29, 2013 4:36:32 pm PDT #24143 of 30001

I should not have googled 'what to expect from a refi appraisal.' I mean, I am going to clean this weekend, but there's precious little to be done with all the boxes downstairs (basement) or my verge-of-clutter state of living downstairs or the fact I really need to dust all things. Cause as much as I'd like it done, it ain't happening this weekend.


Ginger - May 29, 2013 4:36:36 pm PDT #24144 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

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Laura - May 29, 2013 4:44:11 pm PDT #24145 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Watching the Patrick Stewart video, he is truly one of the good guys.

Must be able to read and write.

Woo! New career time!