Hmm. It's sounds like the finest party I can imagine getting paid to go to.

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.


§ ita § - May 30, 2013 5:50:12 am PDT #24172 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I got an amazing response from an idiot the other day. It boiled down to "So you think you know what my post means just because you read it? Well, go fuck yourself!"

It was one of those things you just want to cut out and pin somewhere you can get giggles when the world is grinding you down.

I'm supposed to be taking this Coursera course, and the video player is cranky indeed. I'm not used to homework and deadlines. The last thing I need is "the internet ate my assignment".


Hil R. - May 30, 2013 5:51:38 am PDT #24173 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Well, she seems to have stopped arguing now that I posted a "can you see this?" post and she had to admit that, contrary to her statement, she couldn't see it.


Ginger - May 30, 2013 5:53:18 am PDT #24174 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

That's so cool, Sox! I was just reading about that yesterday. (Why yes, I do follow cancer treatment developments rather obsessively.)


Fiona - May 30, 2013 6:04:55 am PDT #24175 of 30001

I've just spent the best part of the past two hours of my life on this, so here is my best-ever GeoGuessr (32394 points):

[link]

I got a direct hit! I didn't think that was actually even possible.

The last one took forever, but I got there in the end.

Can I stop now, please?


Gudanov - May 30, 2013 6:20:28 am PDT #24176 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

Excellent work Mr. Sox!


Vonnie K - May 30, 2013 6:33:52 am PDT #24177 of 30001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.

Dammit, Fiona.

t have just lost half an hour playing a round of game (to the paltry points of 11,000-something)

I've never heard of GeoGuessr! I can see how this could turn addictive... (teaches me to wander into Natter when I have a project due)


sarameg - May 30, 2013 6:36:07 am PDT #24178 of 30001

HMOG, I think I'm not yet acclimated to this heat. 25 minute walk on campus and I had to go stand over the ac vents in the server room to dry my head. And it didn't even feel that hot out!


Matt the Bruins fan - May 30, 2013 6:47:55 am PDT #24179 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

Maybe it's the humidity? I walked two miles this morning and was wringing sweat an hour later even after a shower. (Also, my glasses fogged up the instant I stepped out of the car as if I were in a cartoon.)


Liese S. - May 30, 2013 6:48:08 am PDT #24180 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Congrats, Sox's DH!

I would love to do one of those tests on the Biscuit, but seeing as how we just got a (donated, bless them) $500+ vet bill for dentistry, not happening. But the dog is happy and healthy with clean teeth at almost eleven, so it's all good.


Gudanov - May 30, 2013 6:55:28 am PDT #24181 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

I think we'll do that on our new barely-a-puppy-now dog Gunnar. He's a real mystery even though he looks most like a Great Dane.