I'm still here! Sort of! I'm lurkerish.
Wesley: Perhaps the whole point of this experiment is hair. Gunn: I vote he's not in charge.
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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.
Daisy Jane - Jun 19, 2013 3:21:50 pm PDT #26457 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
-t - Jun 19, 2013 3:41:20 pm PDT #26458 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm glad you're here, even if you're lurkerish! I feel pretty lurkerish myself a lot of the time, although I balance it out by being talky meat the rest of the time.
sarameg - Jun 19, 2013 3:47:55 pm PDT #26459 of 30001
Bay area folk, if my friends need some SF advice (finding housing, neighborhoods, childcare, vets) can I point them your way? They are Cali kids, but I think mostly SoCal.
Consuela - Jun 19, 2013 4:38:13 pm PDT #26460 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Bay area folk, if my friends need some SF advice (finding housing, neighborhoods, childcare, vets) can I point them your way?
Sure. SF Area advice, or SF specifically? Javachik & I can speak for the closer-in East Bay, at any rate (Oakland/Berkeley).
Many happy returns, Plei!
And what a shame about Gandolfini: 51 is just too damn young.
-t - Jun 19, 2013 4:40:41 pm PDT #26461 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, that's a good distinction. I can help with my zone of hinterland if that's useful.
Atropa - Jun 19, 2013 4:41:44 pm PDT #26462 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I won't post the picture or the link, but there's a story of a man who thought it would be fun to dress the dog--shepherd size--as a, well, size-proportional jillifont. And whenever his wife came home, the dog would always run to her in excitement.
I saw that on Tumblr, and my reaction was OH FUCK NO. And I am amazed she didn't divorce him.
So, the woman "sitting" next to me on the bus who keeps folding in half and passing out/falling asleep: exhausted or drugs? She's done this on a couple other days, so m suspecting drugs.
sarameg - Jun 19, 2013 4:46:02 pm PDT #26463 of 30001
Consuela, I don't know. Not sure of the physical location of Matt's work, or how close they want to be to it. For the interim, they will be living with in-laws (I can't remember which, or how close they will be to SF, but a helluva lot closer than B'more) while they search in a more leisurely fashion for housing. I'll let them know the options!
-t, thanks, too!
sarameg - Jun 19, 2013 4:49:05 pm PDT #26464 of 30001
Um, what's your hinterland, -t? You can email it if you want. My username.1 at gmail.
shrift - Jun 19, 2013 4:56:35 pm PDT #26465 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
You know that horrible Reddit/Kickstarter thing from earlier? Kickstarter has released a statement that, while the content is “abhorrent and inconsistent with [their] values,” their current guidelines do not warrant removal. So now there's a petition to tell Kickstarter that's not okay: [link]
-t - Jun 19, 2013 5:03:58 pm PDT #26466 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I can help with Solano County or maybe Contra Costa County, sarameg.
Abhorrent is allowed, eh? That seems like a good opportunity to rethink the guidelines, Kickstarter.