But that's just my point! You she obeys! She obeys you! There's obeying going on right under my nose!

Wash ,'War Stories'


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.


Calli - Nov 13, 2012 6:39:23 am PST #644 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Happy birthday, Hil!


Steph L. - Nov 13, 2012 6:41:55 am PST #645 of 30001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

I'm editing an article about a weight-loss drug*, and now I just really want a cheeseburger. I am so impressionable.

*(Seriously, all of the studies in this article were funded by the manufacturers of the drug. HOW IS THAT NOT SKETCHY?!?)


meara - Nov 13, 2012 6:42:22 am PST #646 of 30001

A coworker brought in a big box of slightly-stale cookies, all different times, and when I asked him where they were from, he claimed he baked them all himself.

Maybe it was a very early holiday cookie exchange? Or frozen dough.

Happy birthday, Hil!

I am at a new dentist. So far not impressed by the office staff, though it doesn't help that I ha to walk all the way around the block because I missed the building entrance!!


Jesse - Nov 13, 2012 6:43:18 am PST #647 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oooh, check out Paula Broadwell's high school prom picture. She's totally got the Liz Lemon High School perm.

Whatever, she looks good for 1991! (I graduated high school in 1991.)

I don't understand you guys.

Americans don't need James Bond. We have.... Reagan? That doesn't seem right.


Jessica - Nov 13, 2012 6:44:33 am PST #648 of 30001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Americans don't need James Bond. We have.... Reagan? T

Lord, that's just about the most depressing sentence I've ever read. Go watch some James Bond!


DavidS - Nov 13, 2012 6:46:57 am PST #649 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Whatever, she looks good for 1991!

I like that look! It's very Molly Ringwald.


Burrell - Nov 13, 2012 6:47:57 am PST #650 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Seriously, all of the studies in this article were funded by the manufacturers of the drug. HOW IS THAT NOT SKETCHY?!?

Ah but the real question is how many studies were not published because they had contrary results?

Actually I have wondered on occasion who funds the drug studies that aren't funded by the manufacturer. The FDA?


Consuela - Nov 13, 2012 6:49:34 am PST #651 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

HOW IS THAT NOT SKETCHY?

it's totally sketchy. Steph, have you heard about that new book that just came out, exposing all the sketchy research in the pharmaceutical industry?

I have the writer on my twitter feed, he's Ben Goldacre, and it's called Bad Pharma. [link]


Jessica - Nov 13, 2012 6:51:39 am PST #652 of 30001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Actually I have wondered on occasion who funds the drug studies that aren't funded by the manufacturer. The FDA?

Mostly universities, I think.


Jesse - Nov 13, 2012 6:51:44 am PST #653 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Lord, that's just about the most depressing sentence I've ever read. Go watch some James Bond!

I know, I know. OK.