Come on out, River. The nice man wants to kidnap you.

Simon ,'Objects In Space'


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.


tommyrot - Nov 13, 2012 8:03:10 am PST #683 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I'm pretty aware of my age.

On Sept 11th, I was exactly 47 and 1/2. So now I am closer to 50 than 45.

My brain likes to sieze on facts like this.


Strix - Nov 13, 2012 8:04:43 am PST #684 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I always use my dad's age to remember my mom's because he was born in 1940, and she 44.

I cannot believe I'm 40. I'm OK with it, but it's like, reallY? Huh. Okay...

Speaking of...HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HIL!!


Consuela - Nov 13, 2012 8:08:29 am PST #685 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Sheesh. I know there's been a lot of damage from Sandy, but man.

This was Old Orchard Shoal Lighthouse, just off Staten Island, in 2008.

This is Old Orchard Shoal Lighthouse now.


amych - Nov 13, 2012 8:09:11 am PST #686 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I'm a little fixated on my age right now because I will be soon be 42 (and yes, I will be announcing loudly and everywhere that I am The Answer, because isn't that in the geek rulebook somewhere?). But other than cool numbers like that, I basically don't think about it either to remember it or not.


Amy - Nov 13, 2012 8:12:11 am PST #687 of 30001
Because books.

This was Old Orchard Shoal Lighthouse, just off Staten Island, in 2008.

This is Old Orchard Shoal Lighthouse now.

Oh my god.


Liese S. - Nov 13, 2012 8:15:34 am PST #688 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

42 (and yes, I will be announcing loudly and everywhere that I am The Answer, because isn't that in the geek rulebook somewhere?)

Yes. Yes it is, and we will be checking up on you. We will also expect you to have an awesome Year of the Answer, because that is the rules.


Lee - Nov 13, 2012 8:22:38 am PST #689 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

That is horrific, Consuela.

I already posted this in F2F, but Here, have a meerkat [link]


P.M. Marc - Nov 13, 2012 8:26:41 am PST #690 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Damn. The lighthouse pictures are... yeah.

[link] Audio of Atwater's Southern Strategy explanation.


Volans - Nov 13, 2012 8:30:05 am PST #691 of 30001
move out and draw fire

Oh, someone's getting fired for this: [link]


Connie Neil - Nov 13, 2012 8:31:34 am PST #692 of 30001
brillig

People sometimes blink when I trot out "51" without hesitation or quibbling. But damn, that's *old* to my ears. Things that happened in 1998 were just a couple of years ago! 2003 was yesterday! Millennial babies are supposed to be toddlers, not cognizant human beings with established pesonalities!