Oh, Pacey! You blind idiot. Can't you see she doesn't love you?

Spike ,'Help'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

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.


Trudy Booth - Nov 01, 2013 9:29:42 am PDT #10840 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

I am going on a short roadtrip with one of my friends at the crack ass of pre-dawn tomorrow (3:30). We are a bit silly about it. It is for her oldest step-son's band competition (big deal actually and his school band is often State champions - btw - this will be mac's school). We plan to have lots of coffee and loud music and possibly some outlet shopping on the way back around noon.

And Combos. I don't know why, but somehow they became our ultimate roadtrip food.


§ ita § - Nov 01, 2013 9:32:05 am PDT #10841 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Combos are weirdly filling, as I seem to recall. Haven't had any in a couple decades, but I used to use a pack to skip lunch. The fake cheese must have expanded in my stomach, or something. Do they have peanut butter too?


Jesse - Nov 01, 2013 9:41:47 am PDT #10842 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Is it practical to preserve writing on a normal mug? Assuming I can avoid the dishwasher, is there some sort of treatment (or a specific medium) that could make markup feasible?

I just saw a DIY thing about this recently, but of course I can't remember where. I think the blog said you could just use a Sharpie, but other people said no, it would wash off, and you should use a special kind of marker.


Jesse - Nov 01, 2013 9:42:30 am PDT #10843 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ah! The one I saw was here, and apparently the key is baking it.


§ ita § - Nov 01, 2013 9:52:30 am PDT #10844 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The one I saw was here, and apparently the key is baking it.

Yes! China markers! I have seen those, and forgot. Thanks for connecting the dots, Jesse. In this case, I couldn't risk it being one of those instances in which it washes off.

Lighting like this blows my mind.

Hey, Abreva ad? Please hire me so your models don't look so ridiculous fake punching. Ta!

Huh. Is there a job "Punch Doctor"? There should be. And I should have it.


Jesse - Nov 01, 2013 9:56:49 am PDT #10845 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Google + previously-clicked links being a different color is magic for me.

Hey tommyrot, did you ever sell those bitcoins?


Atropa - Nov 01, 2013 10:17:30 am PDT #10846 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Yes! China markers! I have seen those, and forgot. Thanks for connecting the dots, Jesse. In this case, I couldn't risk it being one of those instances in which it washes off.

They work really well. I had Emilie Autumn autograph a tea cup with one.


§ ita § - Nov 01, 2013 11:21:51 am PDT #10847 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

This language quiz from the Guardian is way too subtle for me, man. Also too regional, I think. But I'd love to see other newspapers' versions of that. The Inquirer, USA Today--what does editing to their standards of voice and grammar look like?


Dana - Nov 01, 2013 11:23:45 am PDT #10848 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

Wow, the tweets from LAX are pretty freaky.


Jesse - Nov 01, 2013 11:26:49 am PDT #10849 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Here's a way better quiz (especially for Dana!) [link]