Whew. I have two pounds of oranges. So then that's right. Holy crap that's a lot of sugar.
What should I do, then? Send her a gift? Sacrifice? … Unholy fruit basket?
Angel ,'Just Rewards (2)'
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.
Allyson - Nov 03, 2013 12:36:47 pm PST #10987 of 30000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Kat - Nov 03, 2013 12:47:25 pm PST #10988 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
This recipe is a little fussier than I've seen, but it confirms the ratio: [link]
§ ita § - Nov 03, 2013 12:48:04 pm PST #10989 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm rewatching Blake's 7, and there's a scene where Blake and another shipmate are being held at gunpoint, and the morally dodgy member of the crew makes a trick shot (from where the baddies can't see him )to save them. When complimented on his aim, he says "I was aiming for his head."
I'm being told by a few insistent people that that is a trope (insert tvtropes link here) that both Firefly and B7 used. Is it still really a trope with that many similarities? Wouldn't homage be a likely term, especially when you consider Blake and his ragtag handful of a crew are bopping through space fleeing from the government?
I have also seen it that precisely close in The Mentalist, and I have no idea about the provenance there. Now, when Spencer makes a kill shot in Criminal Minds and deflects the compliment with "I was aiming for his knee"-- that is re-using the trope.
Connie Neil - Nov 03, 2013 1:12:22 pm PST #10990 of 30000
brillig
Didn't Castle use the "I was aiming for X" thing?
brenda m - Nov 03, 2013 1:23:11 pm PST #10991 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I'd call it a cliche, frankly. I did like the CM twist on it.
Google turns up mostly those three shows though, and on ipad it's too hard to tell what turns up after the first few pages. So in that case I'd go with ita.
§ ita § - Nov 03, 2013 1:53:34 pm PST #10992 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Didn't Castle use the "I was aiming for X" thing?
Yes, but at least we know that was a homage.
Juliebird - Nov 03, 2013 2:02:20 pm PST #10993 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Is it a trope with only two known instances? Otherwise I'd say the FF scene was an homage to B7.
ION, I got men's slippers with rubber bottoms that my air cast can fit into, but I also scored new ankle support that is a bit more discreet that I might even be able to fit into one of my sneakers (I'm just concerned about the twisting involved in shoving my foot into one of my usual shoes). But, it's still better than the ace bandage, in terms of ease of getting on and off, and support.
Allyson - Nov 03, 2013 2:04:01 pm PST #10994 of 30000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
There is no neat way to make marmalade.
Burrell - Nov 03, 2013 2:08:53 pm PST #10995 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Burrell, if you are coming in for MLA and would like to get together, let me know.
I am going, Sox, and would love to meet up. I'll be in interviews all day however, so not sure how much time I'll have. (I am on the interview committee this year.)
-t - Nov 03, 2013 2:14:51 pm PST #10996 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
There was a similar bit in The Magnificent Seven. I think it's a not uncommon joke in Westerns, but I wouldn't call it a trope. I don't have an argument for why not, just an opinion. A strongly held but otherwise unsupported opinion. That should go a long way on the internet.
Go you with the marmalade making, Allyson!