Early: Where'd she go? Simon: I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a space ship. Don't look at me.

'Objects In Space'


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.


Juliebird - Aug 02, 2013 1:45:13 pm PDT #1196 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

My former-youth group leader/former-family friend is finally going to jail. Bad news is that it's for the possession of child pornography charges, and the molestation charges are being dropped/not pursued, it seems. DIAF asshole.


§ ita § - Aug 02, 2013 2:04:53 pm PDT #1197 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

This morning, as soon as I got to sunlight, I realised my top didn't match my shoes. So I went back inside (already late) and changed all my outerwear but my shoes. The purple+silver plaid shirt matches it quite decently, I think [link] Later on today I realised all my underwear matches my shoes as well [link]


Jesse - Aug 02, 2013 2:05:44 pm PDT #1198 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ha! Also, cute.


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 02, 2013 2:14:04 pm PDT #1199 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I love that Christopher Reeve punked his Scientology auditor with a bogus past life story when he was considering joining the "church": [link]


§ ita § - Aug 02, 2013 2:21:44 pm PDT #1200 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I've worn these purple shoes way more often than a number of my black ones. Good call, self!

I'm trying to work out if the phrase "like fanfic" means anything. If the Dresden Files read like fanfic, or if a TV show is like fanfic, is there meaning left to "like fanfic"?

Since I maintain it means "not officially part of the property" I am trying to get people to say they mean "sucks" and then ask them why not "like bad fanfic?" What's the real quality they're trying to identify?


le nubian - Aug 02, 2013 3:01:50 pm PDT #1201 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

So, I do not have CBS on my Time Warner cable because of a TW/CBS dispute. I am so pissed off and Beau is not happy because NFL pre-season starts in a week.

So on my list of to dos is to call Direct TV tomorrow and see when we can get tv.


-t - Aug 02, 2013 3:08:26 pm PDT #1202 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oooh, that sucks. But DirecTV is good for NFL games, that's for sure.

I know I've temporarily not had a few stations on occasion because of disputes, but CBS? That's hardcore.


§ ita § - Aug 02, 2013 3:14:28 pm PDT #1203 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Time Warner has been talking shit about them for weeks now, leading up to this. I don't think I watch anything on there in the summer--::searches for Under The Dome:: ::shrugs::


Juliebird - Aug 02, 2013 3:27:20 pm PDT #1204 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Does this sound right: my electric company has an issue with actually reading my meter, so they over/under charge me regularly, and have to keep adjusting my bills whenever they do actually read my meter. After one winter, I didn't have to pay my electric bill for almost five months with the credit I'd accrued.

This time I got a letter from some other company saying they'd absconded with my overcharge and that I had to write back to them to lay claim to my overcharge or else it would be given to the state.

This sounds like a scam, but I'm afraid it's legit. If it's legit, now I have to wait to get hundreds of dollars back, meanwhile, electric company keeps overestimating me and demanding high payments. Payback to me is long time coming, payout to electric company is needed immediately so my lights don't get turned off. And I don't have the kind of finances that can handle both!


Sophia Brooks - Aug 02, 2013 3:40:55 pm PDT #1205 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Can you sign up to read your own meter? My company allows that.They still read and adjust but the variation would not be as big. Alternately, do hey have a budget plan where they estimate for the year and charge you the same each month?