Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.

Host ,'Why We Fight'


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.


sarameg - Dec 05, 2013 5:43:56 pm PST #13882 of 30000

And this next scene is our dream, brenda.


msbelle - Dec 05, 2013 5:49:24 pm PST #13883 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I am like 3 episodes behind in scandal. maybe if my work gets called off tomorrow I will catch up.


brenda m - Dec 05, 2013 5:51:37 pm PST #13884 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

Ooh yay, I'm about 10 mins behind.


Amy - Dec 05, 2013 5:53:18 pm PST #13885 of 30000
Because books.

Twitter is having a whole lot of fun with The Sound of Music.

Dr. Jill Biden just tweeted this:

That awkward moment when you sign up your friend's family to sing for an audience of nazis.


sarameg - Dec 05, 2013 5:58:07 pm PST #13886 of 30000

Also, I've had Biko stuck in my head since 5 today. The Joan Baez live version. I guess it is one of the protest songs I most associate with the Mandela era. Several years ago, I was at the Smithsonian folklife festival, South Africa being one of the featured countries. A bunch of South African women in saris and other indonesian costumes explained the song's history, the Xhosa lyrics, and led a sing along that made me cry.

It seems so appropriate now.

You can blow out a candle/But you can't blow out a fire/Once the flames begin to catch/The wind will blow it higher/Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko/Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja {come spirit}/The man is dead


sarameg - Dec 05, 2013 5:59:47 pm PST #13887 of 30000

Scandal: WHOAWHOAWHOA.


javachik - Dec 05, 2013 6:00:42 pm PST #13888 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Amy, that made me laugh much that I went to look - and that's a parody account for the awesome Doctor.


Amy - Dec 05, 2013 6:01:43 pm PST #13889 of 30000
Because books.

Aw, damn. Well, still funny!


javachik - Dec 05, 2013 6:12:58 pm PST #13890 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

It's HILARIOUS!


brenda m - Dec 05, 2013 6:14:58 pm PST #13891 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

Scandal: WHOAWHOAWHOA.

WHOAWHOAWHOA. Because it needs repeating. I thought I knew what you were WHOAWHOAWHOAing and then I got to the next scene.