No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.

Early ,'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.


Ginger - Jul 23, 2013 6:00:43 pm PDT #179 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Was the father there when it happened?

Yes. They say they got lost, but you have to be really, really lost to bypass the fence. Also, one of the boys apparently thought sliding down a culvert would be fun and the other one followed him. I haven't heard any explanation about how they got that far off the trail. The trail always has quite a few people on it.


Kat - Jul 23, 2013 6:04:51 pm PDT #180 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Ginger, the whole thing sounds like a good contender for the "Wouldn't It Be Cool"/Mistakes were made tag.

I just got an email that is leaving me jangly. I am feeling over it but I can't get over it. I need to stop reading emails.


Kat - Jul 23, 2013 6:24:37 pm PDT #181 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Did you know one of Prince William's titles is: (wait for it) Baron Carrickfergus?

Is that the title he only uses in Scotland? I know Prince Charles has What-he's-called-in-Scotland title.


sarameg - Jul 23, 2013 6:36:18 pm PDT #182 of 30000

Tripped over cat going up the stairs. Technically 4 pt contact. Have icepack on 2, searching up third, 4th I can ignore.


Kat - Jul 23, 2013 6:59:47 pm PDT #183 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Ouch!


Lee - Jul 23, 2013 8:21:54 pm PDT #184 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

It may have taken almost three months, but I am counting this as a win!

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DavidS - Jul 23, 2013 8:27:14 pm PDT #185 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

It may have taken almost three months, but I am counting this as a win!

Definitely a win!


le nubian - Jul 23, 2013 9:42:10 pm PDT #186 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Alan Tudyk with a child Kaylee cosplayer.

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Cass - Jul 23, 2013 9:50:54 pm PDT #187 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Halfway decent person doesn't mean a good leader.

It really doesn't. But in my head I like to think I can simplify things. Sadly, reality fails to conform to this. Or reflect it at all.

Ouch, sara.


Typo Boy - Jul 23, 2013 10:30:39 pm PDT #188 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Halfway decent person doesn't mean a good leader.

I don't know that I would even go that far. I mean I think Obama is a great person outside of politics. But since he is in politics he has to be judged morally by what he does as a political leader as well as in his personal life. And when you think about the continued assasination program, the continued use of torture (solitary confinement) the NSA, the war on whistleblowers. Note by the way that these are all things the executive branch which he controls does. He could change any of them by giving appropriate orders. So I can't judge him a decent person. I mean normally decency (even halfway decency) is not something I expect from a person with great power. But I don't see how our Nobel Peace Prize winner-in-chief can be judged an exception to this.