I...still don't know what tl;dr (I think?) means.
What Jilli said. Sometimes people also refer to it as teal deer.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
shrift - Aug 21, 2013 8:19:17 pm PDT #3267 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Strix - Aug 21, 2013 8:22:18 pm PDT #3268 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Huh. Even contextually, I just couldn't get that!
Sophia Brooks - Aug 22, 2013 12:54:36 am PDT #3269 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I have heard of Edward 40 hands because I work at a college, but I have never seen it or actually heard if it being done for real. Theatre kids seem to tend toward drinking games which also involve stripping
Jesse - Aug 22, 2013 1:24:48 am PDT #3270 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I said tl;dr out loud at work the other day.
Calli - Aug 22, 2013 1:35:51 am PDT #3271 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I dreamed I was in the senior living center where my maternal grandparents spent their last years. But it had been converted into a mix of senior apartments/student housing. People seemed pretty ok with that. I was looking for Grandma, but couldn't find her. Possibly because she died in 1976.
Jesse - Aug 22, 2013 1:55:29 am PDT #3272 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Aw.
Oh-my mother realized she could wear the cute dress to a wedding in a couple of weeks, and got a black dress for the funeral. Phew!
Theodosia - Aug 22, 2013 2:16:33 am PDT #3273 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Am I a freak for not having gotten a dress for my Mom's funeral?
brenda m - Aug 22, 2013 3:02:27 am PDT #3274 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 don't remember what I wore.
WindSparrow - Aug 22, 2013 3:08:10 am PDT #3275 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Am I a freak for not having gotten a dress for my Mom's funeral?
Not if you already had something to wear that you thought was appropriate.
I was 18 when my dad died. I owned a black dress at the time, but it was more "little black dress" than funeral-appropriate. So I went shopping for something else and ended up with a navy suit dress.
hippocampus - Aug 22, 2013 3:58:02 am PDT #3276 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
Catching up. Jesse, good luck to you and your mom finding a good care solution.
Sox, I read that whole thread and added my mite of opinion at the end. Sounds like the Worldcon is going to cancel the showing entirely, which I think is a shame, because it's clearly what they call a Teachable Moment.
I agree, but I think the delivery was so botched that any lessons would be tremendously hindered. I'm glad you commented.