Simon: I swear when it's appropriate. Kaylee: Simon, the whole point of swearing is that it ain't appropriate.

'Jaynestown'


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.


Tom Scola - Sep 23, 2013 10:21:27 am PDT #6335 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

The Slate redesign is bonkers.

And they're still breaking articles across multiple pages!


msbelle - Sep 23, 2013 10:40:03 am PDT #6336 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

At urgent care with mac. Possible achilles tendony injury IN THE LIBRARY AT SCHOOL!!!


msbelle - Sep 23, 2013 10:40:03 am PDT #6337 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

At urgent care with mac. Possible achilles tendony injury IN THE LIBRARY AT SCHOOL!!!


Amy - Sep 23, 2013 10:42:11 am PDT #6338 of 30000
Because books.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing?

(Also, yikes! I hope he's okay!)


Jesse - Sep 23, 2013 10:42:57 am PDT #6339 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yikes!


le nubian - Sep 23, 2013 10:48:05 am PDT #6340 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Rick speaks truth. I have had to decide if I should spend time writing grants or writing an article or something else.


le nubian - Sep 23, 2013 10:48:32 am PDT #6341 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

goodness. don't fuck with libraries.


Dana - Sep 23, 2013 10:54:29 am PDT #6342 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

This is interesting: the etymology of "call a spade a spade."

[link]

(Don't read the comments.)

(Is it still etymology if you're talking about the origin of a phrase rather than a word?)


§ ita § - Sep 23, 2013 11:03:33 am PDT #6343 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I love this:

The early usages of the word "spade" did not refer to either race or skin color.

The racists aren't using it to refer to one or the other of those things. Pretty much both every single time.


shrift - Sep 23, 2013 11:08:45 am PDT #6344 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

If nothing else, today I am wearing skinny corduroys from Anthropologie that were so comically tight when I first got them that I dubbed them goal pants, and I submitted a reservation request for a volcano tour on Big Island.