Hi all. So I was judging a speech tournament today and there was a prose piece about an 18 year old girl who had debilitating migraines due to a head injury sustained in a swimming accident. At the beginning, a doctor tells her, "well, you won't die from it, you'll just always have extensive pain." I just about broke down crying right then. Had a hard time paying attention to the rest.
Oh, I get it. You just don't like who did the rescuing, that's all. Wishin' I was your boyfriend what's-his-height. Oh wait, he's run off.
Spike ,'Potential'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
ChiKat - Jan 17, 2015 1:29:54 pm PST #15745 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Burrell - Jan 17, 2015 1:38:14 pm PST #15746 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Kiba, I'm sorry but I missed what you're going to be studying
libkitty - Jan 17, 2015 1:57:29 pm PST #15747 of 30000
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
The word "just" is so horrid, ChiKat. That's so hard.
sumi - Jan 17, 2015 2:05:32 pm PST #15748 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Podcasts: I just started listening to Compulsory - a podcast about people who make stuff. it's about the right length. spilled milk is a shortish & non- serious food podcast I enjoy.
What I've noticed is that often podcasts are shorter at first and then gradually get longer.
ChiKat - Jan 17, 2015 2:06:23 pm PST #15749 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
It was horrible. On several levels.
Betsy HP - Jan 17, 2015 2:08:43 pm PST #15750 of 30000
If I only had a brain...
I highly recommend the BBC Friday Night Comedy Podcast, which is British political/news-based comedy. The podcast rotates between two BBC Radio 4 shows: The News Quiz, which fills the same evolutionary role as Wait Wait, hosted by the incomparable Sandi Toksvig; and The Now Show, which is sketch satirical comedy, hosted by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. I often gasp at the pointedness of the humor. It helps to know a bit about British current events, but reading the Guardian occasionally should do you; even without that, you should be able to get what's going on.
-t - Jan 17, 2015 2:20:27 pm PST #15751 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, ChiKat. Oh my.
Miracleman - Jan 17, 2015 3:29:44 pm PST #15752 of 30000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Huh. So "Friends" is the origin of BFF?
Thank you, Netflix. I think.
Beverly - Jan 17, 2015 3:41:09 pm PST #15753 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh, Chikat. So hard.
A friend insisted on knowing "what was up with me" this afternoon, and wouldn't accept "I lost a friend." Do I know him? Or her? Is she local? Where do you know her from?
Guys, I had to explain ita. And yes, the board, which is hard but doable. But ita, NSM.
Kat, and helpful others, I was looking at the top of the page here, where the quote is. I see no link or button there. Nor is there one in the sidebar, just Buf links and Buf filk, plus the FAQ, how-to, etiquette, map (which works now, thanks!), about, and admins. Which, you know, I can find the dive, it's just she said button, and there's no button--reportage, not complaint.
Scrappy - Jan 17, 2015 3:42:52 pm PST #15754 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We listen to a lot of comedy and/or political podcasts:
Smartest Man in the World (Greg Proops)
The Bugle (John Oliver)
Mike and Tom Eat Snacks (Michael Ian Black and Tom Cavanagh--HILARIOUS)
On The Media (PBS)
Professor Blastoff (Tig Notaro, Kyle Dunnigan--THE BEST)
WTF (Marc Maron)
Judge John Hodgman
Dana Gould's Podcast