Mal: Yeah, well, just be careful. We cheated Badger out of good money to buy that frippery, and you're supposed to make me look respectable. Kaylee: Yes, sir, Captain Tightpants.

'Shindig'


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.


Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 22, 2014 6:12:35 am PDT #8649 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

All I really bought was an aviator cap and goggles. I've got a jacket that looks a lot like one that she wore, and I'll probably just wear jeans with it, unless I really get up the motivation to make pants like the ones she wore.

I don't know where one would go to buy jodhpurs, but a light colored scarf will help with the costume.


shrift - Oct 22, 2014 6:54:56 am PDT #8650 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

It's so great when I have a meeting with my manager to say hey btw I saved $X million dollars this week already and then find out that we're going ahead with making me do the job I don't want to do.

I have one more thing I'm going to investigate that's a long shot, and then I have to figure out if I'm leaving the company or moving to the Bay Area. I guess that means I have to figure if there's anything in Chicago that I may want to try for, because if there isn't, that makes the decision easier.


shrift - Oct 22, 2014 6:54:57 am PDT #8651 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Jesse - Oct 22, 2014 7:26:54 am PDT #8652 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That's bullshit, shrift. I'm sorry.


Theodosia - Oct 22, 2014 7:37:00 am PDT #8653 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"

It would be the Bay Area's gain if it works that way, but I hope sanity prevails.


Frankenbuddha - Oct 22, 2014 7:40:15 am PDT #8654 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I was really trying to give Taylor Swift the benefit of the doubt, and she did get off a couple zingers and held onto her dignity well enough, but she seemed to be struggling to keep up.

To be fair, John Cleese was one of the people she was trying to keep up with, which I'm not sure is easy for anybody.


-t - Oct 22, 2014 7:50:29 am PDT #8655 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

She may have gotten bees.

Good luck for some kind of good outcome, shrift.


Calli - Oct 22, 2014 8:01:12 am PDT #8656 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I hope your long-shot comes through for you, shrift.


shrift - Oct 22, 2014 8:06:40 am PDT #8657 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

If I relocate to the Bay Area, at least I'll be able to watch most of my hockey games online on NHL GameCenter because they'll almost all be out of market? And it would allow me to put a lot of distance between me and Sales.

There are a huge number of cons I could list, but I don't need to feed my anxiety.


flea - Oct 22, 2014 8:28:32 am PDT #8658 of 30000
information libertarian

My cousin works in Ottawa and posted (on Facebook) a photo taken from her office of the shooting location at the War Memorial. It's directly in front of her office. (She seems to be calm and fine, but, whoa!)

(Edit, I guess she was not entirely calm because she misused an English word in her post - she's fully bilingual but French is her nursery tongue, and she called the man shot "a military" which is the direct translation from the french - a very unusual mistake from her.)