Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.

'Underneath'


Natter 74: Ready or Not  

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.


Laura - Jul 29, 2016 6:19:51 pm PDT #25296 of 30003
Our wings are not tired.

Thanks, Plei. I can use that link!


Zenkitty - Jul 29, 2016 7:00:03 pm PDT #25297 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

In anticipating the conventions I expected much more out of Trump. I thought that creating a television production might be a place where he had real experience.

Trump thinks Big and Shiny with his name on it is all that's needed for a great television spectacle.

I think perhaps this individual is just bad at boundaries and communication and is just blunt, rather than being combative

Yeah, that's how it sounded to me. I'm bad at that myself - I tend to forget that simply asking for information can sound combative unless I'm really careful how I phrase it. I woldn't do it at 7am though... although you know I might, if I'd pulled an all-nighter myself; I might just assume the person wouldn't even see it until later. However you are not obligated to instruct this person.

I look at it this way, Steph, when people are debating what to do in their mind, they telegraph their choices based on who they reach out to. Often what they want is confirmation. So reaching out to you when just about the only thing she knows is that you are pro-Hillary strikes me as an indication that she wants to vote for her, but hasn't figured out how to frame it to herself yet.

oooh, Burrell is way smart.

The debate is going to be painful to watch.


dcp - Jul 29, 2016 7:39:50 pm PDT #25298 of 30003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Just had a late visitor: [link]


Connie Neil - Jul 29, 2016 8:07:15 pm PDT #25299 of 30003
brillig

He doesn't need your microwave! He's lying!


meara - Jul 29, 2016 9:20:22 pm PDT #25300 of 30003

Dcp, did it get in the house??

"Bouncycastle" sounds like fun. I'm guessing it's not?

I had a bunch of people over for patio drinks (from like 530-830) to meet my friend who just moved up here from Texas, and her sister. And they brought a friend, and some people I didn't expect showed up (and several friends I expected, didn't) and I had 17 people at one point! It was awesome. And now I have more beer in my fridge than when I started. Oops.


-t - Jul 30, 2016 1:54:57 am PDT #25301 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That sounds highly successful, meara! Way to hostess


Jesse - Jul 30, 2016 3:00:42 am PDT #25302 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Very nice, meara!

I feel that there should be a formal complaint against whoever named that "bouncycastle."

Ooh, that "so you want to like Hillary" page is great. I wish it looked less like the campaign, though!


Jesse - Jul 30, 2016 3:25:59 am PDT #25303 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

OK, this is so much inside baseball on my job, but I have to share it somewhere: woke up to an invitation to submit a proposal from Big Fancy Foundation. Which is great! They had asked for a concept last week, which was like pulling teeth to get out the door. When I sent it to Former Boss (Still Higher-Up) to review, he was like, this needs way more specifics. Of course I know that more specifics would be better, but made the decision that it was better to get something to them than to take another week to figure out the specifics. It worked! I was right! FB(SHU) can certainly kiss my ass.


Laura - Jul 30, 2016 4:41:15 am PDT #25304 of 30003
Our wings are not tired.

I had a bunch of people over for patio drinks (from like 530-830)

So I am apparently still asleep because I thought meara had a few hundred people over on her patio and was wondering how that was even possible. Sounds fun! Now you have to have a 'come finish off the beer' gathering.


msbelle - Jul 30, 2016 5:24:03 am PDT #25305 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Just wanted to give an FYI, it may be unneeded, but. The woman who posted a nice comment on my FB ramble comment named Julie is my hairdresser and well, she a bit of a loon. She is very active in the sovereign citizen movement, she's a big supporter of the Bundy family and sees herself as a self-taught lawyer. I am considering stopping using her because of her beliefs, but she never talks with me about them so I haven't yet. Just FYI, I didn't want anyone over engaging with her.