They're doing it backwards; walking up the down slide.

River ,'Ariel'


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.


Sue - Jul 14, 2015 9:15:09 am PDT #894 of 30003
hip deep in pie

Happy Birthday Zen and Kiba!


-t - Jul 14, 2015 9:16:48 am PDT #895 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That's the best, Burrell, when you find a not too complicated way of making something that's super tasty to you.

I don't like eggplant, so when I do try to make anything that has it as an ingredient I have to do a lot of extra stuff (deseeding, peeling, salting for some period of time and I want to say pressing out excess water?, and then grilling or whatever) to try to make it palatable. Mostly I don't bother.


Fred Pete - Jul 14, 2015 9:17:57 am PDT #896 of 30003
Ann, that's a ferret.

Happy Birthdays, Zen and Kiba!


sarameg - Jul 14, 2015 9:26:27 am PDT #897 of 30003

To add to the comical, it's the season for maggots in the recycling bin. Was wondering about the fly carcasses in the kitchen. (Not neighbors' fault. Even I forget that this time of year you have to be super diligent.)


shrift - Jul 14, 2015 9:28:14 am PDT #898 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Happy birthday to Zen and Kiba!

This week I'm sitting in the same area where my new desk will be. People bring their dogs to work. Sales is far, far away. I just had a long discussion with a dude about comic cons. The commute is long, but it's on a nice bus with wifi and A/C and sometimes power outlets. I'm feeling pretty good about making the decision to transfer out here.

I may change my mind once I start viewing apartments, but hey!


-t - Jul 14, 2015 10:00:44 am PDT #899 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That all sounds good, shrift.

Maggot season, nsm.


Hil R. - Jul 14, 2015 10:41:18 am PDT #900 of 30003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

From way back:

I do not know how to feel about the Honda commercial with the family singing Weezer.

The little girl in that is my cousin. (And she can actually watch this commercial! She was also on Masters of Sex for the first two seasons, playing Virginia's daughter, and the editors made special cuts of each episode showing just her scenes, so that she could see the finished product, since she's way too young to actually watch that show.)


-t - Jul 14, 2015 10:49:05 am PDT #901 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, wow. I will have to pay attention next time I see it.


Steph L. - Jul 14, 2015 10:52:59 am PDT #902 of 30003
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Oh my god, I hate authors. We asked an author if we could delete reference 5, and his reply -- this is verbatim -- was "no need to leave ref 5 in." So I took it out.

When he saw the galley, he flipped his shit, saying that he specifically told us to leave it in. So apparently he thinks that lack of words and punctuation will ensure we understand his meaning. No, YOU ASS, "no need to leave ref 5 in" means "it does not need to stay in the article." If you want it to stay in the article, try wording it as "No; the reference needs to stay in the article."

ASS. ASS. ASS.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 14, 2015 11:15:48 am PDT #903 of 30003
"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

Woo hoo! Sudden unexpected thunderstorm squall just dumped a couple of inches of rain on us in a few minutes and dropped the heat index by 40°F.