The storm went through last night and my neighborhood was littered with sticks. As I was waiting for the bus, a man walking his husky stopped nearby to wait for traffic to clear. The dog was having a hard time deciding which stick was his One True Stick and finally found one that was several thin branchlets in a group. He carried it around and stopped to look up at me with his pale blue eyes for a minute, then went back to enjoying his stick.
Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.
Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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.
Toddson - Oct 12, 2018 11:42:47 am PDT #712 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
lisah - Oct 12, 2018 11:54:23 am PDT #713 of 30019
Punishingly Intricate
Nice one, Dana!
Topic!Cindy - Oct 12, 2018 12:56:01 pm PDT #714 of 30019
What is even happening?
Finally, the important news we all need: The difference between "assclown" and "asshat", explained.
I honestly thought asshat might have been coined here, before reading that.
Thank god. I can finally sleep well at night.
And maybe by Teppy.
From the article Tom Scola linked [link]
The OED identifies the Jan. 4, 2002, Usenet post "You're an asshat too" as the word's first known inscription in written English, making the newsgroup rec.sport.paintball sort of like asshat's own Chauvet Cave.
I live to drop tags.
Steph L. - Oct 12, 2018 2:28:43 pm PDT #715 of 30019
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
"Just create a style guide that everyone adheres to."
Ha!
Sophia Brooks - Oct 12, 2018 3:06:03 pm PDT #716 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
"Just create a style guide that everyone adheres to."
This seems akin to my job where we create templates for posters, presentations and online classes. No one adheres to anything!
aurelia - Oct 12, 2018 3:19:05 pm PDT #717 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
The OED identifies the Jan. 4, 2002, Usenet post "You're an asshat too" as the word's first known inscription in written English
That can't be right. That 70's Show used the term all the time and it started in 1998. Or did they always phrase it as "you're going to be wearing your ass for a hat"?
Dana - Oct 12, 2018 3:25:45 pm PDT #718 of 30019
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
This seems akin to my job where we create templates for posters, presentations and online classes. No one adheres to anything!
Yes, the presenter mentioned that it happens in graphic design too, with lovingly selected colors and fonts that everyone proceeds to ignore.
P.M. Marc - Oct 12, 2018 3:33:55 pm PDT #719 of 30019
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I know this was from, like, nine million days ago, but I still think the most common definition I've seen over the last few years of Millennial is 1981 to 1996, or, as I insist on calling it, from Chris Evans to Tom Holland.
Dana - Oct 12, 2018 3:53:23 pm PDT #720 of 30019
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Crap. Meant to go get a flu shot today. I checked the weather, since it's supposed to rain tomorrow. Apparently it's supposed to rain for the next...week.
Also, Monday is going to be 45 degrees? What the fuck?
aurelia - Oct 12, 2018 4:32:49 pm PDT #721 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
It is 42° here and my heat isn't on yet. The landlord seems to think it is, but his thoughts are not keeping me warm.