Now it's time for math with Louise:
peanut butter cookies = yummy
murder + torture >= (more evil than) murder
my boredom level = monotonic with positive slope. Also my fidget level.
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
'Time Bomb'
Atlantic Canadian Monday Madness
[NAFDA] We used to get Buffy the day before everyone else, now we get Angel a week after everyone else. And Firefly every Monday!
Ouise - Jan 28, 2004 8:25:32 am PST #5059 of 6793
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
Megan E. - Jan 28, 2004 9:03:32 am PST #5060 of 6793
what is "monotonic"?
MechaKrelboyne - Jan 28, 2004 9:31:53 am PST #5061 of 6793
... and that's a Pantera's box you don't want to open. - Mister Furious
Weighing in on the whole who's eviler thing, Does 'just' killing folk make less evil than spending weeks and months torturing folk even if the difference comes mainly from impatience and boredom?
JohnSweden - Jan 28, 2004 11:20:18 am PST #5062 of 6793
I can't even.
Weighing in on the whole who's eviler thing, Does 'just' killing folk make less evil than spending weeks and months torturing folk even if the difference comes mainly from impatience and boredom?
Depends. Is it a government job?
Elena - Jan 28, 2004 12:48:54 pm PST #5063 of 6793
Thanks for all the fish.
Elan also counts for much in the killing department. At least fictionally it does.
JohnSweden - Jan 28, 2004 5:01:58 pm PST #5064 of 6793
I can't even.
Huh.
In the context of our discussion last night, this week's Angel is really interesting. Or vice versa.
Being unspoiled continues to be very cool.
Elena - Jan 28, 2004 5:07:14 pm PST #5065 of 6793
Thanks for all the fish.
Speaking of being unspoiled, John...
You are aware that we won't see it until Monday? And speaking only for myself (as I believe I am the most unspoiled of the group), I don't want to have even the vaguest hint of what is to come.
JohnSweden - Jan 28, 2004 5:27:16 pm PST #5066 of 6793
I can't even.
Not a word. I shan't even taunt, despite the uh, karma. I'll just quietly watch the ep again on KTLA this time at midnight. Oops.
digital cable is the bomb!
Java cat - Jan 29, 2004 5:04:23 pm PST #5067 of 6793
Not javachik
eta: Healthma to your mom, Sue.
(You’re an Atlantic Canadian, right?) Um, I have some links from a time in my life when I was researching cancers. My mom has Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). As far as cancer goes, it’s usually like a cold, relatively speaking. Here are a bunch of URLs, FYI:
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Megan E. - Jan 30, 2004 12:46:13 am PST #5068 of 6793
SUe, I'm sending lots of health~ma to your dad and support~ma to you and your family.