Whatever happened to the still beating heart of a virgin? No one has any standards anymore.

Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'


Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Daisy Jane - Dec 05, 2006 11:29:07 am PST #4615 of 10007
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

I put in The Eight by Katharine Neville, Cryptonomicon, and The Mists of Avalon, and got a list of Christian books for all of them.

Heh. I put in that one as well. I meant to try The Secret History.


Kathy A - Dec 05, 2006 11:41:37 am PST #4616 of 10007
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Some fun links--a great list of sites for holiday gifts and a fun breakdown of the best of 2006 in TV (not best shows, but other categories) (Chicago Trib registration required).


Trudy Booth - Dec 05, 2006 11:54:53 am PST #4617 of 10007
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Hey Gamer People!

What's a good D&D related gift for about $40?


bon bon - Dec 05, 2006 11:56:14 am PST #4618 of 10007
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

H. Crap, that Chicago Trib recognizes Pscyh twice and calls back to Donald Faison's "Poison" dance-- best 2006 recap so far!


Sean K - Dec 05, 2006 12:04:44 pm PST #4619 of 10007
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

What's a good D&D related gift for about $40?

Any D&D rule/supplement book, as that's about how much one of those books will cost.

Which book? Well that all depends on which books the giftee in question doesn't already have. Just going by my own wants, and the wants of others, it tends to be very individual and specific, meaning it's probably not possible to surprise them as to really find out what D&D gift would be best for them, you'll want to just flat out ask them. It's otherwise just too likely that you'll either duplicate a book they already have, or get them something they weren't really interested in (though getting a book they weren't planning on buying, they'd probably like and keep it anyway, since they got it free, but one or two of the books are pretty lame).


Kathy A - Dec 05, 2006 12:06:05 pm PST #4620 of 10007
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Seriously though- how sick am I that I'm envious of Chicago buried under a blanket of snow?

Laga, it looks like there's a good chance we're going to get hit by more precip next week (though I don't know if it'll be cold enough for snow, but I wouldn't be surprised if it is) according to the long-term forecast over at the Tribune. They were predicting a higher-than-average-snowfall for December back in mid-November, so you'll have lots to be envious about!

I'm going out and getting my boots after payday this Friday (as well as a new pair of gym shoes, finally replacing my nearly year-old Payless pair that I've worn just about daily since buying them), after getting all my Xmas shopping done.


Sheryl - Dec 05, 2006 12:17:53 pm PST #4621 of 10007
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

It's very quiet here, as G is away on business.


Connie Neil - Dec 05, 2006 12:58:53 pm PST #4622 of 10007
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Connie -- which online toy is this?

The home page of this [link]

I was wondering where they got their list of books to compare with, and they use the libraries that people enter.


bon bon - Dec 05, 2006 3:14:15 pm PST #4623 of 10007
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

The partner in the office next to me just roused me to have a look at the moon out of his office window. I think that's odd, yet sweet.


megan walker - Dec 05, 2006 3:15:14 pm PST #4624 of 10007
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

It is a beautiful moon tonight.