Just to warn you in advance, there's a strip joint next door.
Well, if I have trouble paying for the room it's nice to know there are options...
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
megan walker - Dec 06, 2006 1:33:47 pm PST #4848 of 10007
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
tommyrot - Dec 06, 2006 1:38:55 pm PST #4849 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
A lot people at the time did not think Vietnam strategically important. The whole "Domino" theory was a rationalization for why it was worth fighting over an otherwise unimportant nation. Oh I'm sure the people who advanced it were sincere, but they also had all these theories about how to win wars with airpower, and minimal numbers of ground troops that they wanted to test.
I've read that the Vietnam war wasn't so much about "communism taking over" as Vietnamese nationalism asserting itself, and as a result of our obsession with fighting communism we missed this fact.
Connie Neil - Dec 06, 2006 1:44:25 pm PST #4850 of 10007
brillig
Today's Unshelved comic strip (and, yes, it's the strip for Saturday, but they're a little behind).
edit: OK, it may just be amusing to library geeks.
Hil R. - Dec 06, 2006 1:49:32 pm PST #4851 of 10007
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
OMG. That Fiddler/Avenue Q thing is hysterical. What's it from? (Judging by the ribbons, I'd guess some sort of AIDS benefit.)
Jessica - Dec 06, 2006 1:55:53 pm PST #4852 of 10007
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Avenue Q meets Fiddler on the Roof to become...Avenue Jew
Bwah! Must share link!
Hayden - Dec 06, 2006 1:57:33 pm PST #4853 of 10007
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
(You did get that I was just giving you shit, right?)
(Aw yeah, but this is an Internet message board. I figured if I didn't give up an apology, I'd be worse than Hitler within seconds.)
amych - Dec 06, 2006 1:58:52 pm PST #4854 of 10007
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Nah, but you'd be just like that mean kid in High School.
Dana - Dec 06, 2006 2:00:14 pm PST #4855 of 10007
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
sarameg - Dec 06, 2006 2:01:22 pm PST #4856 of 10007
All my bitching earlier and I come home to a sweet note from mom talking about how excited she is I'm coming.
And this is why I can't cancel xmas.
Hil R. - Dec 06, 2006 2:06:12 pm PST #4857 of 10007
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
In other news, (well, vaguely related, since it is still about Jews):
NEW YORK, Dec. 6 (JTA) — The Conservative movement’s highest legal body moved to allow commitment ceremonies for gays and the ordination of gay rabbis.
I'm really surprised about this. Each year for the past five, maybe ten, years, they say that they're going to vote on this, and then come back with a decision that's something like "This is a difficult issue that requires much consideration."