The count of three isn't a plan. It's Sesame Street.

Buffy ,'First Date'


Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?  

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.


Lee - Jul 01, 2007 4:10:27 am PDT #5756 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

a) Tom's awake now, so coffee soon

b) It's frigging gorgeous here today.


Jesse - Jul 01, 2007 4:37:40 am PDT #5757 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Poor up-early Lee!

I am such a nerd. I finally gave in and subscribed to the NYTimes crossword puzzle online last night, and I've since done M-F of last week, and also most of today's Sunday puzzle.


Tom Scola - Jul 01, 2007 4:43:53 am PDT #5758 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Crosswords make me feel stoopid. I can't finish a third of the Monday puzzle.

I sent Lee off on her own to obtain coffee. I'm not sure that was a good idea.


Jesse - Jul 01, 2007 4:46:07 am PDT #5759 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I figure if I'm going to tell people I'm in training to be a competitive crossword... doer (which I have, recently), I'd better step it up! I don't think it's a matter of smartness, just a certain kind of skill and knowledge.


Lee - Jul 01, 2007 4:57:25 am PDT #5760 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I sent Lee off on her own to obtain coffee. I'm not sure that was a good idea.

I survived! and now I have coffee.

I never got into crosswords, because it was always my mom and sister's thing.

eta: Theodosia, insent.


Kat - Jul 01, 2007 5:34:47 am PDT #5761 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

WRT to crosswords,

I have never gotten into them before, but now that I spend 3 - 4 hours a day attached to a breast pump, I do crosswords online like mad. I am not smart enough to do the grownup ones, so instead I do the NYT childsized ones online because they are free and I am able to finish.

At this point, I've done them in order down to the Science group (I'm on Electricity and Magnetism). But online is so much easier than pencil and paper.


Sheryl - Jul 01, 2007 7:07:18 am PDT #5762 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Another quiet Sunday here. This is a good thing, after the con. (and next weekend we're going to New Jersey for Live Earth)


Allyson - Jul 01, 2007 8:49:25 am PDT #5763 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

mac is doing animal wars and wants to know what can beat a whale?

Exxon Valdez? Or, giant squid.


DavidS - Jul 01, 2007 9:15:49 am PDT #5764 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Or, giant squid.

Actually giant squid is just whale food as it turns out.

All those epic battles are basically the squid hanging on to the whale's jaw like a toddler tantrum where he's hanging onto the doorframe. "No, no, no, no! Don't eat me! Noooooo......"


lisah - Jul 01, 2007 9:37:40 am PDT #5765 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

All those epic battles are basically the squid hanging on to the whale's jaw like a toddler tantrum where he's hanging onto the doorframe. "No, no, no, no! Don't eat me! Noooooo......"

There is an AWESOME new kid's book by a b'more artist that relates to this very situation.

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