Right. Piano. Because that's what we used to kill that big demon that one time. No, wait. That was a rocket launcher.

Xander ,'Touched'


Natter 56: ...we need the writers.  

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.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 20, 2008 5:24:25 pm PST #4432 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Isn't overtime supposed to favor Green Bay, as opposing players are more likely to be chewed up and spat out in frozen bits by Lambeau Field?


billytea - Jan 20, 2008 5:29:02 pm PST #4433 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

I seriously thought my parents had turned into dirty hippies when I saw their reusable grocery bags. But no! Apparently that kind of thing is all the rage in other places.

They're big in Australia. I own a few with my football team's logo on them.


Ginger - Jan 20, 2008 5:37:52 pm PST #4434 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

So what do I do with old videotapes?

I got rid of a pile through Freecycle.

Costco is selling great bags for what I recall as very little money. The package has two big bags with cloth straps and an insulated bag.


sumi - Jan 20, 2008 5:44:29 pm PST #4435 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Just finished watching Northanger Abbey on Masterpiece Classic. Soooo much better than the new Persuasion but much too short. Also, has Sally Sparrow as Isabella Thorpe!


Hil R. - Jan 20, 2008 5:48:19 pm PST #4436 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

While we're talking about getting rid of things -- I've got a rug, maybe 6x8 feet or so. It's just been rolled up and leaning against my wall in the corner for several years, but now I want to use that corner for a bookshelf. How do I get rid of the rug?


Laga - Jan 20, 2008 5:53:18 pm PST #4437 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

How do I get rid of the rug?

Does your best friend need to move a body?


Jesse - Jan 20, 2008 5:54:16 pm PST #4438 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Craigslist, or Freecycle, depending on if you care about getting money for it?

Also, my somewhat broken old TV was gone from my foyer this morning, like pretty much anything anyone leaves down there, so if your building has anything like that, you could just do that.


Steph L. - Jan 20, 2008 6:02:16 pm PST #4439 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I always insist I get three bags for every individual item I buy at the supermarket. An then I go home and burn each bag separately.

I just laughed so loudly at this that The Boy came in from another room to ask me what was so funny.

He appreciates this discussion (the reusable bags, not football), because he recycles to such an extreme that he keeps the cereal bag/sleeve thing (you know, what holds the cereal inside the box), and uses it as a small trash bag on the kitchen counter. Which is actually really effective and handy, since the bigger trash can* is in the pantry, and every time we open the pantry (1) the dogs try to rush in, because they know that's where the food is, and (2) the pantry is an addition on the back of the house and it's not heated, so an arctic blast whips out.

*The bigger trash can in the pantry generally has, instead of a Hefty bag, an empty large Iams dog food bag. The man recycles EVERYTHING.


Kat - Jan 20, 2008 6:02:16 pm PST #4440 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

If they ban plastic bags, I'll have nothing to put the kitty litter in.

Or, in my case, line one of the diaper pails where we toss wipes and whatnot.

Taking shopping bags to the store is one of my big resolutions. We're in Mountain View and had to go to Whole Foods and I felt like an ASS for not having my bag.... at that Whole Foods, they give you $.05 back if you have a reusable bag or you bring your own and if you'd like, they'll donate that money to one of three charities. Neat.


Laga - Jan 20, 2008 6:15:03 pm PST #4441 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

When I walked my dog twice a day I used to snag an extra handful of plastic bags and stuff them in with my groceries on my way out of the store.