Zoe: Next time we smuggle stock, let's make it something smaller. Wash: Yeah, we should start dealing in those black-market beagles.

'Safe'


Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds  

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.


Atropa - Aug 21, 2008 11:59:50 am PDT #4755 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

waves at Scola

We rule! Or something.


meara - Aug 21, 2008 12:00:21 pm PDT #4756 of 10003

My colander is nailed to the wall...Or rather, hung on a nail. On the wall. Along with both my cutting boards.

At least, when they're in the place they're supposed to be. I think they're usually in the sink or the dishwasher, and occasionally in the drying rack.


erikaj - Aug 21, 2008 12:00:32 pm PDT #4757 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!

Too much Simonverse for me: Somebody was all "The Western..." and my brain filled in "District" I swear. And I've never really been there. If I said that anywhere but here, I'd be riding the Haldol Express. Not surprisingly, the desert has never really seemed like home.


Trudy Booth - Aug 21, 2008 12:01:01 pm PDT #4758 of 10003
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

Jilli, what is your new mascara love?


Atropa - Aug 21, 2008 12:10:46 pm PDT #4759 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Jilli, what is your new mascara love?

Honestly? Wet&Wild MegaLength Double Action mascara. I don't bother with the lash extender part, because the mascara itself is very good. It's *almost* as good as DiorShow, but at about 10% of the cost.


Trudy Booth - Aug 21, 2008 12:15:41 pm PDT #4760 of 10003
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

10% of the cost sounds groovy to me.


§ ita § - Aug 21, 2008 12:18:01 pm PDT #4761 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Waah. My car is off getting $800+ of repairs untill tomorrow and I don't even have a rental and my knee is busted. I guess I'm cabbing it for the next little.


tommyrot - Aug 21, 2008 12:39:00 pm PDT #4762 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Alexander Brook's illustrations for Modess booklet 'How Shall I Tell My Daughter?', 1954

One that I found intriguing was this booklet from 1954, "... Published for mothers by Personal Products Corporation, Milltown, New Jersey, makers of Modess".

This was one of many such booklets advertised in women's magazines over the years, so moms could send away for information to help them explain the process of menstruation to their growing daughters.

What struck me here, however, was the overwhelmingly somber tone to the illustrations in this particular edition, the work of Alexander Brook, "... one of America's foremost painters."

Divorced of context, these painted illustrations are more than a little bit creepy.


Theodosia - Aug 21, 2008 1:03:39 pm PDT #4763 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

As long as we're on vistas, here's one from the Tuscon area that I love:

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tommyrot - Aug 21, 2008 1:20:34 pm PDT #4764 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Great Halloween costume: Two Headed Baby Demon

One body, two heads, and ready to FEED. One of the creepiest babies we've seen in a long time. Latex half-torso prop can also be used as a puppet. Includes blanket.