Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam  

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.


Kat - Jun 01, 2009 11:46:33 am PDT #22271 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Katie Roiphe is, yet again, an idjit.


Burrell - Jun 01, 2009 11:50:27 am PDT #22272 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

So unlike every other domesticated animal, cats chose us.

I thought that was also true of dogs initially, that they first started to hang around humans long before we has the ability to domesticate animals.


msbelle - Jun 01, 2009 11:53:07 am PDT #22273 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I think all women who have their children in the FB pic should change their status to "I think Katie Roiphe is a self-important ass, and she does not speak for THIS woman. Don't know who she is? All the better, she's a waste of time."


erikaj - Jun 01, 2009 11:54:06 am PDT #22274 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-

Just the sort of maturity I might expect from a woman whose whole ouevre could be summarized in a collection titled "Fuck You, Mom...Just, Fuck You!" Maybe she and Rebecca Walker could make it an anthology since the only reason anybody gives a fuck about either is their mommies anyway.


§ ita § - Jun 01, 2009 11:55:29 am PDT #22275 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Just got interview prepped by a recruiter for my Tuesday phone interview. She brought up the dreaded "What is your greatest weakness?" That's such a sadistic question, because I don't believe any of the advice I've heard/seen to date about answering it correctly. "I work too hard" is so obvious, and the "It is X, but here's how I address it" is still fraught with peril.


Gudanov - Jun 01, 2009 11:57:41 am PDT #22276 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

I suppose, "I have no weaknesses for I am a divine being," wouldn't go over well.


tommyrot - Jun 01, 2009 11:59:23 am PDT #22277 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Or anything sarcastic, I suppose.

"My biggest weakness is I hate inane questions."

"My biggest weakness is the voices in my head."

pause, listen....

"No, it's not."


DavidS - Jun 01, 2009 11:59:43 am PDT #22278 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I still favor: "My only weakness is that I'm too smart too divulge that answer in a job interview."


Sophia Brooks - Jun 01, 2009 12:00:00 pm PDT #22279 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I once got hired after I said my weakness was being easily angered by stupid people who didn't do a very good job.

I am not sure that I should ever repeat that again.


DavidS - Jun 01, 2009 12:01:25 pm PDT #22280 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

That's a good one, Sophia.

I might opt for, "I get really annoyed with lazy people who don't meet deadlines, don't meet their goals and blame everything on other people."