Lorne: Once the word spreads you beat up an innocent old man, well, the truly terrible will think twice before going toe-to-toe with our Avenging Angel. Spike: Yes. The geriatric community will be soiling their nappies when they hear you're on the case. Bravo.

'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


brenda m - Feb 24, 2010 12:26:23 pm PST #10551 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Heh. Well, the day's not over yet.


Scrappy - Feb 24, 2010 12:26:23 pm PST #10552 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Who was Fast Eddie here? Or was he Gus?


lisah - Feb 24, 2010 12:27:18 pm PST #10553 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

Who was Fast Eddie here? Or was he Gus?

That's what I'm thinking.


brenda m - Feb 24, 2010 12:27:41 pm PST #10554 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

If there was a Fast Eddie here distinct from Gus, they were puppeting under another name.


Kathy A - Feb 24, 2010 12:29:21 pm PST #10555 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I hope Casper is feeling better soon!

if you're ever in a group with deadweight (I should say when you are), don't be afraid to steamroll. Better to end up with a good project than be a good team player, sometimes.

One of the first things that they mentioned to us in last week's professional panel discussion was that our classmates were going to be our first level of library contacts and that we would more than likely be sharing classes with people on a regular basis over the year(s) of acquiring our degrees. I have to make sure I don't get a reputation as a pushy know-it-all.

But, you're right about getting things done when they have to be. I remember my first interview here at my company back in 1992, when my manager, who is a pretty quiet woman, was being a bit hesitant during the interview. I instinctively took over the interview and just started chatting with the info most interviewers want to know dropped in without waiting for her to ask the questions. I guess she didn't mind since she not only hired me then, but hired me again for my current position.


P.M. Marc - Feb 24, 2010 12:29:37 pm PST #10556 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Bon, if you're wrong, we can be wrong together.


bon bon - Feb 24, 2010 12:30:07 pm PST #10557 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I don't remember the creation of TV Tropes involving any other buffista, certainly not two more who had known Gus for decades, and who were there since Salon. The whole story is false, I'm saying.


flea - Feb 24, 2010 12:31:38 pm PST #10558 of 30001
information libertarian

Gus, in fact, was not with us at Salon (at least not posting). He delurked rather memorably at the Phoenix, IIRC, from a bar, where he was singing Daniel's Freedom Fries song.


Kathy A - Feb 24, 2010 12:32:03 pm PST #10559 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

The way that article was written, I got the impression that Fast Eddie/Gus/Janitor/whomever was a major part of the group that formed our website here. IIRC, Gus didn't show up until a few years after we launched.


meara - Feb 24, 2010 12:32:42 pm PST #10560 of 30001

numerous physical changes to submarines would have to be made

...I don't get it. Why? I mean...how do women access a submarine different from men? Or is it that the men on a submarine don't ...have a bathroom with a door? I'm assuming they have at least one regular toilet that is not a urinal, since men have to shit too. So, that's out. Showers? Only one shower...area? They can't just say "OK, the girl is in the shower now, wait til she's out"? Do the men all sleep in one bunk area? And so they'll have to give women and men space to change clothes? ...I'm really failing to see how this rises to the level of "numerous". Or maybe I'm just assuming that men and women can work together and deal with the differences in their bodies for a little while without freaking out, by being adults. Maybe. Um. ?