Random quote from a kindergartner talking to his father about his pregnant mother:
"Today was mommy's due date...but she didn't do anything."
Lindsey: Why--why did you... Lorne: One last job. You're not part of the solution, Lindsey. You never will be. Lindsey: You kill me? A flunky?! I'm not just...Angel...kills me. You...Angel... Lorne: Good night, folks.
'Not Fade Away'
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.
aurelia - Feb 24, 2010 6:58:07 pm PST #10697 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
§ ita § - Feb 24, 2010 7:04:53 pm PST #10698 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Do you remember which thread, bout when, Hec? Was he a natterer?
Hil R. - Feb 24, 2010 7:09:55 pm PST #10699 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I've been reading through some old Natter threads, because I can't turn my brain off from math mode, and it seems to have decided that Gus is something to solve. I'm pretty convinced that he was actually from Wisconsin. Don't know about anything else, though.
javachik - Feb 24, 2010 7:13:51 pm PST #10700 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
I wasn't here when the Gus thing went down, so need a shortcut for perspective: was it the equivalent of say, finding out that a Vortex or a NoiseDesign or a Sarameg wasn't real? I mean, in terms of how involved he was on the board? I can see how that would be jolting and bewildering.
DavidS - Feb 24, 2010 7:13:55 pm PST #10701 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Do you remember which thread, bout when, Hec? Was he a natterer?
Awww, jeez. I'm probably only crediting myself because I remember my angle on it. You could search on "Lost Pop Cultural Tropes" and see if that hit anything. Or even just "tropes."
He was really into Firefly and I remember a lot of conversations there. When he did post in Natter it was definitely late shift, so I was still up on the West Coast but there were only a handful of folks regularly around.
About when? Well, see when his account became active I guess. I remember him coming on wanting to talk about Firefly. Firefly started in 2002. He wasn't in the original threads, so I'm thinking 2003?
DavidS - Feb 24, 2010 7:18:06 pm PST #10702 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I mean, in terms of how involved he was on the board?
He was somebody who had short, intense bursts of appearing and then disappearing. He tended to talk with late night/West Coast folks. He was smart and funny and flirty. (I remember him always calling aurelia "golden one" among other things.)
Nobody ever really had an issue with him on the board at all. He was quite popular in a way. But doubts crept in as he kept dodging and avoiding contact with the other Wisconsinites/Chicago folks.
Also, his story just seemed somewhat fantastical.
He was gone for a long absence and came back with his story of the monkey bite causing an infection which had caused severe neurological damage.
javachik - Feb 24, 2010 7:19:41 pm PST #10703 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Thanks for filling me in!
§ ita § - Feb 24, 2010 7:21:01 pm PST #10704 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You could search on "Lost Pop Cultural Tropes" and see if that hit anything. Or even just "tropes."
Yeah, I was just trying to avoid downloading thread after thread over the two-three year period. I can kinda cap it because he gives a (now-defunct) link in UnAmerican, but I wasn't sure if it was Natter or Minearverse or what.
DavidS - Feb 24, 2010 7:21:55 pm PST #10705 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Well, frankly, this is why Nilly is a verb and we are not.
Kristen - Feb 24, 2010 7:22:04 pm PST #10706 of 30001
It was Minearverse 1, I think. I found this:
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Gus - Mar 9, 2004 11:39:29 am PST #3297 of 10012
This post in no way endorses the use of emoticons.
Disturbingly, a catalogue of television tropes, idioms, and devices actually sounds like it would be a useful resource.
When your dating pool contains only academics, you must learn to discuss these things or just give up and buy a RealDoll.
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And then this:
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Gus - Mar 9, 2004 7:32:28 pm PST #3408 of 10012
This post in no way endorses the use of emoticons.
Further upthread, there was some discussion of a resource for quick lookups of tv conventions. I've put up a quick Wiki that might become such a thing. It is here. Any beta activity would be appreciated.
eta: Link updated.
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