My workplace is having a hilarious day. It's midterms, and all the public computers are down, and I went to teach a session and these adorable stressy Thermodynamics students were taking an exam in the space, and I think I am just going to spend the afternoon on the internet and avoid the campus press, which wants a comment about all the public machines on campus being down. (It's a virus. We're not allowed to SAY it's a virus, though.)
Kaylee: H-how did you... g-get on...? Early: Strains the mind a bit, don't it? You think you're all alone. Maybe I come down the chimney, Kaylee. Bring presents to the good girls and boys.
'Objects In Space'
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.
flea - Feb 25, 2010 8:51:17 am PST #10995 of 30001
information libertarian
msbelle - Feb 25, 2010 8:51:30 am PST #10996 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Baltimore/DC people how has the snow been this time?
It is coming down crazy here, but only now are the sidewalks in Manhattan starting to get slushy.
tommyrot - Feb 25, 2010 8:52:38 am PST #10997 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So his name actually was "Guy Straley"...
Yes.
aurelia - Feb 25, 2010 8:52:39 am PST #10998 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Yesterday someone found a comment from a Gus Raley. There is a Gus Raley on LinkedIn in the Eau Claire, Wisconsin Area.
Tom Scola - Feb 25, 2010 8:53:45 am PST #10999 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
This is what it looks like outside my office window right now: [link]
Except, you know, less monochrome.
Sparky1 - Feb 25, 2010 8:55:15 am PST #11000 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
I would love to get to the bottom of the whole thing.
I have to say, I'm not sure what anyone means by this. Is there some other question (other than why?) that needs answering? Because I don't think he's ever going to answer that question. Gus/Guy Straley was a lying lair who lies, and he continues to be one (apparently).
Calli - Feb 25, 2010 8:56:57 am PST #11001 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
So his name actually was "Guy Straley", or what?
I read that as "Guy Smiley" a couple of times before my brain caught up with my eyes. Which, given all the puppet stuff, is probably appropriate.
tommyrot - Feb 25, 2010 8:58:01 am PST #11002 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Does anyone have the current domain registry info for tvtropes.org? I have a copy from three years ago if anyone is interested....
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 25, 2010 8:58:45 am PST #11003 of 30001
"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
But ita's mom kills mice with her bare hands! And DavidS knows that poker player guy! And Allyson dogsits for Tim Minear! And scrappy dated Jason Alexander!
Lots of buffistas have really interesting lives that they share stories from, but (1) have lots of ordinary everyday minutiae that they also share with the group, and (2) socialize in real life with other folks from the board at least occasionally. Having actually met Lori, Kristen, Deb, etc. I find the degree to which awesome adventurous stuff crops up in their life far more believable than in that of someone I've never met or seen make a post about being out of breakfast cereal.
P.M. Marc - Feb 25, 2010 8:58:46 am PST #11004 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
My inner Trixie B. is also feeling all bloodhoundy.
Also, I call BS on that person's vermouth advice, as in all the years I've been drinking vermouth (hint: MANY), neither the dry nor the sweet have altered flavor appreciably after opening.
I mean, yeah, I suppose they'll eventually go off, but these days, a bottle lasts me a year or two, and I need the fridge space for more important things. Things that really *do* go horribly wrong if not stored chilled.