You want to meet the real me now?

Mal ,'War Stories'


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.


Jessica - Feb 04, 2010 8:32:55 am PST #6164 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Hil, is it possible to post comments to that article? If so I recommend this:

Sexual Assault Prevention Tips Guaranteed To Work

[oops, nevermind - the article is linking back to the victim-blaming "tips" on a university site (and calling them out for being horrible sexist crap).]


Jesse - Feb 04, 2010 8:33:50 am PST #6165 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That's so awesome, Jess.


Calli - Feb 04, 2010 8:38:35 am PST #6166 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I'm sorry about the migraine, Steph.

Those rape avoidance lists generally make me crazy. Given that most rapes are by men known to the women assaulted, the best rape avoidance tip is "Don't inhabit a planet with men." Which would be inconvenient for all genders, and I'd miss quite a few people.

At my first full-time job I use to go to a park for lunch. It was a big park, and I had a coworker who would regularly warn me that I was going to be raped if I kept lunching there. She also tried to set me up with men for dates. I knew I was far more likely to be raped on a date than lunching in a park, and I finally told her as much. She no longer brought up either one after that.

Today I have a meeting on developing another website. I've just finished the Website Redesign from Hell, and three more have landed on my plate. Oh well. They're all smaller than the one that just finished, and maybe this time people will listen to me when I tell them their ideas will make us months late and thousands of dollars over budget.


Jesse - Feb 04, 2010 8:42:12 am PST #6167 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh man, that caveman diet/lifestyle douchebag was on last night's Colbert. Douchbag!

FYI, ladies, he's looking for a meat-eating lactose intolerant woman with celiac disease.


flea - Feb 04, 2010 8:46:53 am PST #6168 of 30001
information libertarian

Okay, I've been earwormed with song from the new Electric Company (tv show) all week. (Especially "soft g" and "silent e is a ninja.") And I have to confess, I kinda find Hector, one of the characters, to be kinda hot. So yesterday the Electric Company profile on Facebook posted about the new season and wasn't it great, and the very first comment read:

"Great but where is Hector?! Hello, moms need eye candy, too."

And then there are like 15 more, mostly on that theme.

God bless the internets, I am not alone. (In my defense, the actor playing Hector is a grown man - he's like 24. I think the character is supposed to be in high school, but they're not fooling anyone.)


sarameg - Feb 04, 2010 8:49:13 am PST #6169 of 30001

Oh god. Fingerpointing meeting has been called for today. I have to leave at a certain time, so at least I have an escape clause.


Vortex - Feb 04, 2010 9:00:32 am PST #6170 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

"silent e is a ninja.")

I love the chorus, except why is the verse two tweedy white guys rapping badly?

I just had a thought - awesome ring tone! Maybe I'll assign it to my bro.


Daisy Jane - Feb 04, 2010 9:07:40 am PST #6171 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Calli [link]

I am semi-regretting coming in today. I am feeling better than I have been all week, but I'm dizzy, slightly sick to my stomach and coughing all over the place.

For lunch I have had a few bites of rice w/miso and lots of crushed ice. Wish me a tolerable next 4 1/2 hours!


flea - Feb 04, 2010 9:11:23 am PST #6172 of 30001
information libertarian

The white beatboxer is amusing, but the other guy is Puerto Rican: [link]


aurelia - Feb 04, 2010 9:28:17 am PST #6173 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I finally took the time to figure out how to make a song into a ringtone through iTunes. My new ringtone is Andrew Bird's I.

What is your ringtone?