Jayne (Husband): Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature. Mal (Wife): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people? Jayne (Husband): If I could make you purtier, I would. Mal (Wife): You are not the man I met a year ago.

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.  

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.


Atropa - Sep 03, 2010 9:53:25 am PDT #21957 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Uh, what was in the can?

THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW. Dude, everyone knows that if you have to use something aerosol to kill a spider, you use Extra-Super hold AquaNet and laminate the thing. And then make someone else dispose of it. In an ideal world, someone else deals with the spiders anyway.


Amy - Sep 03, 2010 9:54:45 am PDT #21958 of 30001
Because books.

Dude, everyone knows that if you have to use something aerosol to kill a spider, you use Extra-Super hold AquaNet and laminate the thing.

But you don't light your lighter while doing it. That would cause a pretty big boom, too.


Frankenbuddha - Sep 03, 2010 9:56:14 am PDT #21959 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Dude, everyone knows that if you have to use something aerosol to kill a spider, you use Extra-Super hold AquaNet and laminate the thing. And then make someone else dispose of it. In an ideal world, someone else deals with the spiders anyway.

I never use aeresol; I usually use a cleaning spray like Fantastik.


Atropa - Sep 03, 2010 9:58:31 am PDT #21960 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

But you don't light your lighter while doing it. That would cause a pretty big boom, too.

No, you do that when you need a flamethrower to light the nest of tent caterpillars on fire.

... what? That's how my dad takes care of yard pests.


Ginger - Sep 03, 2010 9:58:41 am PDT #21961 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

The body sock thing kinda freaks me out, but I am going to be talking to mac's therapist about all that stuff.

It looks like it has a similar effect to Temple Grandin's squeeze box she invented because being under pressure calmed her autistic hyper-reaction to stimuli.

I'm mainly only freaked out by being in small spaces with other people. MRIs are blessedly solo adventures.


amyth - Sep 03, 2010 9:59:01 am PDT #21962 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

Happy Birthday, Liese!

This weekend, I'm hanging out with my friends C. and J., their baby, and C.'s entire family (U.S. contingent): her parents, sister, aunt and uncle who are all down from NY, and her brother and SiL, who are here from Portland.


sarameg - Sep 03, 2010 10:00:32 am PDT #21963 of 30001

No, you do that when you need a flamethrower to light the nest of tent caterpillars on fire.

My father's method was to light a turpentine-soaked rag atop a tall metal pole.

Those nests go up like whoa.


Calli - Sep 03, 2010 10:02:17 am PDT #21964 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Please tell C's parents I said "hello," amyth. They're good folks.


Atropa - Sep 03, 2010 10:02:25 am PDT #21965 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Those nests go up like whoa.

They do! It's kind of fun to watch.

Wait. This is why no one will ever let me have a kitchen torch, isn't it?


Scrappy - Sep 03, 2010 10:03:42 am PDT #21966 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Got no problem with small spaces. I discovered with skating that I get really freaked out by going backwards. And it held me back on a lot of basic turns. I could make myself do it, but not quickly or well, even when I was getting really good on tricky forward footwork. I just go into instant panic mode.