We use letters of recommendation all the time, but it's like pulling teeth to get them. We generally need about three or four every granting cycle. I always feel weird about them.
Illyria: We cling to what is gone. Is there anything in this life but grief? Wesley: There's love. There's hope...for some. There's hope that you'll find something worthy...that your life will lead you to some joy...that after everything...you can still be surprised. Illyria: Is that enough? Is that enough to live on?
'Shells'
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.
Liese S. - Sep 09, 2010 10:05:14 am PDT #23053 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Sheryl - Sep 09, 2010 10:15:53 am PDT #23054 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Happy Birthday to Nutty and to Spidra!
Good luck, Theo!
tommyrot - Sep 09, 2010 10:24:50 am PDT #23055 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.
Has the "war on terror" gone too far? Are people just needlessly afraid?
Police detonate suspicious toy pony
A “suspicious” toy pony was blown up after it was found abandoned in the middle of a cul-de-sac near an Orange County elementary school this morning.
The FurReal pony, an expensive, life-like toy, was investigated as a possible explosive device after someone called Orange County deputies to report it. A robot inspected the toy before a pack of explosives was placed near the stuffed animal and detonated.
Jars - Sep 09, 2010 10:27:50 am PDT #23056 of 30001
Police detonate suspicious toy pony
Ha! They wouldn't even do that in the North. Well, they probably wouldn't do that in the North. I don't think most sectarian terrorists have enough in the way of classical education to think it would be funny.
Vortex - Sep 09, 2010 10:29:29 am PDT #23057 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
oooh, somebody's parents are going to be pissed. Those things are expensive.
Strega - Sep 09, 2010 10:30:34 am PDT #23058 of 30001
Has the "war on terror" gone too far? Are people just needlessly afraid?Yes and yes.
However, in this particular instance it worked out for the best. I am all for replacing the war on terror with the war on nightmarish robot ponies. [link] YIKES.
Ginger - Sep 09, 2010 10:35:28 am PDT #23059 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I am all for replacing the war on terror with the war on nightmarish robot ponies.
Now I'm disturbed that they didn't detonate all of them.
tommyrot - Sep 09, 2010 10:35:51 am PDT #23060 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.
oooh, somebody's parents are going to be pissed. Those things are expensive.
I dunno - if I was the parent I might be trying to hold back laughter while I lectured my child for leaving the pony there.
Plus it'd be the perfect excuse to deny future requests for stuff:
"No, you can't have a goldfish. Remember when we gave you the RealPony and it got blown up?" Followed by my stifling a snicker....
Jessica - Sep 09, 2010 10:38:12 am PDT #23061 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
if I was the parent I might be trying to hold back laughter while I lectured my child for leaving the pony there.
Depends on how long they waited in line for one last Christmas...
tommyrot - Sep 09, 2010 10:42:18 am PDT #23062 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.
Depends on how long they waited in line for one last Christmas...
Then I'd just make a video, starting with me waiting in line to buy RoboPony, then shots of the child unwrapping and playing with it, followed by footage of it blowing up. All the while, "Circle of Life" from The Lion King would be playing....