Exciting day in women's tennis.
Also, if you need banners on the court to tell you who Venus Williams is and who is Kim Clisters, you either have a really small TV, or you're new here.
I love the smell of desperate librarian in the morning.
Snyder ,'Showtime'
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.
§ ita § - Sep 10, 2010 12:00:50 pm PDT #23322 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
shrift - Sep 10, 2010 12:26:38 pm PDT #23323 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
The usopen.org site won't let me stream their live footage. I find this irritating, because I certainly don't need help telling Venus Williams and Kim Clijsters apart.
tommyrot - Sep 10, 2010 12:31:02 pm PDT #23324 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.
Commonly Misheard Expressions to Avoid (or Fix) in Your Writing
For example,
"Different tack", not "different tact"
The tack in this case is the direction in which a ship is travelling. It's not an abbreviation for "tactic".
I never use that one.
"Beyond the pale", not "beyond the pail"
Oh dear.
"Just deserts", not "just desserts"
This is understandably liable to cause confusion, since it uses a less common sense of "desert" (a deserved reward) which is pronounced the same way as "dessert" (as in ice cream). Snopes has a good explanation of the differences.
Lee - Sep 10, 2010 12:31:24 pm PDT #23325 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
It would probably be bad if I yelled SHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP at the HR woman, wouldn't it?
§ ita § - Sep 10, 2010 12:31:44 pm PDT #23326 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've totally ceased caring that developer 1 can see my screen, and will totally be able to see that there's video going on. He can also see I'm editing multiple documents (and, uh, typing in text boxes). I will draw the line at headphones, though.
I hadn't thought the match was going to start until I got home.
My sense of smell has ratcheted through the roof in the past couple hours. It's driving me insane. It really needs to calm the hell down. Nothing smells good when everything smells this strong. At least I have my coffee grounds.
Kathy A - Sep 10, 2010 12:37:37 pm PDT #23327 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Oops, I've always thought it was "just desserts."
My question is "free reign." Isn't it "free rein," because you're giving someone the ability to go where they want, so you're letting them have control of the reins?
Spidra Webster - Sep 10, 2010 12:38:46 pm PDT #23328 of 30001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Yes, it's "rein".
§ ita § - Sep 10, 2010 12:38:54 pm PDT #23329 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I, ah, so did not know that about the desert thingy. Colour me shamed.
msbelle - Sep 10, 2010 12:47:15 pm PDT #23330 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
remind me not to stir things cooking in my metal pots with a metal spoon on my ELECTRIC stove. my hand got damp and my elbow hit metal and WOWZA.
Daisy Jane - Sep 10, 2010 12:48:48 pm PDT #23331 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I did because of a quote from Hamlet!