Why can't I have a better picture of this [link] is it because the universe is mean. Yes, yes, that must be why.
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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.
Daisy Jane - Jun 11, 2010 9:05:36 am PDT #5982 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Calli - Jun 11, 2010 9:06:04 am PDT #5983 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Great! Does Emeline have favorite comic characters already?
Frankenbuddha - Jun 11, 2010 9:08:37 am PDT #5984 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Does Emeline have favorite comic characters already?
You mean besides Miracleman?
Aims - Jun 11, 2010 9:10:26 am PDT #5985 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Her favorite comic book show is Teen Titans, so we'll probably steer her in that direction. I'm excited about it, but I worry that in true Emeline fashion, she'll get there and not want to have anything to do with it and have a meltdown in the store.
Steph L. - Jun 11, 2010 9:13:26 am PDT #5986 of 30001
That which does not kill you should RUN
Not if the kid was a girl. IJS...
Great. Now Willingham will have to shoot you too.
I fear no Willingham!
Aims - Jun 11, 2010 9:22:18 am PDT #5987 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Another gem of a conversation today. I was telling a co-worker about one of the mom's that I hang with used to be a DeadHead and paid her way following them by sewing.
"What's a Dead Head?"
"Someone who follows The Grateful Dead as they tour.
What's The Grateful Dead?
Go away. Go away now.
Kat - Jun 11, 2010 9:22:21 am PDT #5988 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I just got sucked back into mental floss! FUN!
tommyrot - Jun 11, 2010 9:24:10 am PDT #5989 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.
Tom Scola - Jun 11, 2010 9:29:45 am PDT #5990 of 30001
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.
Ms. Magazine interviews Feminist Hulk: [link]
Typo Boy - Jun 11, 2010 9:36:50 am PDT #5991 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
What's The Grateful Dead?
My Mom is part of a public reading group and chose a Sholom Aleichem story for her performance. She had to explain who Sholom Aleichem was. Then she had to explain what "Fiddler on the Roof" was.