I couldn't believe it the first twenty times you told us, but it's starting to sink in now.

Riley ,'Lessons'


Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Theodosia - Nov 08, 2010 4:33:43 am PST #4161 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Eeek! I didn't know black widow spiders were actually present in MA. Can't be a whole lot of them, anyway. They were really easy to find in Baja.

You know what's the weirdest symptom of a widow bite? The skin around the bite SWEATS profusely, because one of the elements in the venom stimulates the local sweat glands.


Jesse - Nov 08, 2010 4:38:52 am PST #4162 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yikes. I prefer not to think about spiders being that close to me.

My boss is out sick, so staff meeting is canceled, so I have nothing on my calendar until Wednesday. This should mean plenty of time to get stuff done, but I think really means plenty of time to screw around.


msbelle - Nov 08, 2010 4:50:45 am PST #4163 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Jesse, I have to call my boss today to most likely hear that my contract will end 12/31, so in solidarity you should do one yucky task too. Worst first, as we like to tell mac.


Jesse - Nov 08, 2010 4:53:29 am PST #4164 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh, that is yuck.

I will write the paragraph I've been putting off for two weeks.


msbelle - Nov 08, 2010 5:02:32 am PST #4165 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

this is where I tell you, you are as bad as mac about homework.


erikaj - Nov 08, 2010 5:12:33 am PST #4166 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!

TB, it might just be my Wirefiend Tourette's, but the Griffin thing reminds me of a quote from Prop Joe after he had to mediate between two far-flung factions of a drug empire; "I think of myself as a marriage counselor...sometimes he has to bring flowers, and sometimes she has to suck a little(well, out of deference to Natter standards, I won't post the end of that one.) Suffice to say, I'd laugh like a drain if he brought flowers into work on Tuesday.

  • somebody* had to scratch "crisis management" off his resume. poor Joshie Weinstein, um, Phil Griffin.
Although to be fair, I have to laugh at the blogger on HuffPo who wrote "One wonders why Olbermann would do something intentionally provocative." Which is like saying "One wonders why Mr. Olbermann will keep purchasing his season tickets." It's what he does. Ben is Glory, and Glory is Ben. Ok?


Jesse - Nov 08, 2010 5:19:18 am PST #4167 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

this is where I tell you, you are as bad as mac about homework.

Not true! This is not actually due for a while.

Sherlock fans, there's a live chat at 1 (eastern) today with Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, FYI. [link]


sarameg - Nov 08, 2010 5:39:33 am PST #4168 of 30001

So a toilet in the bathroom across the hall kinda turned into a fountain (not sewage, AFAIK.) There's water in the hall.

Way too much excitement for a monday.


Amy - Nov 08, 2010 5:43:31 am PST #4169 of 30001
Because books.

So a toilet in the bathroom across the hall kinda turned into a fountain

It always wanted to be a bidet?


Amy - Nov 08, 2010 5:43:32 am PST #4170 of 30001
Because books.