What? She killed 'em with mathematics. What else could it have been?

Jayne ,'Objects In Space'


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.


Jesse - Nov 10, 2010 6:17:00 am PST #4613 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Thanks, Liese! I think it's good news, but am generally not actually moderating, just facilitating.

And the tumblr is convenient because they make it easy to link various kinds of things -- you don't need any HTML yourself.

I can't work out how to make that submission form use a URL to an image--I have to download and upload it. What am I missing? The forms for my other tumblrs let me.

Yeah, no idea. I can use a URL, but the submit form doesn't let you do that? You can submit it with info for me to change if you'd rather not download...


megan walker - Nov 10, 2010 6:20:39 am PST #4614 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

On War: Animals in War

All I know is that horsemeat was forever forbidden in my grandfather's house because he had been present for the entire Battle of Verdun.


Theodosia - Nov 10, 2010 6:27:17 am PST #4615 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"

I just got back from the repair place. They replaced the speed control chip -- and billed me for it -- but according to them, the speedometer wasn't working (which I could live with, for a while). Unfortunately, what they told me had been fixed -- the Check Engine light AND the cruise control light blinking -- ISN'T.

They already told me that the speedometer repair will need a dealership, because the transmission has to come out to get deeper into the guts of whatever is wrong.

My question is... when they TOTALLY failed to repair it whatsoever, and in fact spent $250 of my money doing it... do I have reason to ask for my money back, or for them to try another chip insertion gratis (because there's always the possibility they may have put a faulty new chip in, or damaged it when they were inserting it)?

I really don't know how to proceed.


Dana - Nov 10, 2010 6:32:10 am PST #4616 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

This is how this day is gonna go. The McDonald's drive-through was closed. CLOSED.


tommyrot - Nov 10, 2010 6:33:44 am PST #4617 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.

The McDonald's drive-through was closed. CLOSED.

I thought they only did that on rare occasions - like the death of the Burger King.


§ ita § - Nov 10, 2010 6:37:00 am PST #4618 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'll keep downloading and uploading Jesse, but I'LL GRUMBLE.

Delicious ROCKS (they don't have the irritating punctuation anymore). That's where I keep all my good fanwork links, and that's the simple way to share them with different people (my sister just checks the inception arthur/eames tag and ignores the rest of the stuff) plus bookmark stuff from work to home. And it's so much fun trawling strangers's tags for new stuff.

Aargh. The grill on my car is broken. How the fuck did that happen? And I'm sure it will cost a stupid amount of money to fix, dammit.


Frankenbuddha - Nov 10, 2010 6:39:19 am PST #4619 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

So, anybody else have tomorrow (Veteran's day) off?


tommyrot - Nov 10, 2010 6:39:46 am PST #4620 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.

And I'm sure it will cost a stupid amount of money to fix, dammit.

Maybe you could get one from a junkyard? or have your mechanic search for a used one?


Liese S. - Nov 10, 2010 6:39:53 am PST #4621 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, Theo, I would definitely go back and tell them that the problem they were asked to fix is still recurring and what can they do about it, gratis.


Nora Deirdre - Nov 10, 2010 6:41:05 am PST #4622 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

So, anybody else have tomorrow (Veteran's day) off?

No, but I do have 3 days off at Thanksgiving and 2 weeks off at Christmas!