You walk in worlds the others can't begin to imagine.

Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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.


Cass - Nov 19, 2010 1:03:31 pm PST #6375 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

The talk I'm hearing isn't about breaking the rules. It's about refusing the scan to force the grope-down

I am thinking more along the lines of filming your security clearance and screaming about junk touching. Which seems, to me, more about the eventual media coverage.

Or the people who throw a fit when they can't take their water bottles or bigger bottles of toiletries through.

When you are actually in the line is not the time to try and get the rules changed. The rules are what they are. And you can totally try to change them elsewhere but the TSA agent in front of you is not the final authority.


Dana - Nov 19, 2010 1:04:56 pm PST #6376 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

You're in New Orleans, Dana. Surely there is a liquor store that delivers?

Hopefully there will be dinner later. I have plans. Big plans.


beth b - Nov 19, 2010 1:15:15 pm PST #6377 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

while I couldn't do the avoided task thing thursday - today I did two. I found the local food bank ( I hate going to places when I am afraid I'll get lost ) and donated a couple of turkeys. I also braved the line at the cable co to return my old modem .


brenda m - Nov 19, 2010 1:16:30 pm PST #6378 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I am thinking more along the lines of filming your security clearance and screaming about junk touching. Which seems, to me, more about the eventual media coverage.

But that guy didn't. He filmed it, for whatever reason. And he told the screener not to touch his junk. And TSA reacted like he'd made a bomb threat. The big explosion came later, after he posted the video.

(Not saying he wasn't trying to start something. But he didn't create a scene in the airport.)


Jesse - Nov 19, 2010 1:20:44 pm PST #6379 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Here's to a big drink, Dana.

I think there may be several among us who could use a big drink, actually!

Speaking of drinking, I'm pretty sure the mocha I had this afternoon was a mistake. Maybe I should start drinking liquor myself.


DavidS - Nov 19, 2010 1:22:12 pm PST #6380 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Oh, shit. Emmett's krav test tomorrow is five hours long. I didn't realize it was one of those kinds of krav tests.

I'm going to need to invest in some sports drinks for him.


Ginger - Nov 19, 2010 1:28:53 pm PST #6381 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Now I wish we knew this woman's story - it'd be fascinating....

Considering Vikings' usual practice, odds are she was taken back as a slave and spent the rest of her probably short life with a thrall-ring forged around her neck.

I'm so sorry, Dana.


DavidS - Nov 19, 2010 1:40:36 pm PST #6382 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

with a thrall-ring forged around her neck.

The thrall is gone.


Jesse - Nov 19, 2010 1:41:42 pm PST #6383 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I just had some delicious tomato-corn soup for dinner, but man that stuff looked gross if you think about it too hard.


ChiKat - Nov 19, 2010 1:42:13 pm PST #6384 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

OMG, finally done for the day. Had a party for the drama team to celebrate a successful contest last week, and it was fun. But combine being sick most of the week with kids excessively squirrely because they have next week off, and I am pooped.

And, I need to get unpooped! I'm seeing HP with Kathy tonight!