And Kaylee, what the hell's goin' on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?

Mal ,'The Train Job'


Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork  

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


Beverly - Jul 15, 2011 9:07:51 pm PDT #16888 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

I am completely jealous of your trip because of N deG T.

Oh yeah.


billytea - Jul 15, 2011 9:34:53 pm PDT #16889 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

I missed all the Dawkins/Watson discussion. I will merely note one of my favourite Frasier quotes, where during a big fight Niles shouts "Don't you dare call me irrational, you know it makes me crazy!"


Allyson - Jul 15, 2011 9:48:17 pm PDT #16890 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

So that was boring. I will wait in line for about four minutes for a beer. I am not waiting in line for twenty minutes for a doughnut and bacon. I had a beer, peoplewatched, decided I wanted a dish of mint chocolate chip ice cream, and never even saw penn and teller.


sarameg - Jul 16, 2011 4:16:27 am PDT #16891 of 30001

I may have bought too much fruit.


Kat - Jul 16, 2011 4:29:32 am PDT #16892 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

what kind of fruit?

I am up early and contemplating going to swim (I think I will). I want to avoid the 405 and all neighborhoods around it, except that's where my yoga studio is and I want yoga too.

Harumph.

I also just uninstalled Adobe Creative Suite 5 (except for photoshop and indesign). holy shit, my computer is running so much faster.


Liese S. - Jul 16, 2011 4:34:07 am PDT #16893 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

True that CS is processor intensive. I was just reading on facebook that I shouldn't upgrade.


Sheryl - Jul 16, 2011 5:07:14 am PDT #16894 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Looks like another nice day here.


§ ita § - Jul 16, 2011 5:32:01 am PDT #16895 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Penn and Teller are rarely worth it, and examples of the skeptic community I find them offputting assholes.


sarameg - Jul 16, 2011 5:54:15 am PDT #16896 of 30001

Methley plums, apricots, white peaches, cherries. I'll really have to up my fruit consumption this week (and I eat a lot of fruit.) And tiny yellow-orange tomatoes from my tomato guy (he has the widest variety at the market, and claims in all of Md.) On top of the spinach and empanadas.


DavidS - Jul 16, 2011 6:23:02 am PDT #16897 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Interesting article by Lev Grossman (the novelist) in Time magazine about fanfiction, HP in particular

Interesting mostly in that he's clearly a fan and knows the territory. So a rare non-condescending mainstream look at fanfic.