I like books. I just don't want to take on too much. Do they have an introduction to the modern blurb?

Buffy ,'Lessons'


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.


Amy - Aug 06, 2011 4:10:28 pm PDT #19649 of 30001
Because books.

I actually spent this afternoon before I knew anything about the SEALs making peach cobbler, so I am now having an enormous bowl of same. And just waiting for Mom to call.

Sorry to bring such downer news to Natter. It's been ... a really hard, strange day.


sarameg - Aug 06, 2011 4:14:22 pm PDT #19650 of 30001

Good can reside with bad. It's how it is. Enjoy the cobbler.


Stephanie - Aug 06, 2011 4:15:14 pm PDT #19651 of 30001
Trust my rage

As far as I knew, there is only one dev group at Dam Neck. Which means that likely many of those guys who died were on the team that killed bin Laden, I'm guessing.

The whole story is so sad. It reminds me of those guys who died on Mogadishu. They were safe and died going in to rescue someone else.

You know, besides the horribly sad loss of life, that is a major loss to the US' strategic SF capabilities. From what I have heard, those guys had skills that take years to develop and don't exist at that level anywhere else.

eta: the NY Times says that the Pentagon says that those guys were not on the bin Laden team, but I highly doubt the Pentagon would give the Taliban the satisfaction of confirming that fact.


Maria - Aug 06, 2011 4:17:52 pm PDT #19652 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift

Amy, I am so sorry, on all counts. I wish there was more that I could do, but you have all my love and good thoughts headed your way.


Anne W. - Aug 06, 2011 4:22:00 pm PDT #19653 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

Oh, Amy... I am so, so sorry.


Amy - Aug 06, 2011 4:22:22 pm PDT #19654 of 30001
Because books.

Which means that likely many of those guys who died were on the team that killed bin Laden, I'm guessing.

The teams assemble and reassemble for different reasons. SEAL Team 6 were, as far as I know, the guys who got bin Laden. I'm unclear if they were on the helicopter or not. But the team my brother shipped out with was.

I just can't stop thinking about their families. Some of the guys had kids. And then I think about everyone my grandmother knew aside from my mom and dad and us kids is already dead. Except her roommate, who held my hand and told me over and over how much she loved Mimi (my grandmother) and that I could use her bathroom if I needed to, or her phone, and what else could she do for me?

I would like to have a drink, but I think not yet.


Burrell - Aug 06, 2011 4:23:51 pm PDT #19655 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Oh Amy, how sad! I'm so sorry, sending you warm thoughts.


Stephanie - Aug 06, 2011 4:32:21 pm PDT #19656 of 30001
Trust my rage

And, Amy, I'm so sorry.


Kate P. - Aug 06, 2011 4:35:08 pm PDT #19657 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Amy, I'm so sorry. God, how incredibly awful for their families. And I'm sorry to hear about your grandmother as well. Wishing you and your family peace and comfort, wherever you can find it.


Calli - Aug 06, 2011 4:37:20 pm PDT #19658 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I'm sorry, Amy.