I HATE calling customer services. hate, hate hate.
Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.
'Time Bomb'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 19, 2011 5:40:48 am PST #12199 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Jessica - Dec 19, 2011 5:44:56 am PST #12200 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
You mean the same maintenance company that was working on the elevator a few hours before the accident? Yikes!
Yeah but we fired them! Our elevators are totally safe! Pinky swear!
Tom Scola - Dec 19, 2011 5:53:01 am PST #12201 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
North Korea's new dictator is reportedly a big comic book geek.
Hil R. - Dec 19, 2011 5:56:10 am PST #12202 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
It looks like the Jewish Week took this article off their website after people complained, but a rabbi wrote an article about Tim Tebow that may be one of the most paranoid things I've ever read.
"If Tebow wins the Super Bowl, against all odds, it will buoy his faithful, and emboldened faithful can do insane things, like burning mosques, bashing gays and indiscriminately banishing immigrants."
He then goes on to suggest that, while he has advanced degrees in theology and knows how to resist missionaries, other Jews who don't have those advanced degrees might be susceptible to believing that a Broncos Super Bowl win is miraculous, and thus converting to Christianity under the "new gospel of Tim."
edit: the newspaper issued an apology: [link]
Consuela - Dec 19, 2011 6:22:46 am PST #12203 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
He then goes on to suggest that, while he has advanced degrees in theology and knows how to resist missionaries, other Jews who don't have those advanced degrees might be susceptible to believing that a Broncos Super Bowl win is miraculous, and thus converting to Christianity under the "new gospel of Tim."
Well, that's... creative.
Is Tim Tebow really that much more religious than sundry other pro athletes? I'm thinking of Curt Schilling, for instance. I get that he's a great QB, but why the huge public emphasis on his religiosity?
ION, I'm camped in my bed with a pot of tea and a chapter of a medical textbook to edit for my brother, because the lurking head cold pounced on me during the night and I spent half of it upright in bed so my sinuses would drain enough for me to breathe.
After I finish this chapter I will drag myself to Walgreens for all sorts of meds, and tissues. And then the grocery store to stock up on food to leave in the house for my brother's family, who will be staying here over the holiday (I'm moving to my sister's spare room for the interim). What do toddlers eat, anyway? Eggs, string cheese, Cheerios...
Amy - Dec 19, 2011 6:25:17 am PST #12204 of 30001
Because books.
Eggs, string cheese, Cheerios...
... apples, pasta, yogurt ...
Sorry about the cold. My sinuses and head are attacking, too, and I think it's definitely the fault of the Christmas tree. Pretty as it is, it's a menace.
Fred Pete - Dec 19, 2011 6:33:15 am PST #12205 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Is Tim Tebow really that much more religious than sundry other pro athletes? I'm thinking of Curt Schilling, for instance. I get that he's a great QB, but why the huge public emphasis on his religiosity?
I don't know whether or not he's more religious, but he's definitely more public about expressing his religion than the average athlete. And a segment of the population has taken him to heart for that very reason.
§ ita § - Dec 19, 2011 6:38:29 am PST #12206 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
he's definitely more public about expressing his religion than the average athlete
I need to see this. I have a (no doubt misleading) overwhelming impression of the average pro athlete as talking a good Christian game. Mostly because of how much God and Jesus get thanked for any positive outcome. How much detail does he go into?
Man, I thought I'd forgotten a bunch of shit at home this morning because I'd left in too much of a hurry. And I couldn't go back, because we have outside consultants coming in that I need to babysit all day.
Well, they're late, but I didn't forget the stuff! Am not as flaky as I feel.
aurelia - Dec 19, 2011 6:46:24 am PST #12207 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I haven't paid any attention to Tebow, but I did see the SNL skit with Jesus telling him to take it down a notch.
brenda m - Dec 19, 2011 6:50:05 am PST #12208 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
Is Tim Tebow really that much more religious than sundry other pro athletes? I'm thinking of Curt Schilling, for instance. I get that he's a great QB, but why the huge public emphasis on his religiosity?
Because Tim Tebow puts a huge public emphasis on his religiosity? And, too, tone of the times.
As a contrast - when Reggie White was big back in the 90s, if you went to games you saw an interesting thing. At the end of the game, he and other religious Christian players would kneel in a large prayer circle on the field. Usually was about 30 guys. I never remember seeing that on tv - only when I was actually there at the game.
(White was a minister, and as it came out later one with some rather reactionary and whacked out beliefs, but that wasn't widely known at the time.)