Book: I believe I just... I think I'm on the wrong ship. Inara: Maybe. Or maybe you're exactly where you ought to be.

'Serenity'


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.


brenda m - Jan 18, 2012 10:25:10 am PST #17046 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

The basis is that Scalia has no heart. Thomas has no brain, so he just signs off on whatever Scalia says.

That fails to capture the petty vindictiveness that is their hallmark.


Sophia Brooks - Jan 18, 2012 10:26:37 am PST #17047 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Wow- I thought the leading principle of being a captain is that you go down with the ship


Toddson - Jan 18, 2012 10:36:58 am PST #17048 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Seemingly not. I remember a few years ago there was a cruise ship that was sinking and the entire crew took the lifeboats, leaving the passengers (or most of them) to fend for themselves. If I remember correctly, some of the ship's entertainers took charge and managed to keep people safe enough until they were rescued.


§ ita § - Jan 18, 2012 10:39:16 am PST #17049 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Zuisa! Don't go down with the ship! But, on the other hand, save lots of people!


Sophia Brooks - Jan 18, 2012 10:41:01 am PST #17050 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

some of the ship's entertainers took charge and managed to keep people safe enough until they were rescued.

That's funny, because I was about to say that the captain staying with the ship is like a stage manager being the last one out of the building (or the house manager in case of the audience). I have actually been working in 2 theatre's that had minor fires start during a performance-- both times I was head of wardrobe-- and there was no way I would leave before the dressing rooms were cleared and I reported this to the stage manager. So anyway, it actually doesn't surprise me that the entertainers took charge


Sophia Brooks - Jan 18, 2012 10:41:14 am PST #17051 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Zuisa is not the captain!!


Sophia Brooks - Jan 18, 2012 10:47:40 am PST #17052 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I'm going for three in a row because I just thought of this contrasting story:

When I was in 4th or 5th grade I was sleeping on the sofa for some reason. I woke up to the smoke detector and the house filled with smoke. I did what I was taught in school. I got up and exited the house. With my mother, my uncle, my grandmother and my grandfather still asleep. I didn't even yell to wake anyone-- I just got up and went outside with the dog, who had been sleeping next to me.

It turned out that my grandmother had fallen asleep with the kettle on, so my mother got up, found the kettle smoking, and put it in the sink. And then couldn't find me, because I was outside on the lawn, just waiting.

And she was so very angry with me, but I couldn't understand, because they drummed into us at school the thing about exiting immediately, and not looking for other family members, etc, etc.


amych - Jan 18, 2012 10:48:55 am PST #17053 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I blacked out both of my main sites (but not stuff like support or beta sites, which aren't really public anyway.) I also spent a lot of time resource-gathering and -sharing and nagging the twitters and generally being professionally pissed at SOPIPA.

It's possible that some of this was a procrastination mechanism disguised as doing good.


NoiseDesign - Jan 18, 2012 10:51:05 am PST #17054 of 30001
Our wings are not tired

Well, part of the job of the entertainers (and the room stewards, and the waiters, and everyone else on board) is to man certain duty stations in the event of an emergency. On ships that have predominately english speaking passenger manifests it is not at all unusual for the entertainers to be the leads in these positions since they typically all speak english pretty well and outside of their performances are very available to make it to the muster stations.

When I've been on board even as a contractor working for the cruise lines I've had a specific muster station and emergency duties that I'm responsible for. They are usually quite minimal, but one of them is to do what pretty much any other member of the crew asks me to do in the event of an emergency.


Jessica - Jan 18, 2012 10:51:39 am PST #17055 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I'm giving up on Google Reader today - too many of my regular blogs are blacked out. I keep clicking through to read the comments and seeing the STOP SOPA message instead.