You do well to flee, townspeople! I will pillage your lands and dwellings! I will burn your crops and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters! Ha ha ha! Mark my words! Ooh! Ale! I smell delicious ale!

Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'


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.


aurelia - Feb 14, 2012 2:03:53 pm PST #21985 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

It's always worth seeing Tom Hardy ass again, though.

This is all very strange for me since my introduction to Tom Hardy involved seeing his ass in person every day for a couple of weeks.


Amy - Feb 14, 2012 2:05:58 pm PST #21986 of 30001
Because books.

Cortez already tried to eat the flowers S. brought me. Cats are why we can't have nice things, I swear.

This is all very strange for me since my introduction to Tom Hardy involved seeing his ass in person every day for a couple of weeks.

Aren't you the lucky one!


Sophia Brooks - Feb 14, 2012 2:11:27 pm PST #21987 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

As a theatre costume person, I think I may be immune to asses.

I officially have a cold. I am once again surprised by the amount of snot my body can produce. It is like I have temporary amnesia between colds. And, I swear my colds are worse now that I am old. The actual cold is similar, but I feel s much more loopy and unable to function properly.


Jessica - Feb 14, 2012 2:19:38 pm PST #21988 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

They are little homeopathic pills that dissolve under the tongue. That's a powerful placebo effect, to make my epic bruises disappear faster. What do the gels do, exactly?

Homeopathic pills, by definition, contain no active ingredient. The gel actually has a measurable amount of arnica in it.


Burrell - Feb 14, 2012 2:20:35 pm PST #21989 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

AT&T has done an entire redesign of the least user-friendly corporate website. Now it's unfriendly with different graphics, and it doesn't remember my pre-redesign information.

Oh noes! I hate their fucking website, I really do. Of course, it ROCKS compared to the folks who work their customer services calls, but still, that's damning with faint praise.

le n, the only thing I can think of is that her supervisor is hoping you won't make the grad student's actions widely known, but yeah, I see little value in an apology that isn't sincere.


msbelle - Feb 14, 2012 2:20:51 pm PST #21990 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Mac is such a drama kid and I am tired of every new thing being a HUGE DEAL, even if the freakout only lasts 15 min.

First soccer practice of the season. At least he is out of the car.

He looks like no other kid out there though. They run, he gallops. They shuffle, he jumps and flails his arms. They run toward the ball, he sticks out a leg at it and falls. It is painful.


§ ita § - Feb 14, 2012 2:36:24 pm PST #21991 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

she also does not want to apologize

Well, then fuck it. Those are just words, and IMO more offensive than less.


Consuela - Feb 14, 2012 2:39:33 pm PST #21992 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

If you don't need her to apologize, and she doesn't want to apologize, tell the advisor to drop it--a false apology is worse than none at all, because it's perpetuating the falsehoods.


Sophia Brooks - Feb 14, 2012 2:43:44 pm PST #21993 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

le nub- I was in a somewhat similar situation- I fired a student worker (via email) because she stopped coming to work. She also worked for another area, and had been recommended to me. The person who recommended her made her come and verbally apologize to me, which was super awkward, because I am a) not sure she meant it and b) paralyzed with not caring.


Connie Neil - Feb 14, 2012 3:10:15 pm PST #21994 of 30001
brillig

Anyone want to go to Puerto Vallarta or Honolulu the week that is end of feb/begin of march?

Sure! I vote Honolulu.

I can't, but that's not what you asked.