Thanks everyone.
aurelia, try to be extra careful.
ice cream for lunch maybe? I will search if there is a BK nearby.
You're wrong about River. River's not on the ship. They didn't want her here, but she couldn't make herself leave. So she melted... Melted away. They didn't know she could do that, but she did.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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.
msbelle - Feb 23, 2012 6:59:42 am PST #23418 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Strix - Feb 23, 2012 7:01:05 am PST #23419 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh, msbelle, I am so sorry. What a rough thing. Poor you, poor Mac.
Kate P. - Feb 23, 2012 7:02:30 am PST #23420 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Ack, msbelle, that's so hard. I'm sorry. Yes, definitely treat yourself at lunch today.
Burrell - Feb 23, 2012 7:08:16 am PST #23421 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh msbelle, sending you love. Ice cream sounds like a good plan.
I have a bunch of work items to take care of, all of which fall under the "onerosity-mild" category, like rec letters to write and job offers to send out, plus lots of laundry, also mildly onerous. feh. If I get done in time, I'll go to BevMo and take advantage of the 5 cent sale.
Ginger - Feb 23, 2012 7:32:31 am PST #23422 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm sorry, msbelle. I wish he could take out all that anger on a punching bag.
tommyrot - Feb 23, 2012 7:37:36 am PST #23423 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yes, that fellow is a vagabond — a criminal of some sort — but what kind? There is a taxonomy, for not all rogues are alike. In 1566, English writer Thomas Harman created one, and eleven years later, William Harrison published a complete list. Here are the male vagabonds:
The several disorders and degrees amongst our idle vagabonds:
1. Rufflers (thieving beggars, apprentice uprightment)
2. Uprightmen (leaders of robber bands)
3. Hookers or anglers (thieves who steal through windows with hooks)
4. Rogues (rank-and-file vagabonds)
5. Wild rogues (those born of rogues)
6. Priggers of prancers (horse thieves)
7. Palliards (male and female beggars, traveling in pairs)
8. Fraters (sham proctors, pretending to beg for hospitals, etc.)
9. Abrams (feined lunatics)
10. Fresh-water mariners or whipjacks (beggars pretending shipwreck)
11. Dummerers (sham deaf-mutes)
12. Drunken tinkers (thieves using the trade as a cover)
13. Swadders or peddlers (thieves pretending to be peddlers)
14. Jarkmen (forgers of licenses) or patricoes (hedge priests)
I wonder if the modern definition of 'hooker' evolved from #3....
meara - Feb 23, 2012 7:37:47 am PST #23424 of 30001
I am trying to wrap up all my work (just a few things to go, but I'm worried that tomorrow I will think I'm ALMOST wrapped up and then find there's like 80 more things to do).
I also have to clean my house today because the cleaning lady is coming tomorrow! (We finally got around to hiring someone, but now must make it easy for her to...walk through my bedroom, for instance) I figure this is a good thing, but it also is like 'AHHHH!'
Steph L. - Feb 23, 2012 7:39:48 am PST #23425 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The 23 Types of Vagabonds
I do love me a rogue.
Steph L. - Feb 23, 2012 7:40:36 am PST #23426 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Unrelatedly, holy crap, turkey wrapped around a slice of avocado is so good I cannot render it textually.
tommyrot - Feb 23, 2012 7:43:00 am PST #23427 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Make All the Things Hyperrealistic!
Allie Brosh’s “Clean All the Things” comic panel (from this post) took on a life of its own as a meme. Now artist Sam Spratt has made a terrifyingly hyperrealistic version. He also made a video that shows us how he did it.
I totally need a poster of this.