I just think you're freakin' out 'cause you have to fight someone prettier than you.

Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'


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.


DavidS - Nov 30, 2011 2:05:07 pm PST #9337 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Well, a terrible player in the major leagues is still incredibly good compared to 99.9% of the population.

Any major leaguer is one of the five hundred best players in the world, give or take the top 10% of the Japanese leagues, some guys on the Cuban team, and the top 25 prospects in the minors.


§ ita § - Nov 30, 2011 2:20:16 pm PST #9338 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Chopped liver is gross. You people are sick and clueless and weird.

One plane trip to visit my mother I sat next to and exchanged numbers with the #121 ranked male tennis player in the world. My mother was all "121? WhatEVER."

I'm like "HE'S WORLD RANKED. I WILL NEVER BE WORLD RANKED AT ANYTHING." OMG. Just because she has her niche in the world of things doesn't mean I can't drool.

I just thought to look! My cousin is currently ranked #94 in the world in doubles!

While I was at Fry's I almost fell prey to their checkout tempters--they had photo album keychains. Luckily they only had the 120 pic ones in horrible colours, so it stopped me, but would that be a good idea? Buy my parents and my sister photo album keychains and load them up with family pics and other photos I've taken, as a stocking stuffer equivalent?


Scrappy - Nov 30, 2011 2:23:51 pm PST #9339 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

That sounds like a great stocking stuffer, ita.


brenda m - Nov 30, 2011 2:28:16 pm PST #9340 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

Digitial, I assume? Because I was trying to picture a 120 pic album I'd want to hang off my keys and no.


tommyrot - Nov 30, 2011 2:31:23 pm PST #9341 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.

Stash booze in this AT-AT liquor cabinet before the Rebels come

It's made of wood (as liquor cabinets should be) and looks rather nice.


§ ita § - Nov 30, 2011 2:33:35 pm PST #9342 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Because I was trying to picture a 120 pic album I'd want to hang off my keys and no.

You're a very astute woman.

Thanks--I think I'm going to go with it, Scrappy. I'll head up there after work.

Ticket bought for home, and time off requested. Business/first class (!!) and travel insurance, although I'll probably cancel that, since I don't think it covers other people's medical emergencies.


Connie Neil - Nov 30, 2011 2:36:04 pm PST #9343 of 30001
brillig

A guy who plays in the World Series isn't, well, chopped liver. But boy, that article I found about him made it sound like they should have had the janitor playing his position instead.

That's got to smart, that even 30 years after the fact somebody's writing this stuff about you. On the other hand, somebody's writing about you.


Consuela - Nov 30, 2011 2:39:10 pm PST #9344 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

would that be a good idea? Buy my parents and my sister photo album keychains and load them up with family pics and other photos I've taken, as a stocking stuffer equivalent?

Ooooh.

What a great idea! I have a ton of old family photos that my dad scanned a few years back: this would be a really fun thing to do with them. Hmm, do I have the time between now & Christmas? Maybe.

How big are they, ita? Can you actually see the photos?


§ ita § - Nov 30, 2011 2:47:05 pm PST #9345 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Can you actually see the photos?

They're an inch and a half diagonal. I thought it was a decent compromise between visibility and portability, but you will have to select your pictures with a bit of care. I'm thinking of the photo keyring my mother and sister carry now (a photo sandwiched in plastic) and it's about the same size, and you can see three of us full body well enough to make it a decent souvenir.


Jesse - Nov 30, 2011 2:53:27 pm PST #9346 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I would guess it depends on the dpi or whatever in the frame. I have a several-years-old iPod mini, and the video clarity is shockingly good. Although I guess it's two inches.