Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage, and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny.

Oz ,'Beneath You'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

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 - Mar 13, 2013 5:45:51 pm PDT #14744 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

pontifical autonomenclature

Wow. Nice!

I've got nothing to add to the papal discussion (raised Southern Baptist) but as usual the most interesting information is here.


Cass - Mar 13, 2013 5:50:02 pm PDT #14745 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I don't think so. He's not looking for anything. Just rubbing all over it and the cabinets and windowsill and Shoving Things Off. Like a giant makeout session.

Puppycat does this. Annoying as hell. Rub all the things and knock anything down that she can.

subtle

Not really the Catholic church's strong suit.

I think of the actually possible candidates, they could have done a lot worse today. Which I expected when we got white smoke so soon. But maybe his more recent past and pontifical autonomenclature signals a better direction.

Also my uncle sent me a picture of his face Photoshopped onto new!Pope's body.

I need to tear out a grass shrub because it's a bad species to grow out here. Except I keep popping outside to see if I can see the comet and have, "That's invasive!" going through my head to the beat of, "That's racist!" I'm sort of ready for this brainworm to be over.


-t - Mar 13, 2013 5:56:44 pm PDT #14746 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I had no luck trying to see the comet, but the crescent moon is pretty. As are the clouds that are probably in the way of my comet viewing. So it goes.


Cass - Mar 13, 2013 6:05:48 pm PDT #14747 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

The moon is gorgeous. I don't even see clouds messing with my view but I also don't see a comet. Stars are pretty gorgeous too. And there's a whole different set of them out the front door. I usually look from the backyard because it seems more private and less likely to have other people in it. Because there is a fence.

I wish I could see the comet though. I like things hurtling through space.


tommyrot - Mar 13, 2013 6:06:59 pm PDT #14748 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.

There was a guy who couldn't see the comet but took a picture of the moon anyway. But the comet did show up fine in the picture. He thought his camera picked up infrared light from the comet.


Burrell - Mar 13, 2013 6:11:01 pm PDT #14749 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

No comet but I did see the space station the other morning.


-t - Mar 13, 2013 6:12:13 pm PDT #14750 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Very cool!


Beverly - Mar 13, 2013 6:14:22 pm PDT #14751 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Gloomy skies means we see lots of clouds. I miss Hale-Bopp, actually. That was impressive, and apparent for long enough to view between nights of inclement weather.


Steph L. - Mar 13, 2013 6:20:54 pm PDT #14752 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

In all the talk about papal autonomenclature and Suzi being the pope, let's not forget that tomorrow is Pi Day!

This post brought to you by my Pi Day Pi Pies.


Connie Neil - Mar 13, 2013 6:51:15 pm PDT #14753 of 30001
brillig

I was in Pasadena when Hale-Bopp went by, and I got the local news coverage of the Heaven's Gate deaths. Though I always did enjoy going out on the balcony and looking at that big smear of light in the sky.