It is stupid cold in my office. It's not raining on the inside of the windows like last winter, but I think that's only because it is too dry...
Willow: Something evil-crashed to earth in this. Then it broke out and slithered away to do badness.
Giles: Well, in all fairness, we don't really know about the "slithered" part. Anya: No, no, I'm sure it frisked about like a fluffy lamb.
'Never Leave Me'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Jan 19, 2016 4:24:15 am PST #13628 of 30003
Jesse - Jan 19, 2016 4:28:57 am PST #13629 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Not sure what to make of it cropping up in both books. It feels a bit Japan-in-the-Eighties, which isn't entirely comfortable.
Yeah, I don't know what the word is -- the opposite of jingoistic? -- but there's definitely something there.
Connie Neil - Jan 19, 2016 4:53:25 am PST #13630 of 30003
brillig
It always amazes me that elites don't seem to realize that they drink the same water and breathe the same air as we plebians.
Dana - Jan 19, 2016 4:56:08 am PST #13631 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
hippocampus - Jan 19, 2016 5:21:02 am PST #13632 of 30003
not your mom's socks.
If there's a dystopian future ahead, China will collapse well before the West does.
That's so interesting, billytea. I knew something about the pollution, but not the rest.
Co-signed
sarameg - Jan 19, 2016 5:23:09 am PST #13633 of 30003
I forgot my goddamned lunch and I *really* don't want to leave the building if I don't have to!
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 19, 2016 5:40:07 am PST #13634 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Buffista Island!
Is... that still going to be there in 30 or 40 years? It looks really small, and really close to current sea level...
sj - Jan 19, 2016 6:01:19 am PST #13635 of 30003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I finally was able to get ltc to take a nearly hour long nap in crib after checking on her 8 times and flipping her back onto her back each time to try to convince her it was not tummy time. This might be my new exercise program.
Zenkitty - Jan 19, 2016 6:10:22 am PST #13636 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Matt, that was the first thing I thought too.
Calli - Jan 19, 2016 6:21:52 am PST #13637 of 30003
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Is... that still going to be there in 30 or 40 years? It looks really small, and really close to current sea level...
Maybe we should invest in Buffista Peninsula instead, and wait for the waters to rise.