January 2010
111 posts
I go to Ben with all my cat-related questions.
Stephanie: HOW DO YOU MAKE A CAT STOP STARING AT YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOIN' IT?
Ben: Maybe, as a clue to both you and the cat, Jim can start spraying water everywhere when he wants to do it. That way the cat will know to get out of the way and hide someplace. You too maybe.
I don't like cats.
Stephanie: He is a piece of shit furball. Nearly knocked over my cup of coffee just now. I hate him.
Jason: Well fortunately one of the distinguishing characteristics of felinity is ease of trainability.
Stephanie: We're buying a squirt bottle today so we can spray water in its stupid kitty face.
Jason: Why would you buy a spray bottle when a punch in the catface is free?
The race is in five weeks.
Stephanie: I've never signed up for a marathon this far in advance.
Chris: Why do i get the feeling we are all going to be waiting at the airport at last call wondering why you have not arrived yet?
Stephanie: You'll all be sitting comfortably in your seats, laughing as I chase the plane down the runway, being tackled and tasered by TSA.
“One way to think about this is to flip the frame. Around these parts,...”
– I just remembered Chris Matthews was white | TNC
OMG Announcement Day!!1!
Stephanie: I did some laps around my cubicle, doing some hamstring stretches now. Just getting prepared.
Jim: I've got a box of tissues and I put a post-it on the handicapped stall letting everyone know it would be in use from 1:23-1:26
“I had the most lovely dinner with friends last night, and even luckier for me,...”
– Recipes for cozy winter nights: Chickpea Chili and British Cornbread | Richmond Food Collective
Sometimes I think my friends are just being polite when they say they enjoyed the meal, but my friend Erin said this on the internet, so it must be true. The chili recipe I used is supposedly from...
Why are so many fashion trends impossible to wear... →
Breasts and fashion go together like snow and train schedules: the latter just doesn’t take the existence of the former into account, despite the high likelihood that it will encounter it at some point.
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Is there not something marvellous about an industry that has so little interest in the one part of a woman’s anatomy that the rest of the world is obsessed with? One of the...
How to keep things interesting after seven years.
Stephanie: Wanna do it again?
Jim: Let's wait until after we eat the chili.
Stephanie: ...
Jim: Make it dangerous, exciting.
Stephanie: ...
Jim: Something we'll both regret.
“In a new ethics complaint that alleges large-scale abuse of office, the former...”
– Tiller Stalker | TPM
“But to try and argue that “good character”, a sense of...”
– We need fairness, not a stiff upper lip | Cath Elliott
nostrich:
Pogo - “Unbirthday”
Although an EP...
“Sophie King says Chesterfield is violating her constitutional rights to free...”
– Spiritual adviser suing Chesterfield County | Times-Dispatch
Oh, cupcake, that’s funnier than you realize.
I ran my first 5 mile run of 2010 today.
eoporto:
I feel awesome, except that my back is totally fucked up and I ran anyway and now I keep getting these stabbing pains. But really, I do feel pretty great right now.
Confession, I thought about cutting it short but I already told Andrew I was going to run 5 miles and I didn’t want to have to admit that I wussed out.
Also, when things get really bad, I just think of all the mean things...
“A friend of mine sent a link to Sunday’s David Brooks column on Haiti, a...”
– Matt Taibbi at trueslant.com. That Brooks piece truly was a piece of steaming crap. (via adamisacson)
Oh god damn, my favorite bit:
TRANSLATION: The best thing we can do for the Haitians is let them deal with the earthquake all by themselves and wallow in their own filth and shitty engineering so...
“I feel like I’m watching a long, extravagant, wedding ceremony and...”
– A Health Care Rant | TNC
Gladys Knight & the Pips - I’ve Got to...
Emotional gimpyness.
Jim: We need to buy a little collar with a bell on it. And a sweater for when it's chilly.
Stephanie: And a little kitty casket FOR WHEN IT DIES.
“I think this is a legitimate feeling (I have it too) - but an illegitimate...”
– So what does Massachusetts Mean? | Andrew Sullivan
As usual, Andrew makes a great point which he would never apply to his religious beliefs. It’s true, I harp on this a lot, but that’s because he does it so fucking often.
Anyway, I’d like to print this out and frame it and hang...