Comebacks
Nov. 20th, 2025 03:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fayanoraI think my favorite comeback that I've ever heard anyone say was hyper-specific to the point that I doubt anyone could ever use it again. I don't even remember the setup apart from somebody was re-using a comeback someone else had used before, against the person who originally came up with it (call them Person B). So the punchline was that Person B said, "If I wanted my own comeback, I'd ask your mom." LOL
My second favorite was also hyper-specific. I think it was from a movie or something, because the sequence was like:
Person A: "I was with your mom last night at (street address)."
Person B: "Is... is that where she lives now?"
Person A: "You'd know if you were a better son."
My second favorite was also hyper-specific. I think it was from a movie or something, because the sequence was like:
Person A: "I was with your mom last night at (street address)."
Person B: "Is... is that where she lives now?"
Person A: "You'd know if you were a better son."
Video: From the Ottawa Intl. Animation Festival Signal Film Archives
Nov. 20th, 2025 04:51 pmdewlineOh this is mischievous as all get out. And it took me two years to find out that it exists?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqqWcZF2Syc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqqWcZF2Syc
Thankful Thursday
Nov. 20th, 2025 07:17 pmmdlbearToday I am thankful for...
- Coffee. AKA bean soup, in this household.
- Compression socks. NO thanks for hypertension.
- Onions and garlic. Just because I have to cut back on salt...
- Not tripping when I carried Bronx upstairs. Remind me NEVER to carry ANYTHING up or down stairs that requires taking both hands off the railings.
- Memories. (This season a lot of them include our drives down to LA for Loscon, also giblet gravy and Mom's chopped liver recipe.)
The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay
Nov. 20th, 2025 09:09 amjames_davis_nicoll
A park guide's life is upended by a pandemic and her charming, idiot son.
The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay
juggling threads
Nov. 19th, 2025 11:25 pmmarycatelliA secondary villainess made her move.
I realized I had to go back and set up the scene because this plot thread had gotten underplayed.
sigh
I realized I had to go back and set up the scene because this plot thread had gotten underplayed.
sigh
Watching The Adventures of Superman
Nov. 19th, 2025 06:37 pmjames_davis_nicoll"Could it be that (Superman) hides behind the darkest disguise of all? Could it be that he is a woman?"
"(...) What made you ask that?"
"Because he has compassion. He aids people in trouble. He helps the weak. "
It is possible the bad guy in The Secret of Superman has issues.
"(...) What made you ask that?"
"Because he has compassion. He aids people in trouble. He helps the weak. "
It is possible the bad guy in The Secret of Superman has issues.
I've picked out a new hill on which to die
Nov. 17th, 2025 01:52 amconulyPeople at /r/englishlearning need to stop saying "Song lyrics/poems don't have to be grammatical! Don't try to learn English through songs/poems! People just do whatever, ungrammatically, to fit the rhythm/mood/rhyme scheme!"
This may be true, I guess, but funnily enough it's never true when people say it. At least half the time, the quoted text isn't even archaic or nonstandard!
That said, I do like reading (most of the) comments in that subreddit. There's always something! ( Cut for appropriateness )
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This may be true, I guess, but funnily enough it's never true when people say it. At least half the time, the quoted text isn't even archaic or nonstandard!
That said, I do like reading (most of the) comments in that subreddit. There's always something! ( Cut for appropriateness )
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Bundle of Holding: Yeld 2E
Nov. 19th, 2025 01:59 pmjames_davis_nicoll
This new Yeld 2E Bundle presents the 2024 Second Edition of The Magical Land of Yeld, the all-ages tabletop fantasy roleplaying game from Atarashi Games about young heroes (called Friends) finding their way home.
Bundle of Holding: Yeld 2E
james_davis_nicoll
Civilization has crashed, humanity may be virtually extinct, but library books must be returned to their proper facility!
The Color of the End: Mission in the Apocalypse, volume 2 by Haruo Iwamune (Translated by John Neal)
Bloch MB.152
Nov. 19th, 2025 03:45 pmclaidheamhmorFinished. The Heller 1/72 kit of the Bloch MB.152 fighter from early WW2. An ancient kit - I built one as a kid. Not too bad though, and I completely scratchbuilt a cockpit for it. It was quite a struggle researching the colours; it seems there was very little consistency at the time. The decals were old and yellowed, so I carefully trimmed them first. The Bloch engine was slightly pointed to the left to counter torque.
Full build album here
Full build album here
Whirlwind
Nov. 19th, 2025 03:37 pmclaidheamhmorAnother old kit finished: the Airfix 1/72 Westland Whirlwind. I built one of these in 1981 in boarding school. A nice neat kit of a pretty WW2 plane. It's relaxing to build these old kits; they lack detail, but they're quick, easy builds.
Full build album here
Full build album here
No election
Nov. 17th, 2025 10:54 pmjames_davis_nicollNot over this budget, anyway.
It boggles me that Canada had to endure 13 days of ambiguity about the budget vote. What next, an election cycle that lasts five whole weeks? The suspense would be palpable.
It boggles me that Canada had to endure 13 days of ambiguity about the budget vote. What next, an election cycle that lasts five whole weeks? The suspense would be palpable.
Progress
Nov. 17th, 2025 02:10 pmfreyjawMy wound is healing. Breathing is easier. I just got back from a walk with PT, and I did 45 ft. Whee!
With any luck, I may avoid a week-long stay. The IV antibiotics continue.
Case management has been here to make sure I have what I need when I go home.
Everyone is so nice! The shampoo caps are a luxury. My baths leave me smelling good in short order.
With any luck, I may avoid a week-long stay. The IV antibiotics continue.
Case management has been here to make sure I have what I need when I go home.
Everyone is so nice! The shampoo caps are a luxury. My baths leave me smelling good in short order.
