[Tabarnac's Scrapbook] Strangers with candy.

by **Tabarnac** on May 14th, 2012, 1:29 am

Gracen says, "There are tables in Hai. It's called kick someone's knees out from under them and rest your feet on their faces."

He has some anger issues.

by **Tabarnac** on May 20th, 2012, 8:41 pm

I want Gilbert Gottfried to read all my writing, especially the erotic bits.

Too, too sexy.

by **Wrenmae** on July 18th, 2012, 12:37 pm

Mizahar tells me today is your birthday. Not sure if it's your real birthday or not, but if so, best wishes! Have a good one!

by **Laszlo** on July 19th, 2012, 8:34 am

CRAP! I missed it!

Well it's still July 18th somewhere. Happy birthday, you handsome devil.

by **Tabarnac** on July 20th, 2012, 6:12 am

I am indeed older. Thanks.

Also, this. I have been guilty of saying "just desserts" too. Mea culpa.

by **Laszlo** on July 20th, 2012, 6:26 am

Crap! I so thought it was "just desserts". I thought it was a snarky phrase, but apparently it's a literal one!

I once read a story called "Just Deserts" where this guy's plane crashed in a desert. He was just a kid, and his parents had died in the crash. So he starts wandering the desert in search of help, spends the night somewhere when it got dark and cold. The next day he sees something in the distance and thinks it could be a camp--but it's the plane crash. He's gone in a circle.

This happens again at least another two times, where his wandering brings him back in a circle to find the plane again. Through narrative flashbacks, we gradually learn that his father had trusted him to refuel the plane before they took off, but he forgot to. When his father asked if he had, he said that he did, trying to avoid getting in trouble. This is the reason the plane crashed.

The last time he returns to the plane crash, he finds there is a third body along with his parent's corpses--his own. He is dead, doomed to wander the desert in a circle for the rest of eternity as penance for his guilt.

So I thought "Just Deserts" was a play on words, part of the reason I thought "desserts" was the correct word. Crap.

I also was using "simplistic" incorrectly, without proper respect for its literal meaning. The rest I think I've been using as they were intended!

by **Tabarnac** on July 22nd, 2012, 10:04 pm

Today I was arguing the pronunciation (as well as the use of a plural for a singular) of data. I am a linguistics nerd.

But I also kind of want this to happen to Hadrian:

Voiding fail.

Because he's a big old loser.

by **Eridanus** on July 22nd, 2012, 10:55 pm

Lmao that reminds me of that awkward term used in Harry Potter that I always refer to with a mental grimace.

Splinching.

Ye-owch.

by **Tabarnac** on July 22nd, 2012, 11:30 pm

Eri, what you do in the privacy of your own bedroom is your business. I respect your privacy.

by **Laszlo** on July 23rd, 2012, 1:06 am

"Dayta" is Captain Picard's fault.