ita, have you seen this book: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers? Fascinating, and sometimes funny....
Um, well, we listened to aggressively cheerful music sung by people chosen for their ability to dance. Then we ate cookie dough, and talked about boys.
Giles ,'Get It Done'
Natter 31 But Looks 29
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.
tommyrot - Jan 02, 2005 6:23:45 pm PST #2289 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jesse - Jan 02, 2005 6:24:33 pm PST #2290 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
We are in the middle of the Great Purge of '05.
Not bad, if you're already in the middle and it's only Day Two.
§ ita § - Jan 02, 2005 6:25:27 pm PST #2291 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yay for the new TV!
I think it's that if it were bloody, or swollen, or festering, or oozing, or smelly -- I'd think it gruesome. But so systematically preserved? It's just COOL.
Jesse L. Martin is a very beautiful man.
My toaster is broken, so I crave nothing more than toast.
Well, okay, if the likes of Jesse L Martin showed up at my door, I'd at least defer the toast thing.
But if he were bringing me a toaster, he'd be the perfect man.
tommyrot - Jan 02, 2005 6:28:16 pm PST #2292 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
At the Museum of Science and Industry, they have some corpses that have been sliced into sections about 1/4" thick. Those are cool....
Jesse - Jan 02, 2005 6:29:46 pm PST #2293 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Mmm...Jesse Martin.
I realize I'm weirded out that TNT is still showing the ads with Jerry Orbach. Not Lenny, I can deal with Lenny. It's the not-in-character stuff that feels funny.
§ ita § - Jan 02, 2005 6:31:36 pm PST #2294 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
have you seen this book: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers? Fascinating, and sometimes funny....
Cannibalism! Excellent!
This is what we want to see. So cool.
Lee - Jan 02, 2005 6:37:42 pm PST #2295 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Maybe one of the cadavers will be a virgin.
tommyrot - Jan 02, 2005 6:38:02 pm PST #2296 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This is what we want to see. So cool.
Ooh, I'd totally go see that....
The plastination technique replaces bodily fluids and fat with reactive polymers, such as silicone rubber, epoxy resins, or polyester. In a first phase, solvent gradually replaces bodily fluids in a cold solvent bath (freeze substitution). After dehydration, the specimen is put in a solvent bath at room temperature to dissolve and remove the fat. The dehydrated and defatted specimen is then placed into a polymer solution. The solvent is then brought to a boil in a vacuum and continuously extracted from the specimen. The evaporating solvent creates a volume deficit within the specimen, drawing the polymer gradually into the tissue. After the process of forced impregnation, the specimen is cured with gas, light, or heat, depending on the type of polymer used.
Of course, my first reaction to reading this was to wonder: If you did this to a live person, would you end up with a new superhero, Or a supervillian?
SailAweigh - Jan 02, 2005 6:39:47 pm PST #2297 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Since it sounds like it might be a tad painful, I'd say supervillain.
Lysana - Jan 02, 2005 6:41:17 pm PST #2298 of 10002
Hellbound Equal-Opportunity Nookie Hog
Maybe that's why it's raining. LA itself is sobbing that I left it.
So, as usual, LA has far too much control of the water supply in northern CA. Got it.