Don't belong. Dangerous, like you. Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. Everyone could just go on without me and not have to worry. People could be what they wanted to be. Could be with the people they wanted. Live simple. No secrets.

River ,'Objects In Space'


Natter 32 Flavors and Then Some  

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 27, 2005 7:12:15 am PST #1221 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.

Will it also be warm?

Dunno. It's supposed to be more pressurized, so that might help.

IIRC, airliners use air conditioners to cool the air entering the cabin, despite the fact that it's about 40 below outside. The air picks up heat as it is pressurized to cabin pressure.


Kat - Jan 27, 2005 7:17:46 am PST #1222 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Brenda, is that Klondike and Snow (who were old twins) or has another set of twin polar bears been born in captivity?

They've got my number with that one. I'm always waiting for a big gay hookup episode.

Well, there's a sleepover and boycut underwear and a pillow fight.

The woman I need to see at USC isn't coming in today. ARGH. Maybe I'll just mail the stuff I need to mail to her instead of driving it down.


brenda m - Jan 27, 2005 7:18:32 am PST #1223 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

No idea, Kat.


msbelle - Jan 27, 2005 7:19:42 am PST #1224 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

go mail, choose mail - with return receipt.

I was thinking of going to the library for a short lunch walk, but the windchill is -3, so I think not.


§ ita § - Jan 27, 2005 7:20:48 am PST #1225 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Someone at work just got smacked with the "no late fees" thing at Blockbuster. $18/movie, four movies.

I've suggested he join Netflix.


Kat - Jan 27, 2005 7:22:52 am PST #1226 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

how is that no late fees, ita?

Brenda, there's an adorable video about Klondike and Snow that Lori and I have. They were born in captivity and then mom rejected them. They were about ~2-~3 lbs at birth with some broken bones from mom. The zoologists raised them.

apparently, for the first 6 months of polar bear life, the babies are completely deaf and make noise incessantly. They sounds sort of like miniature suctiony helicopters.


Dana - Jan 27, 2005 7:23:59 am PST #1227 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

how is that no late fees, ita?

You get to keep the movies.

t clutches her Netflix close


amych - Jan 27, 2005 7:24:27 am PST #1228 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

They sounds sort of like miniature suctiony helicopters.

I had no idea. And I can't completely blame their mom for rejecting them, in that case.


sarameg - Jan 27, 2005 7:24:39 am PST #1229 of 10002

They sounds sort of like miniature suctiony helicopters.

They go whumpa-whumpa?


Gus - Jan 27, 2005 7:25:01 am PST #1230 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

what other kinds of cues do you notice in Europe

Shaking hands on introduction. Stick your hand out, if you want to be tagged "American" in a heartbeat. Some (most) Swiss (males) do a sort of not-quite-clicking-your-heels lurch, like an extremely stylized, aborted bow, on introduction. French women nod, and sometimes offer a hand. The proper response to this is to clasp lightly with both hands, and lift a little (signifying, without committing, a kiss on the hand). Italian women touch your arm above the elbow.

Putting your arm around the waist of an Italian woman is fightin' words.

Unless she's into it.

Gawd, it is all so confusing.