This is hard. I agree with both Beth and Betsy.

I wouldn't want my kids to see anyone peeing in public, and I wouldn't want to lose my park.

That's it right there. Especially if your kids are young. "Why don't they use a bathroom, Mommy? Why can't I pee in the park, Mommy?" But I wholeheartedly agree about not wanting to lose the park, too. No easy answers there.

askye, where are you?! It sounds lovely. I shouldn't complain. I'm just in Pennsylvania and it will be spring here soon enough...but not really soon enough for me.

Thanks, Betsy. Something you said made me think -- my idea of Take back the park- I don't see it as a public service. I see it as not being afraid to do things in my neighborhood. More of what the take back the night rallys were about.

Mind, the Yankees are now sporting an All-Star at almost every position, and then they added Randy Johnson.

They'll still choke. Been choking every year since 2000.

Muahahah.

(Yeah, this is a Red Sox fan practicing a rare shot at schadenfreude at the Skankees' expense. First season in 84 years we've had the right, and I'm exercising it.)

Also, I just derived the quadratic equation. You know, I had never done that before. That's going to be my new occupy-the-brain exercise (e.g., what I do while waiting to fall asleep), now that the proof of irrational numbers has lost its charm.

Huh. When I was in high school, I used to do this in my head to help me fall asleep.

A kindred soul! Who got further in high school than I did.

See, this is part of my problem -- I didn't finish high school, so I missed some courses.

Yes, I know, P-C, but we do not press this point. We waive it. We rise above it.

hearting Emily so fucking much right now

joins the hearting

Or, if you prefer, we could talk about voltage-gated channels.

Kv2 and Kv3 channels are delayed rectifiers, while Kv1 and Kv4 channels are A-type. The delayed rectifiers are slow activating and slow inactivating, responsible for the restoration of the membrane potential (Coetzee et al. 233-85). Like all voltage-gated potassium channels, they allow a potassium efflux to counteract the sodium influx. Their kinetics are very important, as the membrane may not depolarize again until the delayed rectifiers have done their job. They are sensitive to block by TEA. A-type channels are both fast activating and fast inactivating; they respond immediately to membrane depolarization (Jerng, Pfaffinger, and Covarrubias 343-69). They are sensitive to block by 4-aminopyridine (4-AP).

I love the Buffistas. They get my jokes.

I looked at that and was all, "That sounds fam--did she just? Dude." (Okay, I know why I didn't pick up on it at first. Cause it's inexact: "But we waive that point. We do not press it. We look over it." Also, I was thinking of the wrong show. I SUCK.)

askye and Calli have new tags.

"But we waive that point. We do not press it. We look over it."

I use "Against our will, Papa! Against our will!" all. the. time.

I use "Against our will, Papa! Against our will!" all. the. time.

I can't think of a G&S one right now, but the Theater Line I Use All. The. Time is "[We] know what's up, and who will soon go down" from Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet). It was the first play I'd ever done. Also the first I ever auditioned for.

There was a hilarious time when a friend of mine and I burst into "Appear! Appear! Appear!" at the same time, though.

Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)

Eeee! I did that show! So much (weird) fun and such brutal hard work.

Eeee! I did that show!

Ooh! In what capacity? I was Professor Night/Othello/Tybalt. It was my first acting role, so I probably wasn't all that good. The Thresher reviewer described my Othello as "purposefully (I hope) flat." But I did get to say "titmouse" on stage (well, on the floor...we didn't have a stage so much as...a floor...with curtains).