Oh, and sometimes I pick stuff up on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me.
True Story: I swear to god a woman in one of my classes got her presentation off the Daily Show last week.
'Objects In Space'
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.
Oh, and sometimes I pick stuff up on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me.
True Story: I swear to god a woman in one of my classes got her presentation off the Daily Show last week.
Perkins, I'm pretty sure SFO is your best bet.
scampers to Yahoo!Maps, scampers back.
Yeppers. 10 miles between SFO and Belmont, 23 between San Jose and Belmont. And door-to-door shuttle vans are usually $10-15, cabs likely more.
Perkins, try 511.org for the public transportation available...
Could someone bring me a Chantico? I think I'm ready.
That reminds me, I need to make my right wing blog so I can cash in on that government agency money.
Thanks JZ and Sparky1.
father husband lover man would be a great name for a rock band.
Could someone bring me a Chantico? I think I'm ready.
Have lots of water on hand.
Perkins, stick to SuperShuttle; they're reliable.
Converging U.S. Navy aircraft carrier groups in Middle East send strong message to Iran and Syria
Soon there will be 3 carrier battle groups in the Middle East, for the first time in more than a year. Possibly two more will joint them. That's a shitload of carrier battle groups in one place. (A carrier battle group is one supercarrier (usually nuclear powered), about a dozen support ships and a submarine)
It seems American are preparing to deal with Syria and Iran in the next several months. The first priority right now is diplomacy in association with the Europeans and the rest of the world. But the leadership in Teheran and Damascus are taking notice of the power build up in the region.
and from here: [link]
Reports are also circulating that the U.S. Navy has dispatched ships containing nuclear armaments to reinforce the battle groups.