I'm having another one of those days where I got to work and no one is here. Well, that's not entirely fair, there are two people here, but neither of them is my boss. Or the person who could tell me where my boss is. Huh. I'm going to guess that there's some big meeting. Or everyone just has spring fever?
Travers: Perhaps you'll favor us with a demonstration while we're here. Buffy: You mean, like, right now? 'Cause, already had my recommended daily dose of fights tonight.
'Potential'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
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.
Jesse - Apr 07, 2005 5:25:39 am PDT #3998 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jessica - Apr 07, 2005 5:26:12 am PDT #3999 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I took a sleep studies class in college (held at 2 pm in a huge dark lecture hall -- oh, the delicious irony) where we talked about the fact that very few creatures have a 24-hour circadian clock. Humans run a little fast (approx. 23 hours), and hamsters run a little slow (approx. 25 hours), so we're all experiencing mini-jet-laggy feelings all the time. Exposure to sunlight does a fair job of adjusting our internal clocks to match external time, but most of us don't get outside enough for it to really work.
Another interesting tidbit is that if you shave a sparrow's head and paint it black, you can totally throw off it's circadian rhythms.
Which is a roundabout way of saying that my office should give me a laptop and let me work from Bryant Park today, because it's freaking gorgeous out there, and my cube is very far from any windows.
Anne W. - Apr 07, 2005 5:28:41 am PDT #4000 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Another interesting tidbit is that if you shave a sparrow's head and paint it black, you can totally throw off it's circadian rhythms.
What I want to know is why someone even thought to try this in the first place.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 07, 2005 5:30:10 am PDT #4001 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Kristin, I've got both eps on a tape (along with last week's VM and last night's LOST and ALIAS), but I haven't gotten around to watching them yet. I can send you the tape when I've gotten to them (maybe this weekend), or if I decide I'm never going to get to them.
tommyrot - Apr 07, 2005 5:33:43 am PDT #4002 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What I want to know is why someone even thought to try this in the first place.
I was wondering that. My best guess is that it increases the amount of heat that the bird's skull gets when it is in sunlight.
Why someone thought that would be a good idea....
Jesse - Apr 07, 2005 5:33:56 am PDT #4003 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
What I want to know is why someone even thought to try this in the first place.
I'm only surprised it took them so long.
§ ita § - Apr 07, 2005 5:34:48 am PDT #4004 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm only surprised it took them so long.
Poor Homer.
bon bon - Apr 07, 2005 5:34:49 am PDT #4005 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
because it's freaking gorgeous out there, and my cube is very far from any windows.
Not anymore. At least not down here. Completely overcast.
Gudanov - Apr 07, 2005 5:36:06 am PDT #4006 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
I think with birds that light entering through the skull can effect sleep, so painting the head blocks the light and changes the sleep patterns.
Gudanov - Apr 07, 2005 5:37:05 am PDT #4007 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
It's completely overcast here too. I see little suns in the status bar of my browser so I guess it will get sunny tomorrow.