What's porphyria? I looked it up at dictionary.com, but they just said abnormalities in the blood, etc.
It's actually a group of metabolic disorders with a fairly wide range of symptoms that can include psychiatric ones.
Saffron: He's my husband. Mal: Well, who in the damn galaxy ain't?
'Trash'
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.
Cashmere - Apr 18, 2005 4:35:30 pm PDT #6716 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Cashmere - Apr 18, 2005 4:39:05 pm PDT #6717 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Cindy, it's also associated with vampirism because some conditions of porphyria can include blistering and burning of the skin when exposed to sunlight.
libkitty - Apr 18, 2005 4:39:58 pm PDT #6718 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
E. E. Cummings
Wow.
When I was in college, my geology professor went to some meeting in Indiana, and a geology professor there showed him the geologic sights as a courtesy. He (the Indiana guy) showed him a ridge. My professor asked where it was. He literally couldn't see it. The Indiana guy got a little peeved.
Cashmere - Apr 18, 2005 4:42:33 pm PDT #6719 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
When I was in college, my geology professor went to some meeting in Indiana, and a geology professor there showed him the geologic sights as a courtesy. He (the Indiana guy) showed him a ridge. My professor asked where it was. He literally couldn't see it. The Indiana guy got a little peeved.
To be fair, the northern 2/3rds of Indiana got smooshed flat by the last ice age ice sheets. The lowest 1/3 is quite hilly.
libkitty - Apr 18, 2005 4:45:33 pm PDT #6720 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
I think this was in the northern 2/3 then, as my understanding is that it was flat as a pancake, and he couldn't see that there was a hill when he was standing on it. Of course, he taught geology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and since his focus was vulcanology, most of the conferences were in Hawaii, so he was used to seeing mountains.
Emily - Apr 18, 2005 4:46:16 pm PDT #6721 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Honestly, the Lizzie Borden thing doesn't actually bother me. It's just with the Cummings thing it feels like fighting the tide.
Narrator - Apr 18, 2005 4:51:46 pm PDT #6722 of 10001
The evil is this way?
24 -- I realize that we must suspend some belief here, but:
1. When were there mountains on the Illinois-Iowa border?
2. No friggin' way would a lawyer from "Amnesty Global" get that kind of immediate access to a detainee. Nor would he be able to get a court order or shut down the interrogation like that. The country does not need to become a fascist state to fight terrorism. It's a shame the show wrote this so poorly as some half-assed plot device to get Jack to do something lone-wolfish. (The torture of the Secretary of Defense's son was much better handled, including addressing the security v. rights issue.)'
Emily - Apr 18, 2005 4:53:34 pm PDT #6723 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Interesting piece about the "vampirism-porphyria connection" or lack of one: The Straight Dope.
Betsy HP - Apr 18, 2005 4:55:28 pm PDT #6724 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
But Lizzie Borden being acquitted is the bestest part. It's like Madeleine Smith -- you know damned well she did it. Both ladies got off because girls just didn't DO things like that. Hooray for the double standard.
Emily - Apr 18, 2005 5:03:24 pm PDT #6725 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Huh. Never heard of Madeleine Smith. Sounds a lot like Strong Poison, though, doesn't it?