Oh, I wish those council guys would let me have an hour alone in the room with her, if I was larger and had grenades.

Willow ,'Storyteller'


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.


Frankenbuddha - Apr 26, 2005 5:15:55 am PDT #8879 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

No official date yet - not even over at Fox.com. Just a "coming soon".


Cashmere - Apr 26, 2005 5:20:10 am PDT #8880 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Lots of -ma, Fiona.


JZ - Apr 26, 2005 5:20:14 am PDT #8881 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Much, much -ma to you and your wee one and your placenta, Fiona. I'm all worried and happy for you at the same time and channelling it all into big waves of -ma.


Cashmere - Apr 26, 2005 5:21:23 am PDT #8882 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

JZ, got your package yesterday, you sweetiehead! THANK YOU! Can't wait to get the boy in the boots. (We'll have to wait until this winter to try him on skates ;)


sarameg - Apr 26, 2005 5:21:39 am PDT #8883 of 10001

Departments that issue policy decisions should not use form emails if they are going to make special cases. Special case != blanket policy and they shouldn't be surprised to get called on it when they don't even bother to mention it is a special case.

AND STOP POINTING AT ME.

I just implement, even their shitty instructions.

God I hate today.

Environmentalists say that no one will want to eat the partially human-derived food because it will smack of cannibalism.

You know, the way I feel about people right now....


amych - Apr 26, 2005 5:23:00 am PDT #8884 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Fiona! I had no idea you had a placenta! I wish it and you the very best of health.


Allyson - Apr 26, 2005 5:25:19 am PDT #8885 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Crap. I forgot about mother's day. To Lush I go.


Topic!Cindy - Apr 26, 2005 5:26:39 am PDT #8886 of 10001
What is even happening?

Fiona, all the best of health to you and your daughter.


sarameg - Apr 26, 2005 5:26:51 am PDT #8887 of 10001

When is it?


Gudanov - Apr 26, 2005 5:27:25 am PDT #8888 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

Look at one of the provisions of the new Energy Bill.

From the article. [link]

For example, language agreed to by House-Senate negotiators would, for the first time, end a requirement that construction activities related to oil and gas exploration operate with a permit under the Clean Water Act.

And...

Democrats and environmental organizations are also objecting to a provision in the bill that exempts fluids used in hydraulic fracturing from the law that regulates the underground injection of liquid wastes.

The drilling procedure involves injecting a mixture of fluids and sand under very high pressure to crack rock and coal seams, aiding the escape of trapped oil and gas. The technique is spreading because of a boom in drilling for methane gas in coal beds. Most of the richest lodes are adjacent to vast underground drinking water reservoirs.

EPA, in an initial assessment of the impact published last summer, concluded there was a low risk of drinking-water contamination. But it invited public comment.

However, Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., and Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La., who are drafting a compromise House-Senate energy bill, rejected Senate-passed language that would have allowed EPA to continue to study the issue, subject to a review by the National Academy of Sciences.

Instead, they adopted the full exemption included in the House-passed version of the energy legislation.

So not only are energy companies exempt from the Clean Water Act for this procedure, the EPA is not allowed to study the health effects.

This is just plain evil.