You know, I used to believe that one day Star Trek would actually come true. Not the bumpy foreheads, necessarily, or (god forbid) the fashion. But the stuff, and the atitudes, and...
These days I'm thinking Futurama seems a lot more likely.
Inara: I think she looks adorable. Mal: Yeah, but I never said it.
'Shindig'
What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35
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.
brenda m - May 03, 2005 11:03:56 am PDT #979 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Daisy Jane - May 03, 2005 11:05:36 am PDT #980 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
From Gud's link above
RUSH: You know, doesn't that debunk the whole notion of human-caused climate change?
CALLER: Well, it does, and it tells us that we are only part of the issue on the planet. It's a huge planet. There's lots of water, there's lots of things happening, and you can't just pull out one single factor just to suit your purposes, which is what I think they try to do many times.
The mind, she boggles. The eyebrows, they raise. (BTW- this caller is a science teacher)
Calli - May 03, 2005 11:07:02 am PDT #981 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
<warms up the localized version of planet killing laser>
Hee.
First came the Death Star
And then came the ray
There went my planet
All over the place . . .
Am I the only one who heard this at conventions back in the '80s? Really? 'Cause if so, I need to polish my uber-geek badge, and possibly add a ribbon of some kind.
Gudanov - May 03, 2005 11:09:47 am PDT #982 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
We'll need a big breakthrough and maybe a big paradigm shift in physics if humans will ever travel between the stars. I think making intelligent machines to travel between the stars seems more likely. Humans and the baggage needed to transport present a lot of mass to accelerate.
bon bon - May 03, 2005 11:10:36 am PDT #983 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Oh the mention of taxes reminds of Zell Miller last night. He thinks a consumption tax will get rid of the IRS-- yeah, right. A consumption tax is just an income tax - savings.
Emily - May 03, 2005 11:11:36 am PDT #984 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
So you remember how Princess Leia walked while in disguise, but you don't remember the Death Star's big laser of planetary doom?
I'm bad. Very, very bad.
You know, I just couldn't watch Zell Miller. Was he any good?
Tom Scola - May 03, 2005 11:13:04 am PDT #985 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
A consumption tax is just an income tax - savings.
It can also be a sales tax or a VAT.
sarameg - May 03, 2005 11:13:41 am PDT #986 of 10001
msbelle!
Finally looked this up: 2003 estimate 628,670 people in the city. That's not for the whole metro area, obviously, but I told you! (er except I'm seeing estimates of 2.5 for the metro area not including DC. But whatever!) The state has 5.5 million all told.
shrift - May 03, 2005 11:16:29 am PDT #987 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I think Tuesday just kicked my ass and took its name back.
Stupid Tuesday. I like my name better, anyway.
Gudanov - May 03, 2005 11:18:57 am PDT #988 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
It can also be a sales tax or a VAT.
That seems to be coming up a bit lately. I don't know that you can really make it work without really putting it to the lower and middle class. You can exempt things like food, clothing, and medicine but then you need like a 30-40% tax. That would be kinda tough. Sure, you aren't paying income taxes but people with lower incomes don't pay all that much income tax as it is.