Nothin'. I just wanted you to face me so she could get behind ya.

Mal ,'The Train Job'


Natter 36: But We Digress...  

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.


-t - Jun 07, 2005 11:16:43 am PDT #158 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Are these two types easy to tell apart

Not by me. I know I have both, but only because I read the owner's manuals when I got them, because I am an owner's manual reading geek. But even with that, I can't remember which is which. I know I have some info on this in a book, and I might know which box said book would be in, I'll look when I get home.


Frankenbuddha - Jun 07, 2005 11:25:10 am PDT #159 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

But even with that, I can't remember which is which. I know I have some info on this in a book, and I might know which box said book would be in, I'll look when I get home.

Well, don't put yourself out, but thanks. In any case, someone else may chime in before then.

I should check Alton Brown's web site and see if he gets into this stuff there.


libkitty - Jun 07, 2005 11:27:15 am PDT #160 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs

It's late, 'cause I went to bed last night, but many thanks DX! I had done a little search, but didn't come up with anything nearly that good.

In case anyone missed it, I refer to a great picture of my nephew pitching here: [link]


sumi - Jun 07, 2005 11:38:16 am PDT #161 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

jon! I love the new faq -- such a sweet story.

And I've sent the faq to friends -- to prove, that yes, there are still some good guys out there.


shrift - Jun 07, 2005 11:39:05 am PDT #162 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Examples of what's going on in my office today:

Me: "Did you read that e-mail from [Person A]?"
Coworker: "Heh. Yeah."
Me: "Did it make any kind of sense to you? Any sense at all?"
Coworker: "...no."
Me: "Not just me, then."
Coworker: "Nope."
Me: "Carry on, soldier."

Later:

Coworker: "Dude, did you see that e-mail from [Person B]?"
Me: t uproarious laughter
Coworker: "...guess that's a yes."
Me: "Donkey punch to the haid! That's what B needs!"

And even later:

Me: "Three! Three revisions!"
Coworkers: "Uh oh."
Me: "There. Are. Four! Lights!"

We've even infected my boss, who ended a cell phone conversation as he was behind the server racks thusly: "Yeah, no, thanks for calling me back..." t click "...jackass."


Kristen - Jun 07, 2005 11:48:32 am PDT #163 of 10001

I'm not sure which kind it is.

Three brands I know of are Calphalon, Circulon and Anolon.

If you look at the underside of the pan, the name is probably stamped in there.

ETA: Though Anolon might be the one that is dishwasher safe. But I know the other two definitely aren't.


Emily - Jun 07, 2005 11:49:32 am PDT #164 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Um... I can do this, right? I mean, even though I got a C in Advanced Algorithms and can't remember groups and fields and rings and originally majored in English, I'm not totally fooling myself with this idea about teaching math, right? And... the fact that most days I can't drag myself out of bed before 11 even though I know I have things to do and I feel like I'm so lazy I shouldn't be trusted with anything important and have been that way for a couple years now, that can change, right? Because, uh... right now I feel like the last person I would trust with children.

Well, not the last, because I wouldn't cause them actual harm, but you know what I mean.

Sounds whiny and pity-mongering, which, I suppose, it is a bit. But...

There is no but. I'm whiny and reassurance-needy. There is, clearly, no need to respond.


msbelle - Jun 07, 2005 11:51:03 am PDT #165 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Emily, you can totally do this. seriously really and truly.


-t - Jun 07, 2005 11:53:52 am PDT #166 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Emily, you love math, and that's the highest qualification I can think of for teaching it. Way more important than factual knowledge. You'll be great. God knows, kids could certainly do a lot worse.


§ ita § - Jun 07, 2005 11:57:44 am PDT #167 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Well, you are going to have to start getting out of bed before 11. But other than that, you should be fine.

Man with bloodstained weapons let into US from Canada. It worked, because he was a citizen.