I can beat up demons until the cows come home, and then I can beat up the cows.

Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'


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.


lori - Jun 14, 2005 9:54:09 am PDT #1836 of 10001

Glad your parental visit went well, sarameg.

So we went to a bookstore for a bit and I got dad the Feynman's letters book for Father's Day (mom is smuggling it back in the luggage.) I want to read it now. The letters were compiled from his papers by his daughter, which...well, it's a good gift for the occasion.

The daughter is speaking on this here this week. I'm trying to see if I have time to catch it.


sarameg - Jun 14, 2005 10:02:06 am PDT #1837 of 10001

Oh lori, you should. Waiting in line, I read a prologue from her, detailing who he was to her (namely, goofy dad) and...I've also read reviews of it and it just sounds like such an interesting view of him.

lisah, the porch method sounds good, if that's ok with you.


lori - Jun 14, 2005 10:08:32 am PDT #1838 of 10001

Good recommendations. It's actually next week, and I will make time!


Allyson - Jun 14, 2005 10:10:06 am PDT #1839 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

Protestors have started arriving at the mind control camp for gay kids.

[link]


Connie Neil - Jun 14, 2005 10:15:27 am PDT #1840 of 10001
brillig

If it's the same group as was mentioned in that blog, they're going to be pissed at being "outed". "How did the evil children find us!"


sarameg - Jun 14, 2005 10:20:32 am PDT #1841 of 10001

You should never leave me alone with a plugged drain and tools.

Just pulled out the trap.

Nope. Not the problem.


Vortex - Jun 14, 2005 10:22:55 am PDT #1842 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Oh lori, you should. Waiting in line, I read a prologue from her, detailing who he was to her (namely, goofy dad) and...I've also read reviews of it and it just sounds like such an interesting view of him.

I love Feynman. He was an amazing person. I briefly thought about going into physics after reading his book, but then I realized that he made physics interesting and versatile, not the other way around. SYJMF is one of my favorite books.


tommyrot - Jun 14, 2005 10:23:18 am PDT #1843 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.

"How did the evil children find us!"

Blogs are obviously a tool of Satan.


Kat - Jun 14, 2005 10:29:24 am PDT #1844 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I love Feynman.

I have the book Genius sitting on my desk right now. The intro about his childhood is just magic.


Lyra Jane - Jun 14, 2005 10:41:37 am PDT #1845 of 10001
Up with the sun

But the bit where EW is actually fact checking a Scientology story, and I wonder if they're going to publish the results?

I think it was basically just the bit you quoted, ita. It was part of the interview with Cruise in this week's edition.

So. $1200. I didn't have heart to ask if that was on top of the $500 for just replacing the starter. I get past $1k and I stop noticing the hundreds till it hits $2k.

Eeek. It feels like our car is always in the shop since my accident last year, so I know what the sticker shock is like. I'm so glad your parents were able to help out.

Congratulations Lyra Jane! Are there any details you can share?

Sure -- sorry for the cryptic, I was just logging on for a sec before lunch. I'll be editing a newsletter and otherwise providing writerly support in the publications division of a medical trade association. And the pay and the people are both very nice, so I'm excited.