Wasn't there someone (brenda maybe?) asking where to find the best burger in Chicago? If you go to the Chicago Tribune website today, they have an article on just that (it's set up like their photos, so I don't have a direct link--sorry!).
Kaylee: So how many fell madly in love with you and wanted to take you away from all this? Inara: Just the one. I think I'm slipping.
'Serenity'
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.
Kathy A - Jun 14, 2005 11:41:56 am PDT #1868 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
§ ita § - Jun 14, 2005 11:43:58 am PDT #1869 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
For me adolescence runs through the end of puberty. So definitely erection-filled if you're a boy. As I said -- adolescence doesn't evoke the age 19 for me. But it does evoke youth and near-boundless energy available for the arousal.'
eta: Googled:
In the United States, adolescence is generally considered to begin around age 13, and end around 24. By contrast, the World Health Organization (WHO) defines adolescence as the period of life between 10 and 20 years of age.
That's later than I was even thinking.
DebetEsse - Jun 14, 2005 11:49:18 am PDT #1870 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
ita, way back:
Debet, did you find out how The 4400 ended? Mine cut off too, just as the male agent walks offscreen.
No. But I'm off to hunt now, and if I do, I'll post it here.
Dana - Jun 14, 2005 11:49:36 am PDT #1871 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
In the United States, adolescence is generally considered to begin around age 13, and end around 24.
Puh-huh? Says who?
bon bon - Jun 14, 2005 11:55:32 am PDT #1872 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Wha? Adolescence is generally congruent with teenagerhood. I cast a suspicious glance at ita's googling.
Listened to two TALs today already; officemate and I are dying over David Sedaris's Billie Holiday.
Topic!Cindy - Jun 14, 2005 11:57:10 am PDT #1873 of 10001
What is even happening?
I would have guessed 12-21 as the age range. Pubescent is not a complete synonym.
§ ita § - Jun 14, 2005 11:57:53 am PDT #1874 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Encyclopedia Britannica:
“Adolescence” is a convenient label for the period in the life span between ages 12 and 20 and is roughly equivalent to the term “teens.”
I think the 24 is on the high side for anything other than making excuses for bad behaviour.
Topic!Cindy - Jun 14, 2005 11:59:39 am PDT #1875 of 10001
What is even happening?
Some of the further down definitions at dictionary.com match what I've understood the adolescence range to be.
Webster's:
1 : the state or process of growing up
2 : the period of life from puberty to maturity terminating legally at the age of majority
WordNet / Princeton:
adolescence
n 1: the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood
2: in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood
Jessica - Jun 14, 2005 12:04:15 pm PDT #1876 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hmm...24 falls into the age range that I will call "stupid kids" if they're acting that way, but adolescence cuts off at around 18 for me.
Vortex - Jun 14, 2005 12:04:50 pm PDT #1877 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I'm with Jessica.