I hold out hopes that we'll get another Stealth-Moderate.

I'm not holding my breath. My cynical side says whoever's nominated will have been very, very, very well vetted for conservative correctness.

I'm freaked out trying to picture the person who is regularly proportioned, except for their rise.

That would be my sister. Long waisted, long legs, short rise. She's 5'2" but gives the impression of being tall and willowy.

I'm long waisted and short-legged with a really short rise. Or so my recent attempts to purchase clothes leads me to believe.

Yay juliana's last day!

But not for Sandra Day O'Connor's last day. Bummer.

If Brooke Shields wants any more babies, I think I'm going to offer to have them for her: [link]

Yep.

::refrains from mentioning I'd linked that 8 posts before::

Is there any known method to get my kid to stop talking about baseball? Scratch that. I don't even want that. I'm thrilled that he's found his first love. Is there any known method to get my kid to talk about things other than baseball, from time to time?

Yes, it isn't like "interesting" is that significant a compliment.

No, it was an unambiguous compliment in context.

HR hasn't sent out a "The office is closing at 1 due to the holiday weekend" email yet, and I'm starting to get worried. I've been working under the assumption that we were closing early today, and if I have to stick around until 6, I'm going to be pissed.

Will the wonders of science never cease?

Taking a cue from technology that looks to biological systems for inspiration, Hertz has constructed a three-wheeled robotic vehicle that lets a Madagascan hissing cockroach navigate a room while perched atop a ping-pong ball.

[link]

Also, do Madagascan hissing cockroaches really hiss? What does it sound like? Is it loud?

Crap. I was hoping to hear from my freelance client, because I wasn't sure if she wanted me to come to her office to pick stuff up today. But it takes an hour to get there, and it's the Friday before a long weekend, and I'm thinking it might already be too late. Bah. Bye-bye, money.

Also, does billytea's expertise extend to the insect kingdom?

Sweet! Now we just need to make tiny bottles of Jack Daniels so they can all get drunk and kill each other in crashes.

Sorry Cindy, I jumped to the end of the thread to post it as soon as I read it, and must have missed your link while scrolling down the page.

From your very own link, tommyrot:

their tendency to hiss when they are upset lets him know if it's time to give one a break from playing Dale Earnhardt.

Heh. The new model doesn't "blow up as much". Progress!