Can I be an American one day of the year? I'll let you be Canadian on July 1st in exchange!
Hmm... can I save mine up in case of medical emergency?
Mal: We're still flying. Simon: That's not much. Mal: It's enough.
'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.
Trudy Booth - Jul 04, 2005 5:22:14 am PDT #6841 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Nilly - Jul 04, 2005 5:23:13 am PDT #6842 of 10001
Swouncing
Kat, you got up early to get to LAX, right? You're allowed some laziness.
[Edit: and this # has 6=4+2 and 8=4*2, and therefore this slumbernut will be dedicated to legal fireworks for the general joy and non-startled-ness, which is probably not a word anyway]
Kat - Jul 04, 2005 5:28:03 am PDT #6843 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I did get up early. Went to the airport and am now at home, enjoying the wireless network that we installed yesterday and that Burrell's DH helped us with. Which means I have the laptop in bed. Which I love.
Yeah, illegal fireworks are profoundly irritating. I should have just called the cops. Lori and I both went into the alley and she told him What For. They didn't stop, but did aim the fireworks a different direction.
Honestly, we live in a highly flammable place. That is just not necessary.
Jesse - Jul 04, 2005 5:29:27 am PDT #6844 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
this slumbernut will be dedicated to legal fireworks for the general joy and non-startled-ness, which is probably not a word anyway
It's a word now!
Jesse - Jul 04, 2005 5:31:00 am PDT #6845 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also, non-flammable fireworks for all: [link]
Kat - Jul 04, 2005 5:31:28 am PDT #6846 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
BUT, in speaking of fireworks this company, a sort of SoCal local company, is a family-run, fifth generation outfit that does a ton of the big shows around the country (at the very least), including the olympics in Atlanta and the ones in SLC. On edit: they do some international shows too, including the Jerusalem 3000 celebration.
I remember seeing a pbs thing about them, where they talked about how they planned shows and prepared for them. The special also mentioned that some fireworks have to be hand packed because machinery + explosives = bad.
Nilly - Jul 04, 2005 5:35:54 am PDT #6847 of 10001
Swouncing
It's a word now!
Whee! I love Independence Day! Also, thanks for sharing the fireworks.
Kat, who is responsible for the absolutely adorable shirt that Burrell's son wears in that picture?
Jessica - Jul 04, 2005 5:38:05 am PDT #6848 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Just...wow:
TOKYO - A Japanese psychiatric counselor has recited pi to 83,431 decimal places from memory, breaking his own personal best of 54,000 digits and setting an unofficial world record, a media report said Saturday.
Kat - Jul 04, 2005 5:41:04 am PDT #6849 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Allyson painted that. Makes me giggle.
Also, I'm trying to figure out where I can get a pocket constitution. I just don't want to order 20 of them (for $20). I used to be able to get them for free... but how?
Kat - Jul 04, 2005 5:46:05 am PDT #6850 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Also, random, today is the 150th birthday of the first publication of Leaves of Grass.