Me, too. I would love some of her biscuits right now, too.
I'm a vision of hotliness, and how weird is that? Mystical comas. You know, if you can stand the horror of a higher power hijacking your mind and body so that it can give birth to itself, I really recommend 'em.
Cordelia ,'You're Welcome'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
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.
JenP - Aug 17, 2005 6:07:50 pm PDT #9004 of 10002
Eddie - Aug 17, 2005 6:21:22 pm PDT #9005 of 10002
Your tag here.
There's a program on Discovery Channel called Top Gear. It's about sports cars but they also do fun stuff with really crappy cars. They had this competition and one of the tests was to drive their three cars into a brick wall at 30 mph. It was hillarious! I was thinking "OMG, they can't be serious!?"
On reflection, I anticipate lawsuits from copycatters.
Aims - Aug 17, 2005 6:59:16 pm PDT #9006 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
flea cloned herself.
I'm telling.
DXMachina - Aug 17, 2005 8:46:35 pm PDT #9007 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
flea cloned herself.
Actually, I think it was the flea!mom that did that, because flea and Nutty and Casper all look so much alike.
Volans - Aug 17, 2005 8:55:02 pm PDT #9008 of 10002
move out and draw fire
For now, the Jerk-O-Meter is set up to monitor the user's end of the conversation. If his attention is straying, a message pops up on the phone that warns, "Don't be a jerk!" or "Be a little nicer now." A score closer to 100 percent would prompt, "Wow, you're a smooth talker."
And life starts to imitate computer games.
However, the Jerk-O-Meter also could be set up to test the voice on the other end of the line. Then it could send the tester such reports as: "This person is acting like a jerk. Do you want to hang up?"
Um, usually I can figure this out for myself.
If this gets implemented, hopefully it will be optional. The tons and tons of phone calls we fielded here over the weekend would all have pegged the "Jerk" scale, as everyone was very tense and businesslike about the plane crash. And it wouldn't work cross-culturally; a pleasant chat between two Greek friends sounds like a shouting match to Americans.
Speaking of, I just had one of these shouting matches with my landlord. Someone has been putting meat out for the Feral Cat Clan (FCC) in the front walkway. Meat chunks, like from the butcher. So not only are there big ugly bones everywhere and begging cats constantly underfood, the grease from the meat soaked into the marble walk and steps, making them extra slippery (and it doesn't come out of marble).
The landlord accused me of putting the food out, so we got into it. We started in German, as usual, but then I discovered I'm losing my German in favor of Greek, so it went something like:
"Ich gab den Katzen τίποτα...shit!"
"Δεν habe στις γάτες τίποτα gegeben...shit!"
"Ich έδωσα στις Katzen nichts gegeben...shit!"
"IT WASN'T ME!!!"
P.M. Marc - Aug 17, 2005 8:55:19 pm PDT #9009 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Suddenly, I am finding Casper's name REALLY FUNNY.
In an X-Files kind of way.
Which seems esp. amusing with the Nutty connection.
Scrappy - Aug 17, 2005 9:09:42 pm PDT #9010 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I am back from Vay-cay. Nothing like ending a trip with the FAA delaying your flight, then running life a freaking maniac from Gate 34 to Gate 7 in Atlanta only to find my connection was ALSO delayed, then lots of "rough air" (as they seem to be calling it these days). Now home after 11 hours of travel time. Off to collapse.
beth b - Aug 17, 2005 10:30:51 pm PDT #9011 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I emailed Gus and got a reply from him early this am He is not in a good way but he seemed more upset about his venting last night.
billytea - Aug 17, 2005 10:50:52 pm PDT #9012 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
This is just amazing:
A herd of cows in Sverdlovsk, Russia, will have to be fed confiscated marijuana as part of their winter diet after drug enforcement workers destroyed sunflowers and maize that 40 tonnes of dope had been planted among.
Volans - Aug 17, 2005 11:02:50 pm PDT #9013 of 10002
move out and draw fire
A herd of cows in Sverdlovsk, Russia, will have to be fed confiscated marijuana as part of their winter diet after drug enforcement workers destroyed sunflowers and maize that 40 tonnes of dope had been planted among.
They're going to be able to charge a lot more for THAT beef, I tell you what.