Yay Tom!
Happy Birthday wishes to meara and Jen K!
I am getting a short break from the salt mines here to drop off a Fed Ex package and buy take-out.
Two steaming cups of chocolate goodness. Courtesy of whomever I swiped it from out of the cupboard.
Ben ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter .38 Special
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 29, 2005 1:40:29 pm PDT #2198 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Vortex - Aug 29, 2005 1:45:01 pm PDT #2199 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I just ran the shortest freaking meeting, to which almost everyone showed up.
actually, no offense to Tom, but I find short meetings more of a miracle than a girl saying yes to a great guy like him.
DavidS - Aug 29, 2005 1:49:07 pm PDT #2200 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Sounds pretty flooded in New Orleans. I'm hearing some word that Plaquemines Parish might be flooded from levee to levee. MidCity has some flooding with a lot of cars under water up to the roof.
eta: Sounds like Slidell is wiped out. Completely under. Roofs torn off. It caught the edge of the eyewall.
shrift - Aug 29, 2005 1:52:33 pm PDT #2201 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I am disappointed that geography prevents such a display.
It would have been a pink panda pile, for I am very empinkened today.
DavidS - Aug 29, 2005 1:55:53 pm PDT #2202 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It would have been a pink panda pile, for I am very empinkened today.
Are you pinker and prouder than previous?
dw - Aug 29, 2005 1:55:59 pm PDT #2203 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
I'm hearing some word that Plaquemines Parish might be flooded from levee to levee.
Being that they took a full-on hit from the storm, that's not surprising.
I'm seeing some pictures from the MS and AL coasts, and it looks awful there.
§ ita § - Aug 29, 2005 1:56:37 pm PDT #2204 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hey -- what does "batting cleanup" mean?
DavidS - Aug 29, 2005 1:59:21 pm PDT #2205 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hey -- what does "batting cleanup" mean?
You're fourth in the batting order. Presumably with men on base, so you "clean up" the bases by knocking them. Usually your most powerful hitter (most home runs) hits there.
Unless we're talking about sex. Then I don't know.
dw - Aug 29, 2005 1:59:28 pm PDT #2206 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
Hey -- what does "batting cleanup" mean?
It's the #4 spot in the order. It's usually a hitter with power + average who can drive the runners in (the 1-2-3 batters) and thus "clean off" the bases.
The leadoff hitter should have a high on-base percentage. The #2 hitter should be able to move the leadoff guy over and avoid the double play. The #3 hitter is usually your slugger, though sometimes they hit him fourth.
shrift - Aug 29, 2005 1:59:30 pm PDT #2207 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Are you pinker and prouder than previous?
Pinker, yes. Prouder, probably not.