But did it really define a generation? Which one?
Only a generation that didn't realize it was a remake of "La Boheme".
It's my estimation that... every man ever got a statue made of him, was one kind of sumbitch or another.
Mal ,'Jaynestown'
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.
Connie Neil - Sep 21, 2005 5:58:31 am PDT #9554 of 10002
brillig
beth b - Sep 21, 2005 5:58:55 am PDT #9555 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
happy birthday Sophia.
Trudy Booth - Sep 21, 2005 5:59:52 am PDT #9556 of 10002
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
OK, the thought of a wee baby Nilly in her Mother's lap having LHotP translate is the cutest thing ever.
Nilly gets all excited about something, "Ima! Ima" (that's 'mommy,' right?) and bounces and stuff as Laura rolls Nelly down a hill into the creek or something. And baby Nilly is annoyed that she and the bad guy have nearly the same name...
Well, maybe toddler Nilly. Six year old Nilly? Regardless, dead of teh cute.
tommyrot - Sep 21, 2005 6:04:43 am PDT #9557 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Alternative, free sources for NYT editorials (since the NYT adopted that TimesSelect thing starting on Monday).
Susan W. - Sep 21, 2005 6:09:43 am PDT #9558 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Happy Birthday, Sophia!
I always thought Book!Almanzo was hotter than TV!Almanzo.
JenP - Sep 21, 2005 6:10:34 am PDT #9559 of 10002
Happy Birthday, Sophia!
Nutty - Sep 21, 2005 6:13:24 am PDT #9560 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
What would be the best food to grow? Something that would grow fast, be productive, have a large percentage of the plant be edible, etc. (Assuming that getting the seeds or dirt to grow it in would not be an issue.)
This is also a matter of what plants take the most care, what ones produce quickly and continue producing for long periods of the season, and where the building is.
If your office building is in Siberia, I recommend potatoes and onions grown in jars. Since it's an office, you've got climate control for all the stuff growin in windows, so it's not really temperature-limited, but sun-exposure. If you work in Phoenix, you can still grow avocado trees, as long as you water them like crazy.
Scola's right, that beans and bean sprouts will get you ahead on both nutrition and speed of availability. Peanut plants might also be a good idea, for a protein-source that keeps really well. (I presume you don't want to waste precious office-time canning beans.)
Gudanov - Sep 21, 2005 6:21:56 am PDT #9561 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
It looks like the FDA is reconsidering the appointment of a male veternarian as head of the Women's Health Office. [link]
Nilly - Sep 21, 2005 6:25:45 am PDT #9562 of 10002
Swouncing
"Ima! Ima" (that's 'mommy,' right?)
Yup.
Trudy, my earliest memory regarding it is from when I was probably 3 years old (when it was still just me interested in that stuff, before my one-year-younger brother was also into such tv, definitely before sister #2 was born). It was probably one of the first tv shows whose subtitles I read, too.
annoyed that she and the bad guy have nearly the same name...
See, it was quite clear to me that the names on the show aren't like 'our' names. Nobody I knew was named Laura or Charles or Mary or anyhthing like that, so I knew that "Nelly" and my name were completely different things. Of course, at the time, those names sounded strange and exotic and special, much better than the 'regular' ones everybody kept using around here with real-life people. So I couldn't understand what was so strange with "Almanzo". It definitely wasn't further than the names I was used to than Willie or Harriet.
I always thought Book!Almanzo was hotter than TV!Almanzo.
One of the very first things I've ever done online, way before "Google" was a verb, was to track down pictures of the real "Little House" people. I was very pleased to discover that the real Almanzo looked nice.
Trudy Booth - Sep 21, 2005 6:32:52 am PDT #9563 of 10002
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
Nobody I knew was named Laura or Charles or Mary or anyhthing like that, so I knew that "Nelly" and my name were completely different things.
Good. I've seen the actress in interviews. Little girls HATED her and would give her grief in public, but Melissa Gilbert would tell them she was actually nice.