Dude, speaking of George Clooney, did everyone but me already know about some crazy spinal injury he had? He was on Letterman last night, talking about (whitefonted for nasty) spinal fluid dripping out of his nose! I missed the beginning, so I don't know what happened, but it sounded pretty bad, with surgery and glue injections and all kinds of craziness.
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.
Oh, if anyone geeky or crafty (ideally both) is at loose ends in NY this afternoon/evening, there's a lecture on Crocheting the Hyperbolic Plane at CUNY.
Man. So jealous.
Yeah, he didn't junket for O12 because of it -- and he had trouble getting a diagnosis.
eta: Good god, I'm a Clooney dork.
Huh. Turns out the whole thing started a year ago, came out last month, but I'm only just hearing about it. [link]
He has a pig. OK.
You know, I think piglets are adorable, but I don't think I would ever want a pig for a pet. Just doesn't appeal.
Woobie!
Despite pain so intense he could barely walk, the 44-year-old actor-director still appeared on the red carpet at the 'Ocean's Twelve' premiere last December, although he was too weak to climb three stairs up to "The Insider"'s own platform.
Or, you know, he just wanted to go home to his pig.
If spinal fluid is leaking through your fucking nose, I guess you would be in pain.
Damn.
Greek style
Emily, your proof looks completely OK to the entirely-not-a-mathematician me, who has no idea what is that Greek style and what other styles exist or anything of that sort.
What are the Hebrew initials and what are the words they stand for?
M.Sh.L. (we have the one letter that stands for the "sh" sound). It's pronounced usually "mashal", which is also a word in Hebrew, meaning a proverb, a fable, or an allegory. They are the initials of "ma shehaya lehokhiakh". "ma" = what, "shehaya" - that was and "lehokhiakh" - to be proven.
which I already knew and used to use as a sort of meditation to get to sleep oh god am I geeky enough yet?
My brother used to calculate all sorts of roots and powers in order to pass the time when he had to stang guard on his army service.
Poor Clooney! I hereby volunteer to comfort and cosset him, because I'm a giver like that.