You all gonna be here when I wake up?

Mal ,'Out Of Gas'


Natter 39 and Holding  

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.


P.M. Marc - Oct 01, 2005 10:49:28 pm PDT #2621 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

Oh, the Worst Spy Ever! Heee! He's good at looking angsty, though. Man, S1 seems so very long ago now.

We're in S2. Tonight was Zoe angst, but Tom got a few pained looks in, so all was well.

I'm temtped to go see P&P, but I'm worried I'd spend the whole time worried that Mr Darcy will be made.

I need to learn to better separate my fictional realities, methinks.


Theodosia - Oct 02, 2005 2:15:44 am PDT #2622 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Timelies! Or gronklies, whatever.

Does anybody else here watch Barking Mad on Animal Planet? It's an English series where behaviorists go to the homes of problem pets (and problem pet owners) and come up with training solutions. And they just don't do cats and dogs -- all kinds of birds, ferrets, rabbits, horses, donkeys, goats and so on. They even had a problem sheep....


tommyrot - Oct 02, 2005 5:29:03 am PDT #2623 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.

Was it Harold the clever sheep? Because he's realised that a sheep's life consists of standin' around for a few months and then bein' eaten. And that's a depressing prospect for an ambitious sheep.


Jessica - Oct 02, 2005 5:30:02 am PDT #2624 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Mice discovered accidentally at the Wistar Institute in Pennsylvania have the seemingly miraculous ability to regenerate like a salamander, and even regrow vital organs.

Researchers systematically amputated digits and damaged various organs of the mice, including the heart, liver and brain, most of which grew back.

The results stunned scientists because if such regeneration is possible in this mammal, it might also be possible in humans.

The researchers also made a remarkable second discovery: When cells from the regenerative mice were injected into normal mice, the normal mice adopted the ability to regenerate. And when the special mice bred with normal mice, their offspring inherited souped-up regeneration capabilities.

The mice, known as the MRL strain, were specially bred to develop lupus. But researchers don't know why exactly the animals' injuries heal so well.


dw - Oct 02, 2005 6:27:12 am PDT #2625 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval

Researchers systematically amputated digits and damaged various organs of the mice, including the heart, liver and brain, most of which grew back.

Wow. Now we're just black leather outfits, a militaristic society, and a perpetual pout away from becoming Sebaceans.


Theodosia - Oct 02, 2005 6:38:05 am PDT #2626 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

It's a tough life, being a lab mouse.


dw - Oct 02, 2005 7:08:13 am PDT #2627 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval

It's a man's life in an animal testing laboratory.

(I'm the only one who will get that joke, sadly.)


Jars - Oct 02, 2005 7:12:20 am PDT #2628 of 10002

I trampolined this morning. So much fun! I hadn't done it since I was a kid. Hooray for exercise that doesn't bore me to tears!


Tom Scola - Oct 02, 2005 7:12:41 am PDT #2629 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Actually, most of us get the Monty Python references.


tommyrot - Oct 02, 2005 8:02:26 am PDT #2630 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.

Actually, most of us get the Monty Python references.

Yes, it's all part of "The Test," which you'll find out soon enough.