In somewhat perplexing news:
A PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM CHRIS CAGLE
October 3rd, 2005
To All My Loyal Music Fans:
"As many of you are aware, I had been anxiously awaiting the addition of a new baby to my life. The baby has been born and both mother and child are in good health. Since the birth, however, we have discovered that biologically, the child is not mine.
As excited as I was about becoming a new father, my disappointment is equally as strong. So out of respect for all that are involved, please allow this situation to remain private and know that I will not be commenting further on this very personal matter. I'm thanking you in advance for your kind cooperation and understanding."
I'm not sure -- am
I
violating his privacy by reposting this?
Oh my.
Seems to me to be a very polite fuck-you to his wife, or whatever.
Or maybe he knew it might not have been his before the baby was born?
Wow. That's... huh. That's a bad day, is what that is.
When did we lose "brontosaurus"?!?
Um, 1980s sometime, I think? The paleontological community decided that the apatosaurus and the brontosaurus were the same animal, and since the apatosaurus had been named first, it won.
The paleontological community decided that the apatosaurus and the brontosaurus were the same animal, and since the apatosaurus had been named first, it won.
Which goes to show you how bad decisions get made. They should have asked the legion of first-graders who knew brontosaurus, but had never heard of apatosaurus! Then we wouldn't have had to give up brontosaurus, and life would be peachy.
Allyson, that's the saddest thing I've heard in a day of sad things.
Allyson, that is too bad.
Kat & Jesse: GA, I totally thought at the end of last season that she was
going to get an abortion --
thus the
appointment with the clinic
that she mentioned to
Meredeth.
I'm guessing that she totally intends to
keep the appointment,
but of course, there is no way that they would ever allow
this to go smoothly
nor would there be any chance that
Burke would never know and
thus, next week's episode.
They should have asked the legion of first-graders who knew brontosaurus, but had never heard of apatosaurus!
They also could have asked Fred Flintstone. What's he gonna eat at the drive-in, now that brontosaurus burgers are no more?
T-Rex T-Bones?
Wait. They wouldn't have those at a drive-in.
Damn. I can't shake the sad about that poor girl. I keep thinking about her and feeling awful for her loved ones.
Cafepress @@ as promised: [link]
Thoughts? Suggestions? Money goes to b.org? Or set things at base prices (most are, right now).
Those look good, Raq!
I agree, the first half of TAR was kind of boring, there isn't much excitement to be had when you have to follow
36
people driving 9 SUVs -- not enough time to spend with any, or develop much suspense, and you don't even have that much exotic scenery. :-)
Also, the early legs are the ones where the incautious, over-excited, easily-fatigued, or stupid (take your pick) get weeded out as they misread maps and forget to heed important clues written out in plain English.
As for the specific episode, I think they got lost looking FOR 86, rather than ON 86 (or was it 83?) -- anyway, if I caught it right, the correct direction to go was WEST on 30 to hook up with the right highway, rather than EAST, since it stands to reason that you go east from PA to get to DC -- you do... eventually.
In conclusion: Map reading skillz are important. So is having other people on your team double-check the maps and the clues.
In conclusion: Map reading skillz are important. So is having other people on your team double-check the maps and the clues.
Ben's having a huge Geography test today, with longitude/latitude; maps, map keys, scales, compass roses, locators, cardinal and intermediate directions.
Gah. I studied hard. I want to take it for him. Um.
