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Jessica - Sep 25, 2005 8:50:06 am PDT #760 of 10002

If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

I ran an okay 5K (Race for the Cure) this morning, and after a bagel and a bath and some coffee, am feeling vaguely human again. Am contemplating dinner. Do not want to go grocery shopping.

Scientists running out of names for things on Mars:

The twin rover missions have forced scientists to come up with more than 4,000 names to mark everything from the majestic Columbia Hills to a few pebbles in the sand.

The result is an extravagantly labeled map punctuated by the scientists' ever-changing preoccupations with history, holidays, monkeys, ice cream, cartoon characters, sushi, Mayan words, Scandinavian fish delicacies … the list goes on and on.

tommyrot - Sep 25, 2005 8:51:16 am PDT #761 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.

I read that article somewhere. They never mention what monkey names got used.

Kat - Sep 25, 2005 8:54:11 am PDT #762 of 10002

"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Jessica, I keep trying to get Lori to get the scientists to name something after me on Mars! to no avail.

they should sell the names to fund the next mission.

amych - Sep 25, 2005 8:58:19 am PDT #763 of 10002

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I need for there to be a feature somewhere named Marvin.

Kat - Sep 25, 2005 8:59:12 am PDT #764 of 10002

"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I'm sure there is amych!

Jessica - Sep 25, 2005 9:00:13 am PDT #765 of 10002

If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

they should sell the names to fund the next mission

Ooh, that would be cool. I want to name a Martian rock.

amych - Sep 25, 2005 9:01:07 am PDT #766 of 10002

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Thank heavens. My Daffy Duck-based knowledge of Mars remains unchallenged!

brenda m - Sep 25, 2005 9:13:03 am PDT #767 of 10002

If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

The result is an extravagantly labeled map punctuated by the scientists' ever-changing preoccupations with history, holidays, monkeys, ice cream, cartoon characters, sushi, Mayan words, Scandinavian fish delicacies … the list goes on and on.

It's like they asked us to name an entire world.

Suddelny I'm glad all we have to grapple with is threads.

tommyrot - Sep 25, 2005 9:20:57 am PDT #768 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.

Suddelny I'm glad all we have to grapple with is threads.

But it's not so bad, as NASA has yet to discover Bureaucracy Thread technology.....

Lee - Sep 25, 2005 9:29:13 am PDT #769 of 10002

The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I feel all accomplished this morning, since I've already been to breakfast and Target and the pet store and done a little cleaning.

It turns out the pet store is more dangerous than Target, since they have cats up for adoption and one of them really wanted me to adopt it. ( I managed not to). Also, the sales person tried to charge me $155.46 for a bag of catnip. I was a little disappointed that the computer system corrected him before I could, but the computer was probably nicer about it than I would have been.

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