I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.

Cheese Man ,'Chosen'


Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!  

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.


tommyrot - Dec 12, 2005 8:33:27 am PST #1335 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.

It's hard to say, because it's a mixture of so much stuff. Isooctane (after which octane ratings are named) freezes at -107°C. It wouldn't hang around though. A lot of it would sublime off into the vacuum every time it got hit with some sunlight, sorta like a comet.

See, I'd think it would boil off first, because of the vacuum of space. Unless the aliens pre-chilled it. In any event, the temperature of an object in a vacuum (or near-vacuum) varies by a huge amount depending on how much sunlight the object receives. (An atmosphere tends to moderate the temperatures of objects within it.) IIRC, temperatures of objects on the moon can vary between -200F and +200F or more depending on how much sun is hititng it.


erikaj - Dec 12, 2005 8:41:34 am PST #1336 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!

(suddenly glad to watch shows where all they sell is drugs) Although Escalades do get kind of heavy play. Although Baltimore is calling in another media consultant to "fix" its "hopeless" image after Simon's been working on it.


tommyrot - Dec 12, 2005 8:43:22 am PST #1337 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.

Although Baltimore is calling in another media consultant to "fix" its "hopeless" image after Simon's been working on it.

John Waters clones!


Consuela - Dec 12, 2005 8:43:38 am PST #1338 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Oh, goodie, I forgot about a subconsultant. Yikes.


Nutty - Dec 12, 2005 8:46:22 am PST #1339 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Although Baltimore is calling in another media consultant to "fix" its "hopeless" image after Simon's been working on it.

Also known as, if you didn't have crime and shit, people would not be making TV shows about it, yesno?

Of course, the crime aspect of "crime and shit" is kind of incidental to the themes of The Wire, and that's also true in some ways for Homicide. The former is really a show about work-hierarchies and interpersonal relationships (one of these workplaces just happens to be a drug empire, but the other is a police department); the latter is about philosophy.


erikaj - Dec 12, 2005 8:46:48 am PST #1340 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!

"He looks like a cross between Steve Buscemi, John Waters, and Edgar Allan Poe."
"Aren't those the same guy?" Nutty is totally right. And also, giving yourself a slogan is like giving yourself a nickname. Nobody will ever take to it. I suggest "Baltimore: You didn't come here to hunt, did you?" What? It's...urban. snicker, snicker.


shrift - Dec 12, 2005 8:47:14 am PST #1341 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

You have to go, so I can buy you drinks and "encourage" you to quit your job.

If I haven't given notice by Escapade, I give you full permission to kidnap me.

Oh, right, hotel. Registration and stuff.

Yeah. I'll put calling for a reservation on my to-do list.

Remind me that this year, I'm not volunteering to moderate anything. And I'm drinking more.

I'm not planning to volunteer or moderate! I'll be drinking! Follow my example, and you'll do fine.

Laura's announced she's only going to the vid show; the rest of the time she's in the bar.

I may be doing this, as well. Last year, I was holed up with tzikeh et al. in the con suite watching episodes of House most of the time.


§ ita § - Dec 12, 2005 8:47:41 am PST #1342 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Time's 50 coolest websites of 2005. Previous 50 coolest.

So ... I got some weird pushback in this morning's meeting ("I only told them what I needed because you wanted me to!" -- what sort of an excuse is that?) but I'm cautiously optimistic we can right this in 2005, which is the requirement.


tommyrot - Dec 12, 2005 8:49:05 am PST #1343 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.

but I'm cautiously optimistic we can right this in 2005, which is the requirement.

Yay.

::crosses fingers::


Jesse - Dec 12, 2005 8:51:17 am PST #1344 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Good luck, ita.