He was one of my favorite characters. That's really young.
Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.
Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'
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.
Ginger - Dec 16, 2005 1:22:05 pm PST #2757 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
brenda m - Dec 16, 2005 1:22:17 pm PST #2758 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
Ooh, Ginger's link is a much better price. Grab it!
Aims - Dec 16, 2005 1:22:58 pm PST #2759 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
NOOO! Not Leo! DAMMIT TO HELL.
aurelia - Dec 16, 2005 1:36:17 pm PST #2760 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
John Spencer (Leo from WW) is dead.
Damn. RIP, man.
Sean K - Dec 16, 2005 1:53:08 pm PST #2761 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Shitty. Not my Leo. Sad now.
Spidra Webster - Dec 16, 2005 2:40:59 pm PST #2762 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Today I got to find out the answer to the question:
How many times will someone fax something and have the fax cut off before they check to see that the fax number is not in fact a voice number?
8 times, apparently.
tommyrot - Dec 16, 2005 2:43:15 pm PST #2763 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.
8 times, apparently.
For the opposite situation (someone calling a fax #, expecting voice line), the answer is several times a day for several months.
tommyrot - Dec 16, 2005 2:53:35 pm PST #2764 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.
Oh, I finally have a (correct) diagnosis now. It's somewhat rare, judging by the fact that it only produces 414 Google matches, and by the fact that it took my Dr. three or four attempts to pronunce it. I have papillophlebitis, which in English can also be described as "central retinal vein occlusion."
Ophthalmoscopically, there are dilated and tortuous retinal veins, dot & blot as well as flame shaped hemorrhages, exudates, cotton wool spots, retinal and macular edema, and disc edema. In extreme cases, there is posterior and anterior segment neovascularization and possibly neovascular glaucoma.
I totally have tortuous retinal veins. (OK, not actually sure about that.) So far, only a little neovascularization (if I am correct in guessing what that means), and no neovascular glaucoma.
Hopefully the vision in that eye will improve somewhat, but it's very unlikely I'll regain anything like normal vision in that eye. So mostly they wanna prevent it from getting worse, and figuring out what caused it so they can make sure it won't happen to the other eye. If they can't find anything that caused it, then that'll mean I'll have about a 1% chance of it happening to the other eye.
§ ita § - Dec 16, 2005 2:58:55 pm PST #2765 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Dude, you have flame shaped stuff in your eye! Cool!
Okay, no, not so much. But you have a diagnosis, and they have a plan.
I hope that you do get improvement. Much of it.
tommyrot - Dec 16, 2005 3:04:50 pm PST #2766 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 you have a diagnosis, and they have a plan.
When I read the "they have a plan" part, my first reaction was, "just like the Cylons."