'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Just got back from high school. YIKES. I spent an hour in one of K-Bugs classes and I think I'm scared for life now. HOW did I make it through high school as a teen???
I was there as a speaker for K-Bug's presentation on Histiocytosis. I got to talk about her being diagnosed and treated. She said I was "funny" cause she could tell I was nervous. I just didn't want to embarass her. If I'd wanted to do that, I coulda brought pictures. evil mom
Argh. Winds slowing down launch time of Pluto probe.
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ETA: looks like a go in 20 minutes. Maybe.
Unless I'm mistaken, ita doesn't have a century-long history of periodically turning into a parapalegic, with known cues that allow scientists to roughly predict when the next wave is going to be.Jessica is right. But the adhering to the facts sort of messed up the point I was kind of going for. It's the "Yellow Substance!" on page one and then "Oops, curry." on page 57 a week later thing.
Also, the instructors already know I'm injured. None of them want me truly broken. I've explicitly said that I need to start taking the test. I'd like to finish it, but stuff happens. I'd like to pass it too, but we'll see how it goes.Seems a good attitude to me.
(Not trying to imply it's the same, since with the library there's less inconvenience in late returns than for daycare personnel working late. Just that it reminded me of a nifty story.)That is a nifty story.
When the nephlet was a wee one and living with me, I loathed picking him up late. There was a fine, yes. But there was also a sense of humiliation since he was at a private daycare and I knew that if I was late leaving work and picking him up, she was prevented from getting on with her life.
I think if it had been a more "business-y" place, I would have just seen the fine as the price for being late and not as a guilt thing.
Same way that I feel guilty if I have a book that I know others will want in a timely fashion. If it's obscure, I just smile and pay my fine when I go back.
My guilt is bendy.
Timelies!
Just popping up to say a friend got tickets to a free preview of "Tristan and Isolde" and took me with her.
I haven't laughed that hard for AGES!
Crud, they scrubbed the launch for today. Winds are too high.
Doesn't that mean they can't launch again for years and years?
I was just curious about your doctor's take and why that isn't enough for the PT.
Because that's the sort of guy he is. He's dismissed the doctors as idiots.
Toddson!
So, you're saying it's a great comedy? (No doubt of MANY errors.)
They played fast and loose with both myth and history, as far as I could tell. Costumes ... Isolde's dress had sequins, Tristan was wearing black leather pants. Everyone was reading and writing. The sensibilities were very much 20th century (Marke (Rufus Sewell! yum!) broke out in some psychobabble at one point). The leads were bland. They seem to have trolled a bunch of romance novels (BAD romance novels) for cliches and used every single one.
It's beautifully filmed and the scenery's gorgeous.
Doesn't that mean they can't launch again for years and years?
No, the launch window goes into mid-February, IIRC. But it they launch it that late, they'll miss the chance for a gravity assist from Jupiter, which would add years to the mission.
You know, I might have to go see that after all.