I fed off a flowerperson, and I spent the next six hours watchin' my hand move.

Spike ,'Same Time, Same Place'


Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jesse - Feb 03, 2006 10:19:26 am PST #4773 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Quadruplets? DAMN.

Surely you have friends with a printer, Jesse?

The issue is the right-here-ness, which none of my friends are. Like when I have an interview in an hour and realize I don't have a hard-copy resume. Otherwise, printing at school is fine.


askye - Feb 03, 2006 10:21:27 am PST #4774 of 10002
Thrive to spite them

ita --- I've used vinegar to clean my shower heads. I put the vinegar in a plastic baggie and then duct taped that to the shower and let it soak in that, and then used a toothbrush to scrub the shower head really well. It worked really well. Getting the duct tape off was a kind of a pain, but it was worth it to have a useable shower head.

Jesse-- is there a freecycle email group for your area? You might want to try that and request a printer or see if anyone is giving one away.


Jessica - Feb 03, 2006 10:24:54 am PST #4775 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Free printers on Craigslist.


Jesse - Feb 03, 2006 10:27:59 am PST #4776 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ooh, good call, you guys. Will attempt to attain free printer.


Kat - Feb 03, 2006 10:30:47 am PST #4777 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I've used regular counter cleaner stuff and ... that's probably about it. Any ideas?

lisah, I would use any juice from a citrus fruit. Lemon or orange work like magic on that stuff.


Kathy A - Feb 03, 2006 10:32:04 am PST #4778 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Did anyone post the Futon Critic's Top 50 Episodes of 2005 last week?


tommyrot - Feb 03, 2006 10:38:16 am PST #4779 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.

Androgynous Teddy girls of 1955.

17 year old Josie Buchan was a fashion student with Russell’s future wife, Shirley, at the college Russell also attended. Josie introduced Ken to her Teddy Girl friends. Here she shows off a thin black velvet tie and D.A haircut. It would have been incredibly rare to find a woman sporting this type of men’s hairstyle back then.


tommyrot - Feb 03, 2006 10:50:16 am PST #4780 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.

Caffeine Free: Blue Light Makes People Alert at Night

There's much more than meets the eye to how we perceive light, researchers have learned in recent years. The latest revelation: blue light helps fend off drowsiness in the middle of the night.

A small study of 16 volunteers found that exposure to short-wavelength light, or blue light, perked them up immediately.

"Light exposure to this system, particularly blue light, directly reduces sleepiness,” said Steven Lockley of the Brigham and Women's Hospital. “Subjects exposed to blue light were able to sustain a high level of alertness during the night when people usually feel most sleepy, and these results suggest that light may be a powerful countermeasure for the negative effects of fatigue for people who work at night."

K-Mart was ahead of its time....


beth b - Feb 03, 2006 10:54:40 am PST #4781 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

hmmm... My mom had a D. A. back then. But her clothes were conventional- so I don't think she ever looked like that .


§ ita § - Feb 03, 2006 12:06:56 pm PST #4782 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

My first thought was "tommy needs one of these!" And then I figured Gud should have one too, and the list started getting unwieldy, so I figure one for each Buffista. To start.