My latest shot up to #5
Was it the Shadow one?
I seen you without your clothes on before. Never thought I'd see you naked.
Mal ,'Trash'
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.
Steph L. - Feb 06, 2006 8:23:31 am PST #5303 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Frankenbuddha - Feb 06, 2006 8:23:48 am PST #5304 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I've read a book with big floaty gas giant aliens too.
I seem to recall John Varley's Titan/Wizard/Demon trilogy had these.
§ ita § - Feb 06, 2006 8:24:45 am PST #5305 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Was it the Shadow one?
Yeah, that's me.
Jars - Feb 06, 2006 8:25:29 am PST #5306 of 10002
Damn you! My latest shot up to #5, but I fear its ability to hold.
Ooh, the Shadow one? I like that one.
Gudanov - Feb 06, 2006 8:25:50 am PST #5307 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
My big floaty gas giant alien came from a Ben Bova book.
le nubian - Feb 06, 2006 8:25:59 am PST #5308 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
from the woman with the face transplant:
Ms. Dinoire described how she awoke to discover her horrible disfigurement after her black Labrador chewed off the lower part of her face while she was unconscious from taking sleeping pills in May last year in what many people contend was a suicide attempt.
"On May 27, after a very disturbing week and with lots of personal worries, I took drugs to forget," Ms. Dinoire said, adding that she passed out and fell against a piece of furniture.
"When I woke up, I tried to light a cigarette and didn't understand why it wouldn't stay between my lips," she said, her face slack and emotionless. "That's when I saw the pool of blood and the dog."
tommyrot - Feb 06, 2006 8:30:26 am PST #5309 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.
Alien, Predator and Corinna discuss cuddle parties: [link]
Steph L. - Feb 06, 2006 8:31:59 am PST #5310 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Was it the Shadow one?
Yeah, that's me.
Okay, that one made me do my loud donkey laugh.
brenda m - Feb 06, 2006 8:34:42 am PST #5311 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
Ms. Dinoire described how she awoke to discover her horrible disfigurement after her black Labrador chewed off the lower part of her face while she was unconscious from taking sleeping pills
Okay, does anyone think there's something we're not getting here? Besides the WTF of not noticing. I mean, dogs don't just go and do that.
Jessica - Feb 06, 2006 8:37:37 am PST #5312 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The message recipients’ success rate at understanding the tone of the message was significantly higher verbally than via email.
This doesn't surprise me, but it doesn't say anything about the likelihood of misunderstanding an email -- just that it's more likely than misunderstanding a phone call. I'd be interested in reading the actual study, to see if they have any stats on what percentage of emails are misinterpreted because of tone.