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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.
What's the last thing that made you smile unexpectedly?
While on the train, I tried to imagine Nilly swearing. I laughed outloud....
Catching the headline Pregnant Kiko Shocks Japan out of the corner of my eye.
Cause, see, the Kiko I know is male and not Japanese, so how would...oh.
I am in the driest training ever. Well, not right now--it's the five minute break. But I don't know if I can last until Thursday.
ita, skip training! sneak out.
So, google books? Often kind of cool because I can look at a primary source and search it word by word, or by phrase. I can't necessarily print it out (though I did print the pages of William of Rubruck I needed) but I can get a sense of where to look in a more specific way than the index allows.
Research in the 21st century is a whole new thing.
Crap, I just laughed at others' pain....
The words "jackhammers," "war zones" and "hell" rarely accompany the word "magnificent" in conversation, but they did repeatedly Monday as residents of the Magnificent Mile described what it's like to live among street performers on a daily basis.
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"I'm talking about not being able to have a conversation in my own home, listen to music, anything, without that bang, bang, bang, bang, bang," said Phyllis Mellow, who lives on the 33rd floor at Michigan Avenue and Chestnut Street. "If you go shopping on Michigan, you can walk by it. But it is all day for us."
Those living downtown also complained of saxophonists who play only one or two songs over and over again. The music from two TV series in particular, "The Flintstones" and "The Simpsons," are perpetually rattling in the heads of everyone living on the Magnificent Mile, they said.
Yeah, that would suck. But my first reaction was to laugh....
Timelies all!
Yay Jilli!
My training teams might notice the drop in their numbers by 25%.
I wish people would stop asking questions.