No, it's shiny! I like to meet new people. They've all got stories...

Kaylee ,'Serenity'


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.


SailAweigh - Feb 16, 2006 5:44:20 pm PST #7729 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

good form rather than artistic merit

Yeah. My daughter kept asking what the commentators were talking about with the ski jumpers: how straight the back was, the positioning of the skis, etc. Unless you're familiar with the sport, it can be pretty incomprehensible to the novice watcher.


Aims - Feb 16, 2006 5:45:49 pm PST #7730 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.

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SailAweigh - Feb 16, 2006 5:46:53 pm PST #7731 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

My god, Plushenko's triple axels are a wonder to watch.


billytea - Feb 16, 2006 5:48:10 pm PST #7732 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

I also appreciate the argument that there shouldn't be team sports. Well, nothing bigger team-wise than a bobsled.

This reminds me, I watched a program last night that revealed that one of the many species of sabre-toothed cat that have cropped up from time to time had a brain only slightly larger than that of a bobcat, despite being rather akin to a bear in size and build. Which suggests it was probably rather stupider than a bobcat.


dcp - Feb 16, 2006 5:49:31 pm PST #7733 of 10002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Google Olympic doodles

2006: [link]

2004: [link]

2002: [link]

2000: [link]


sumi - Feb 16, 2006 5:50:59 pm PST #7734 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!

I watched Grey's Anatomy again. George made me cry and so did the shower at the end.

And they showed an extended promo for Sunday's new episode.


Trudy Booth - Feb 16, 2006 5:52:39 pm PST #7735 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Yeah, I'm getting tired of the hardships of everyone's damn youth.


sumi - Feb 16, 2006 5:55:17 pm PST #7736 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!

Olympics backstories, Trudy?

On, GA, I realized that not only did Dylan have to die so that none of the principals or Tucker did but also because he was the most connected to Meredeth. Oh well.


Trudy Booth - Feb 16, 2006 5:56:21 pm PST #7737 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Uh-huh, Sumi.


msbelle - Feb 16, 2006 5:57:51 pm PST #7738 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

can the skaters get negative artistic points for the godawful outfits. I mean REALLY. Why must the outfits be so bad?