That was nice news to wake up to. Did you know that the Monitor set up a fund for the family of Allan Enwiyah, her translator who was killed? There was a really lovely piece about him a few weeks ago. Other reporters for the Monitor have made asides about how people react when they learn the reporter is working for the same publication.
Gabriel: Are you trying to destroy this family? Simon: I didn't realize it would be so easy.
'Safe'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Mar 30, 2006 4:58:00 am PST #7222 of 10001
Nutty - Mar 30, 2006 5:20:39 am PST #7223 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I heard the news about Jill Carroll this morning at about 6:30, and the NPR crowd was practically jumping up and down about it, while details were still unconfirmed. The apprehension and joy in their voices was palpable: it was their tone got me awake out of morning stupor before the words did.
I've had some really great happy jolts from news radio, probably more than TV news. (TV news is where most of my bad news flashbulb memories come from.)
msbelle - Mar 30, 2006 5:33:22 am PST #7224 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
good news is, well, good.
That Joseph Gordon-Levitt thing is awesome. More celebrities should totally do that.
msbelle - Mar 30, 2006 5:45:32 am PST #7225 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
sara, insent.
tommyrot - Mar 30, 2006 5:49:36 am PST #7226 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yay! Chicago has its first ever Komodo dragon!
As a representative of the Komodos, which have been known to eat the occasional human, Faust is the star of a temporary lizard exhibit that will open April 8 at the Shedd. It features more than 25 species of lizards from around the world, ranging in bulk from the sleek, muscular, lime-green beauty of Faust down to tiny geckos the size of a pinky finger.
In between lies an impressive array of green tree monitors, caiman lizards, Gila monsters and the world's longest lizard, the crocodile monitor, which can be as long as 15 feet.
Crocodile monitors may grow longer than Komodos, but they are no match for them in bulk or strength. A full-grown Komodo lizard, with its rancid, razor-sharp teeth, can pull down a 1,000-pound water buffalo and kill it.
The Komodo is also one of nature's great gluttons, able to eat up to 80 percent of its body weight in a single sitting, so that a mature, 200-pound male might balloon out to 360 pounds in a matter of hours.
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In the wild, it is a fierce killer, patiently hiding along forest trails for passing prey, especially deer. It waits until the animal passes, then rushes out in a 12 m.p.h. burst, its powerful jaws snapping at the prey's rear legs.
It then will go for the stomach, using its teeth to open the animal up and let it bleed to death. If the animal's skin was broken by the Komodo's bite, it usually dies even if it manages to escape.
"There is always a lot of lot of rotting flesh stuck in their teeth from their last meal, so their bite is full of deadly bacteria," said Owczarzak, "and anything it bites usually dies from infection."
The Komodo eats every part of its prey--hooves, fur, teeth, everything except for the contents of the prey's stomach and intestines. But it vigorously shakes those organs until they are emptied so that it can eat the organ tissue.
Allyson - Mar 30, 2006 5:55:16 am PST #7227 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
yesterday I got three bunches of tulips for ten bucks. Bright sunny yellow, a gorgeous almsot fuschia pink, and this bright orange-red. Broke them up into two vases, one in the kitchen, one in my bedroom/living room. That and the orchids from Kat and lori have made my apartment so cheery and spring-like that it's just hard to leave and go to the institutional walls of work.
Gudanov - Mar 30, 2006 5:59:53 am PST #7228 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
The Komodo eats every part of its prey--hooves, fur, teeth, everything except for the contents of the prey's stomach and intestines. But it vigorously shakes those organs until they are emptied so that it can eat the organ tissue.
Just like a Dimetrodon from 280 million years ago. (At least according to the BBC? program I saw, I don't know how they determined that behavior)
tommyrot - Mar 30, 2006 6:09:17 am PST #7229 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
(At least according to the BBC? program I saw, I don't know how they determined that behavior)
Well, if it was the BBC they could just borrow the Tardis....
Frankenbuddha - Mar 30, 2006 6:16:17 am PST #7230 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Seekrit Message for Frankenbuddha
Thanks! Seekrit natter back: Now I know why I never came across it - it's pretty much in North Beverly. I rarely make it farther than the point where Cabot and Rantoul intersect. Although I must have been past it a few times since it's on 1A and that's my scenic tour back from Northern Mass (when I had a car).
Strega - Mar 30, 2006 6:16:57 am PST #7231 of 10001
"There is always a lot of lot of rotting flesh stuck in their teeth from their last meal, so their bite is full of deadly bacteria," said Owczarzak, "and anything it bites usually dies from infection."
Anything but another dragon. Years ago my dad knew a guy who was studying them to figure out why they were immune to all the ick in their saliva. And, presumably, to see if it could be applied to human infections.
Not literally; that would be hideous.