NYC Freakish Deathsnow Update:
Outside my window, it has now cleared up.
Outside the window near the kitchen on the other side of the office? Still snowing.
What is your childhood trauma?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
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.
Jessica - Apr 05, 2006 7:18:58 am PDT #8738 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hayden - Apr 05, 2006 7:19:34 am PDT #8739 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Heh, I was thinking of BUCKAROO BANZAI when I made the joke, but, hey, it always doubles as a little good LOT 49 humor.
Aw, crud, it is only me who likes Pynchon jokes.
I keep trying to come up with a set of key strokes that emulates the trumpet, but the best I've been able to do is (and it looks like html doesn't like one of the characters):
But where's the mute?
erikaj - Apr 05, 2006 7:19:35 am PDT #8740 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I never thought of Wisconsin as being progressive although that's in its history. But so is McCarthy. Go, Feingold, though.
Jessica - Apr 05, 2006 7:24:52 am PDT #8741 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Why grenades make poor paperweights:
Part of a teacher's hand was blown off when a 40 mm round the instructor used as a paperweight on his desk exploded in his classroom.
Robert Colla struck the round with an object Monday afternoon while teaching 20 to 25 students at the Ventura Adult Education Center on Valentine Road.
Part of Colla's right hand was severed and he suffered severe burns and minor shrapnel wounds to his forearms and torso, fire Capt. Tom Weinell said. No one else was injured.
Fred Pete - Apr 05, 2006 7:29:19 am PDT #8742 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I never thought of Wisconsin as being progressive although that's in its history.
I didn't know WI had a reputation for being liberal until I was a sophomore in college. And I grew up there. (Though Rock County is hardly a liberal bastion.)
Nutty - Apr 05, 2006 7:30:38 am PDT #8743 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think that has got to be a Darwin Awards honorable mention. I've heard of dumber, but they involve things like playing badminton with the same kinds of materials.
bon bon - Apr 05, 2006 7:30:39 am PDT #8744 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
It's now super super bright & clean outside.
Allyson - Apr 05, 2006 7:31:32 am PDT #8745 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
I saw a sign on someone's lawn that read: THANK YOU RUSS FEINGOLD.
I thought that was pretty neat.
§ ita § - Apr 05, 2006 7:52:50 am PDT #8746 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I did a google on 40mm rounds, and came up with this, among other links:
If fired into snow or mud, 40mm rounds may not hit hard enough to detonate. An undetonated round may explode when stepped on or driven over.
You gotta google, people.
tommyrot - Apr 05, 2006 7:54:37 am PDT #8747 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.
I blame the people who fired the 40mm round into snow or mud....