Congratulations Jacqueline and David!

(And a sneaky hi-five to Topic!Cindy, who voiced my own suspicions a couple weeks back...)

My sister and I were talking on the phone yesterday, and she told me she had one of those "I know this guy on TV, but from where?" moments when she was watching a rerun of L&O:CI, the one with Malcolm McDowell from earlier this season. The cops were interrogating some guy in his 30s/40s, and it was driving her nuts trying to ID him. Finally, the cops said something about him graduating in Chicago back in 1992 and showed a picture from that time period, and Kris freaked out. It was Michael Berresse, who was in her class at our brother highschool and with whom we'd both acted with in h.s. plays!

According to his IBDB entry, he'll be starring as Zach (the director) in the fall revival of A Chorus Line. Nice to know he's making it on the Great White Way, as well as starting to branch out into TV!

Congratulations Hec, JZ, and Emmett!

I am so happy for you all!

Yay JZ and Hec! I'm very happy for the both of you!

Congrats Hec and JZ! So very happy for you both!

I was 6 when my sister was born and 7 when we got my brother.

Loved my sister. Demanded my parents take my brother back and trade him in for another girl.

Demanded my parents take my brother back and trade him in for another girl.

Aimee, this is exactly why Allie still calls David "Rachel", she still wants a sister and it's been 10 years!

Katefate, I think you should pitch that sitcom. America's almost ready, but the drag queens will have to be able to have relationships.

Well, relationships, quest of could be entire episodes. First one would have to be called "Hello, Daddy!" How many times did I hear that on shopping expeditions in search of size 13 pumps.

>Katefate, they should film that and show it every Christmas.

Lord, it was entertaining. I kind of wonder how it would translate to the general public. But, at the time, I was The Outsider learning about gay culture from them, so there's that.

flea, virtual calamine-ma to you until they find the optimum solution.

Aw, don't cry. It was such a sweet moment.

It was the sweetness that overwhelmed me. My reactions surprised me more than anything. Glad your car's in working order now, at least.

Kathy, cool HITG! moment! Eek about the car/apt accident, though. Do you know if it will have any lasting impact to the other tenants or the building?

Off to put out another user fire. I'm not getting anything written. Well, except the occasional b.org post, which is productive only in my book here at work.

Ha! Aimee, that reminds me of my brother. He's the eldest, and Cindy came two years later. When the folks were headed for the car for the arrival of #3, he ran out the house yelling, "Don't come back if it's another danged old girl!"

Guess who spoiled Marcia the worst?

University of Texas builds proto-Bender:

And, while most artificial muscles are powered by electrickery, Baughman has used raw booze to get his muscles to contract and do the job your right arm’s for.

The muscles are built out of an elastic metal called shape memory wire. Baughman explains that the material contracts when heated. The contraction, he says "is like the contraction of arm muscles in our body."

The shape memory wire is coated with a catalyst and alcohol added. The subsequent reaction with oxygen in the air causes the mixture to burn, heating the muscle until it contracts.

They really need to add a speaker and a recording that says "Bite my shiny metal ass" whenever the arm flexes.