Oh, Beverly. So many vibes for you and your family.
sara, I'm glad your father is OK.
Well, you'd better not be thinking what I think you're thinking, because my answer is the same as always — no threesomes unless it's boy-boy-girl. Or Charlize Theron.
Harmony ,'First Date'
Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46
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.
Jesse - Aug 07, 2006 6:15:30 am PDT #1212 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hayden - Aug 07, 2006 6:22:21 am PDT #1213 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Per last week's conversation about religion, Salon has an interesting article with Francis Collins of the Human Genome Project online today. Well worth clicking past the ads.
Jessica - Aug 07, 2006 6:28:01 am PDT #1214 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Our office network is down, and this seems to be the only site I can get to (and this one only sporadically). Clearly, TPTB want me to Natter instead of work. Who am I to argue with fate?
I think this weekend wins at Eventful For Buffistas - whew!! So glad that JZ & the Halloweenie are all right, and that Tom got some good painkillers, and YAY for Robin and WBBFDH!
And now, vibing hard for Beverly. Really, really hard.
Jesse - Aug 07, 2006 6:29:50 am PDT #1215 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Now we've really really had our collective share of time in hospitals for a while, right???
Jessica - Aug 07, 2006 6:46:45 am PDT #1216 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
ok...got kicked off the internet completely that time! posting from my treo now... t pets treo
sarameg - Aug 07, 2006 6:57:12 am PDT #1217 of 10001
My friend R was telling me rather proudly this weekend that she's gotten quite good at the scoop-up-toddler-and-teenager-and-race-to-the-er routine. I pointed out to her I'd really prefer they weren't so familiar with the place. (Incidentally, the latest run, last week? Her husband collapsed. Kidney stones.)
Sue - Aug 07, 2006 7:18:47 am PDT #1218 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Oh Beverley, much vibage for you and your family.
ETA: And Sara, I'm glad your dad's okay.
I just took a walk in the city park and discovered a MOTHERLOAD of blackberries, still unripe. I wonder how much they will fine my ass if I go back in a couple of weeks and pick them?
Connie Neil - Aug 07, 2006 7:28:41 am PDT #1219 of 10001
brillig
I wonder how much they will fine my ass if I go back in a couple of weeks and pick them?
Divide the fine on a per/pint basis and find out if it's comparable to buying the berries.
Sue - Aug 07, 2006 7:35:52 am PDT #1220 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Divide the fine on a per/pint basis and find out if it's comparable to buying the berries.
Well blackberries are always at a premium around here...
Strega - Aug 07, 2006 7:44:53 am PDT #1221 of 10001
Salon has an interesting article with Francis Collins of the Human Genome Project online today
Hm. For me it was eyeroll-y. Some of the questions are moronic. On the other hand, a lot of the answers seem to be deliberately missing the point.
I have trouble with the argument that altruism can be completely explained on evolutionary grounds. Evolutionists now universally agree -- I think Dawkins and Wilson and Dennett would all agree -- that evolution does not operate on the species. It operates on the individual. If that's the case, then it does seem that in any given circumstance, the individual's evolutionary drive should be to preserve their ability to reproduce at all costs.
Okay, that's.... irritating. Because it's not like there aren't one or two theories explaining altruistic behavior. If he doesn't find any of them convincing, and can't bother saying why, whatever. It seems like the actual answer to the question of how he responds to sociobiology is, "I put my fingers in my ears and go LA LA LA."