For my fellow Marylanders, it's pretty much official: [link] Shaefer's out. Thank god.
So bleh outside, it is making me sleepy.
Come on. You drop by for a cup of coffee, and the world's not ending? Please.
Connor ,'Not Fade Away'
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.
sarameg - Sep 13, 2006 7:32:13 am PDT #7867 of 10001
§ ita § - Sep 13, 2006 7:38:27 am PDT #7868 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My clothes today don't really fit. They used to, I swear. I even bought this blouse after my weight gain started. But it doesn't pass the self-hug test anymore. And is tight on the biceps. At least it's not obscene.
I wear it because I'm sad. Once I'm done, I'll relegate it to the "maybe sometime" part of my closet.
Another set bites the dust.
tommyrot - Sep 13, 2006 7:39:00 am PDT #7869 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.
Tomorrow is World Hearing Voices Day, created to increase awareness about people who experience auditory hallucinations, specificallyhearing voicesin their heads. (Linkto previous post about "hearing voices.") A recent Dutch study suggests that about 4% of the population might experience this. And for those who do, it's not necessarily a bad thing. Now, University of Manchester researchers are launching a study to investigate why some people who hear voices find it positive while others' experiences are more traumatic.
Also,
A new Oregon subdivision is being modeled after Tolkien's Shire, though the developer isn't much of a Middle Earth fan (he has a friend who's read the books and advises him). He claims he's selling "finely crafted homes with a European flair."
The houses -- going for $550,000 to $850,000 -- will feature gabled roofs with faux-straw thatch made from thin strands of PVC that promotional literature says "is essentially windproof, rainproof, fireproof and guaranteed not to discolor."
Meyers has taken the liberty of renaming an irrigation canal next to The Shire as Brandywine Brook. He's happy to show off two Hobbit holes otherwise known as storage sheds.
Sue - Sep 13, 2006 7:48:50 am PDT #7870 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I keep thinking it's Thursday.
Trudy Booth - Sep 13, 2006 7:51:04 am PDT #7871 of 10001
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
I keep thinking it's Thursday.
It's the voices in your head. Tell them to chill until tomorrow.
Scrappy - Sep 13, 2006 7:51:14 am PDT #7872 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
That's because that's what the voices are telling you.
§ ita § - Sep 13, 2006 7:52:07 am PDT #7873 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There is cowbell.
There is definitely too much.
I don't even want to get into why there is any, but surely the guy holding it could tamp the clapper.
SailAweigh - Sep 13, 2006 7:52:12 am PDT #7874 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
That was the theory about where the pin came from, but it was never proven, and seems extremely unlikely.
Tom, I've had wood/metal splinters that migrated from where they went in and then where they came out. Albeit, they never migrated that far. And they usually create a little pustule around the exit that can be seen .
Sue - Sep 13, 2006 7:53:22 am PDT #7875 of 10001
hip deep in pie
It's the voices in your head. Tell them to chill until tomorrow.
And miss their stock tips?
msbelle - Sep 13, 2006 7:53:24 am PDT #7876 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
it will cure your fever. ijs.