Speaking of cake bakers with entirely too much time on their hands:
Discworld Cake, which is just spectacular -- and fully edible!
Jeez, don't get all Movie of the Week. I was just too cheap to buy you a real present.
Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
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.
Theodosia - Oct 02, 2006 9:28:28 am PDT #1625 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
tommyrot - Oct 02, 2006 9:36:58 am PDT #1626 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.
If there is to be an October Surprise, some think it might happen this Friday: [link]
Do you like October suprises? Is there a big bang coming to hit the markets? If you believe that those in the know use insider information before major events then you might be interested on the HUGE number of October 6th put options for the big indexes. Check out the concentrated puts on the Diamonds DOW Trust (DIA).
Ditto for the S&P Depository Receipts (SPY).
And the NASDAQ (QQQQ).
Even the Market Vectors Gold Miners has significant puts for October 6th.
Make no mistake - something wicked this way comes, and the smart money has already taken preventative steps.
(The above quote has lots of links, but they all require a fidelity.com login. Anyone?)
And, [link]
A put option, as explained to us many years ago by Distinguished Professor of Economics John Steed, gives a stockholder the right to unload his shares at a specified price within a specified time; it is, in cruder terms, a bet that the value of the stock is about to plummet.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 02, 2006 9:37:11 am PDT #1627 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
BTW, Tep, you created a monster with Tom. Now we have pumpkin butter AND pumkin granola. Not that I'm complaining.
And yet he denies you chocolate macaroons? He IS a monster!
Frankenbuddha - Oct 02, 2006 9:38:32 am PDT #1628 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Distinguished Professor of Economics John Steed
So I guess this was has day job when not fighting crime with Emma.
Ailleann - Oct 02, 2006 9:42:08 am PDT #1629 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Stoopid internets ated my post.
Re: the Amish... there's various types of Amish/Mennonite/Brethren, who appear similar from an outsider perspective, but have varying opinions on technology and whatnot. My mom was raised in a Brethren church, and when she was younger they wore bonnets and the like, but that practice has largely disappeared, at least from their corner of it.
Aaaand now I want to watch Witness.
ION, iTunes is making me cranky. I just want to listen to a freaking podcast, for the love of all things holy. t /whine whine
Theodosia - Oct 02, 2006 9:43:09 am PDT #1630 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I wonder if the number of "puts" will cause the market to fall, just because of the expectations they create, you know? See: voodoo economics.
msbelle - Oct 02, 2006 9:57:05 am PDT #1631 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Why does GG keep having Kirk subplots?!?!?
Also, Eureka finale vs. VM premiere?!?? not fair.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 02, 2006 10:03:01 am PDT #1632 of 10001
What is even happening?
msbelle, msn has been streaming the season 3 Veronica Mars premiere for the past week. The video is still available, but I don't think it will be up much longer. If you don't want to miss it, but can't miss the Eureka finale, here it is:
Cass - Oct 02, 2006 10:24:27 am PDT #1633 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Also Eureka is reshowing a few times.
Sean K - Oct 02, 2006 10:25:09 am PDT #1634 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
In the movie, the kid stole the uranium from a military-guarded installation (not specifically working on bombs) and replaced it with Prell.
Nutty, as Matt mentioned this was Manhattan Project, starring John Lithgow, and Cynthia Nixon in her pre-SatC days, but he stole plutonium, not uranium.
Who's picking nits???