None of it means a damn thing.

Mal ,'Objects In Space'


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.


juliana - Oct 20, 2006 8:31:17 am PDT #4547 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

And from Wikipedia, a much more prosiac entry:

Donovan's Brain

Donovan's Brain is a 1942 horror novel by Curt Siodmak. The story revolves around an attempt to keep alive the brain of millionaire megalomaniac W.H. Donovan after an otherwise fatal plane crash. Gradually, the increasingly evil brain develops telepathic abilities and becomes able to control the mind of Dr. Patrick Cory, the character who is keeping the brain alive.

The novel has been filmed on several occasions, most notably as The Lady and the Monster (1944) and Donovan's Brain (1953), the latter starring Nancy Reagan.


brenda m - Oct 20, 2006 8:32:50 am PDT #4548 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Okay, now I'm scared.


tommyrot - Oct 20, 2006 8:37:32 am PDT #4549 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.

Gradually, the increasingly evil brain develops telepathic abilities and becomes able to control the mind of Dr. Patrick Cory,

Of course. Doesn't everyone know that if you take a brain out of a body and keep it alive, it will become telepathic. Hell, even a severed head that's kept alive will probably develope the ability to communicate telepathicly with any monsters that happen to be locked up nearby.


Dana - Oct 20, 2006 8:39:06 am PDT #4550 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Clearly you're still paying for all the gelato and lovely scenery.

Yes, between that and the plague, the vacation is clearly over.


shrift - Oct 20, 2006 8:44:10 am PDT #4551 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Well, now I'm completely unsupervised and proofreading documents about joint tenancy because I'm bored.


tommyrot - Oct 20, 2006 8:44:12 am PDT #4552 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.

Okay, now I'm scared.

Of Nancy Reagan?


Steph L. - Oct 20, 2006 8:46:04 am PDT #4553 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Okay, now I'm scared.

Of Nancy Reagan?

You're NOT?


SailAweigh - Oct 20, 2006 8:48:26 am PDT #4554 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Okay, so who can tell me what the best kinds of things there are to buy at Trader Joe's? We've got one opening up here TODAY! Eeeee! I'm so happy, but I have no idea what kind of goodies are teh yummiest.


tommyrot - Oct 20, 2006 8:49:15 am PDT #4555 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.

Warning: Very fun time-waster: [link]

What crude line-art flash game is getting more search hits on Google than Kim Jong Il? It's called Line Rider, and Time.com reports that it has attracted a cult following worldwide:

Part Jackass stunt, part physics lesson, Line Rider encourages users to "draw" their own ramps, hills, and slopes with a pencil tool, then sends a virtual sledder (wearing a red scarf) along the route until he swoops, swerves and crashes. Build an elaborate enough course and you'll feel like a little kid playing in the snow again, zooming downhill, popping up in the air, wiping out on a ramp jump a la Evel Knievel.


shrift - Oct 20, 2006 8:54:48 am PDT #4556 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Man, legal language is freaksome. I'm glad I never tried to go into law; apparently I would have spent the first semester with a red pen clutched in my hand, going all English-Major-OCD on perfectly innocent course material.