My car got towed yesterday! Because apparently I was blocking someone's driveway! It cost me a lot of money and made me sad!
I'll post a more detailed account in LJ eventually, but I wanted to tell you guys.
Hey! What do you two think you're doing? Fightin' at a time like this. You'll use up all the air!
Jayne ,'Out Of Gas'
Spike's Bitches 33: Weeping, crawling, blaming everybody else
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Polter-Cow - Dec 02, 2006 9:15:43 am PST #3990 of 10004
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Topic!Cindy - Dec 02, 2006 9:16:47 am PST #3991 of 10004
What is even happening?
Oh, poor P-C.
Hil R. - Dec 02, 2006 9:24:10 am PST #3992 of 10004
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I wouldn't have thought that math could be non-secular. I mean, it's numbers. What was the non-secular version?
I've seen some stuff about this. Most of the "Christian" objections to "secular" math seem to be around abstract algebra and set theory. Pretty much, those fields will let you do things like define a set of objects, define operations of "multiplication" and "addition" on them, which have to obey certain basic rules, and then you've got what's called a ring, and there's all kinds of neat stuff that happens there. The problem they have there is that this implies that the system of numbers we use is just one of an infinite number of possible ones. That there's nothing "divine" about how we do addition and multiplication -- you don't need to base the system on actual physical things in G-d's world in order for it to work.
And while all this stuff is first dealt with explicitly in undergrad courses (generally one of the first courses that a math major will take after calculus), it filters down in various forms into most math curriculums for younger kids.
Polter-Cow - Dec 02, 2006 9:28:04 am PST #3993 of 10004
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, poor P-C.
It gets better: my friend's stuff was in the car, and she left it in there before going back to class. Also, my BFF and I had made plans to go to the Exploratorium, which were then foiled, but we instead went and explored the North Bay a bit, and she enjoyed herself anyway.
Sean K - Dec 02, 2006 9:29:41 am PST #3994 of 10004
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
You'll love the Exploratorium, P-C. I did.
And sorry about the towage. S and I have both had to deal with that, though not recently (thank Dog).
DavidS - Dec 02, 2006 9:35:17 am PST #3995 of 10004
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My car got towed yesterday! Because apparently I was blocking someone's driveway! It cost me a lot of money and made me sad!
That sucks. We had our car towed once because they went and posted signs after we'd parked it that all the cars on our street had to be moved before a marathon. But it was between street sweeping days and we didn't need the car so there was no reason to go look at the change in signs.
They really rack up the money by charging you hundreds and hundreds to store the car at the lot. As it was, we had to wait two days to get our paychecks to get it out and that cost us about $250 extra. Also, the lot was way the fuck out in nowheresville and very difficult to get to.
Laura - Dec 02, 2006 9:38:43 am PST #3996 of 10004
Our wings are not tired.
{{P-C}} Having the car not there is a totally sucky experience.
Hee Aimee! I ventured into a BMW dealership once to test drive their minivan thing. The attitude of the salesperson pissed me off so much I wouldn't have purchased from him if he gave me the vehicle for half price. No I did not feel it was a privilege for him to allow me to buy a car.
Boggled at the notion of Kristin being wildly unpopular and mostly ignored or scorned. It is probably a good thing that I have almost no recollection of my teen years. I'll just create a happy memory in those empty braincells.
Topic!Cindy - Dec 02, 2006 9:38:46 am PST #3997 of 10004
What is even happening?
Hey Sean, are you still around? How is your mom doing?
meara - Dec 02, 2006 9:39:08 am PST #3998 of 10004
Nick turned 21 on Thursday.
DUUDE. How did THAT happen? Bad enough that he turned 18, but 21?? That's gotta be a typo.
I think it's crazy and cool that the same random person knows Aimee and Sunil, and posted about it, and it got found! Wow!
Polter-Cow - Dec 02, 2006 9:45:24 am PST #3999 of 10004
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
You'll love the Exploratorium, P-C. I did.
Oh, I'd been there, and I did love it. My BFF is a big science geek, and she would have loved it too.
They really rack up the money by charging you hundreds and hundreds to store the car at the lot.
Yeah, I was sort of prepared it for to be over a hundred, but I didn't want it to be close to two hundred. Plus the parking ticket. It's just...it can't POSSIBLY cost that much.
{{P-C}} Having the car not there is a totally sucky experience.
Yeah. As funny as the statement "Dude, where's your car?" is...it's not really funny when it happens to you.
I think it's crazy and cool that the same random person knows Aimee and Sunil, and posted about it, and it got found! Wow!
Well, heh, the last part isn't so amazing since he friended me, which is how I ended up at his journal. But, yes, crazy and cool.