Thunderstorm will be here in about an hour, apparently. Think I'lll go home early and change my plans from going-out to staying-in.
Hope my car doesn't flood again.
I love the smell of desperate librarian in the morning.
Snyder ,'Showtime'
Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial
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.
Zenkitty - Nov 16, 2006 11:21:14 am PST #726 of 10007
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Connie Neil - Nov 16, 2006 11:23:07 am PST #727 of 10007
brillig
Door to remain unlocked during business hours.
Jessica - Nov 16, 2006 11:24:27 am PST #728 of 10007
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Huh.
A doctor who carried out a failed contraceptive operation has been ordered by a German court to pay financial support for the child.
The gynaecologist had inserted a patch into the patient's arm, but it failed to prevent pregnancy six months later.
The woman, who had recently qualified as a teacher, had to give up her new job to care for her child.
The highest judicial court has ruled the doctor must pay 600 euros (£400) a month until the child reaches 18.
Gudanov - Nov 16, 2006 11:24:38 am PST #729 of 10007
Coding and Sleeping
Dry-ma to those for whom the rains come.
tommyrot - Nov 16, 2006 11:26:43 am PST #730 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Did the doctor make a mistake? Or did the contraceptive just fail?
Zenkitty - Nov 16, 2006 11:27:01 am PST #731 of 10007
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Ask not for whom the rains come, they come for me.
Ailleann - Nov 16, 2006 11:32:56 am PST #732 of 10007
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Please use other door.
Gudanov - Nov 16, 2006 11:34:23 am PST #733 of 10007
Coding and Sleeping
Keep out of reach of children
tommyrot - Nov 16, 2006 11:37:57 am PST #734 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Gay animals out of the closet?
First-ever museum display shows 51 species exhibiting homosexuality
From male killer whales that ride the dorsal fin of another male to female bonobos that rub their genitals together, the animal kingdom tolerates all kinds of lifestyles.
A first-ever museum display, "Against Nature?," which opened last month at the University of Oslo's Natural History Museum in Norway, presents 51 species of animals exhibiting homosexuality.
"Homosexuality has been observed in more than 1,500 species, and the phenomenon has been well described for 500 of them," said Petter Bockman, project coordinator of the exhibition.
The idea, however, is rarely discussed in the scientific community and is often dismissed as unnatural because it doesn't appear to benefit the larger cause of species continuation.
"I think to some extent people don't think it's important because we went through all this time period in sociobiology where everything had to be tied to reproduction and reproductive success," said Linda Wolfe, who heads the Department of Anthropology at East Carolina University. "If it doesn't have [something to do] with reproduction it's not important."
However, species continuation may not always be the ultimate goal, as many animals, including humans, engage in sexual activities more than is necessary for reproduction.
"You can make up all kinds of stories: Oh it's for dominance, it's for this, it's for that, but when it comes down to the bottom I think it's just for sexual pleasure," Wolfe told LiveScience.
SailAweigh - Nov 16, 2006 11:38:13 am PST #735 of 10007
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
In case of emergency, break glass.