Or so they'd have us believe.
Nobody can tell Marmaduke what to do. That's my kind of dog.
Trick ,'First Date'
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.
brenda m - Nov 16, 2006 1:23:48 pm PST #764 of 10007
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
§ ita § - Nov 16, 2006 2:25:04 pm PST #765 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Dolphin: Described in the May issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study found that dolphins not only can recognize themselves in a mirror but also can notice changes in their appearance.
Prior to this research, only higher primates, such humans and chimpanzees, had demonstrated self-recognition in mirrors.
Elephants: Elephants can recognize themselves in mirrors, according to a new study. Humans, great apes, and dolphins are the only other animals known to possess this form of self-awareness.
Capuchin: Whereas gorillas, chimpanzees, and other apes recognize themselves in mirrors, monkeys do not, researchers found. But unlike most animals, the 14 monkeys in the test did not mistake their reflections for living creatures, putting the monkeys' level of self-awareness somewhere between that of dogs and orangutans.
All from National Geographic.
sarameg - Nov 16, 2006 2:32:16 pm PST #766 of 10007
My brother cracks me up. I get a call from him at 6:30. "So you're at a conference, huh?" "How'd you know!?!!" "Dude, you always call me at dinnertime from conferences..."
I swear, his favorite thing about conferences is being able to stay in swank hotels and load up on free soaps and shampoos. I get to hear all about the flatscreen in the shower! And the sink that costs more than his car and the free food and the ducks in the bar fountain and... It's really funny. Oh, and all the crazy people."Um, you do know you are the guy who acquired an audience while chasing a squirrel outside a parking garage. "
SailAweigh - Nov 16, 2006 2:35:07 pm PST #767 of 10007
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
ducks in the bar fountain
So, he's in the Peabody in Memphis? Or was that a different trip?
sarameg - Nov 16, 2006 2:39:36 pm PST #768 of 10007
He's actually in Orlando at a brain tumor thing.
Is the Peabody that place with an indoor river and practically a small town? Because I think he's been there, though not for a conference. Though that may have been a place Nashville....
The boy loves his swank hotels.
Kat - Nov 16, 2006 2:41:00 pm PST #769 of 10007
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
who DOESN'T love swank hotels?!
§ ita § - Nov 16, 2006 2:42:50 pm PST #770 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Me. I think they contribute to the inevitable fall of the American empire.
Hey--Kat, still up for me to visit tomorrow morning? I have to be back on my side of the hill by 1, so what time is good for you?
Kat - Nov 16, 2006 2:45:07 pm PST #771 of 10007
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Yep. Anytime after 7:00 AM is good.
eta even if you're non-swank hotel lovingness is downright odd.
sarameg - Nov 16, 2006 2:46:35 pm PST #772 of 10007
I think they contribute to the inevitable fall of the American empire.
Well, that tallish dirty blond over there screaming "Viva la revolucion!" as he swigs his sam adams and shovels food from the hotel buffet onto his plate? The one taking pictures of ducks at the bar?
That's my brother.
Topic!Cindy - Nov 16, 2006 2:51:55 pm PST #773 of 10007
What is even happening?
Well, if it's inevitable...