Now I will have to think twice about second guessing computer achievements on CSI and their ilk. Because I never would have guessed computers could do that.
In pairings I never would have guessed: Dell/OPI.
Simon: You are my beautiful sister. River: I threw up on your bed. Simon: Yep. Definitely my sister.
'War Stories'
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§ ita § - Oct 07, 2009 4:09:15 pm PDT #11315 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Calli - Oct 07, 2009 4:13:07 pm PDT #11316 of 25501
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Dell/OPI.
I saw that and though, "Oh, how funny, that makes it look like Dell's going to work with a nail polish company." Then I clicked on it and, hey, Dell's going to work with a nail polish company.
I hope they put out a Russian Navy case.
Typo Boy - Oct 07, 2009 8:25:26 pm PDT #11317 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
This may be the weirdest technical question ever asked on the Buffista board. (Maybe there is no "may" about it.) But I realized a nitty gritty question about the details of sacrifice to folk saints and pagan gods really is a technical question.
I read about St. Expedite on Boing Boing who is a folk saint, or really a minor deity, one of whose sacrifices is pound cake. And I started wondering about the details of sacrificing pound cake on a home altar. It seems like it would almost have to be an outdoor altar. Cause indoors the pound cake would sit and rot and attract insects and rodent. Outdoors, I guess it would too, but without harm, and symbolically I guess when the ants or whatever get it that is the saint eating cake. If the altar was indoors, I would be tempted to put a well wrapped slice of cake there, leave it for a bit and if the saint did not take , eat for him. But if the saint was real (and if you are actually sacrificing on an altar to a saint you probably mostly believe he is real) that would be a very bad idea. So I guess what I'm wondering is how does this whole sacrificing flowers and cake and wine and stuff work? I mean assuming gods don't actually stop by and bodily pick up their sacrifices, how are sacrifices made in a way that is not - messy?
le nubian - Oct 08, 2009 3:11:39 am PDT #11318 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
TB,
through some googling, I found a sacrifice of pound cake recommendation for santeria. You are to go to the ocean and sacrifice the pound cake (or to a river and leave fruit):
Jessica - Oct 08, 2009 5:27:03 am PDT #11319 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
People who more about SEO than I do - does word order matter when trying cram keywords into a page's title? I've been banging my head against a wall trying to convince our marketing team that we *really* should have the NAME OF THE COMPANY be the first word in our homepage's title (so it's still visible even if the user minimizes the window or navigates to another tab).
le nubian - Oct 08, 2009 7:18:10 pm PDT #11320 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I received a google wave invitation today! Thank you! When I have the ability to invite others, I will.
Jon B. - Oct 09, 2009 12:31:13 am PDT #11321 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Same here. Cheers!
Calli - Oct 09, 2009 4:20:42 am PDT #11322 of 25501
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Me, too. Thanks, amych!
brenda m - Oct 09, 2009 4:58:53 am PDT #11323 of 25501
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
Thanks! Fun stuff.
amych - Oct 09, 2009 5:12:23 am PDT #11324 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Yay! I'm glad they're finally going out.
(I also think it was a HUGE mistake on Google's part not to give people the ability to invite others instantly, even if it meant starting with a smaller beta pool -- there's essentially nothing you can do to try it out without contacts, and I think a lot of people got it and looked and went, "okay, but what does it do?")