I'm up to stay. Did I mention that I left a perfectly fun (if crowded and noisy) SF convention last night to go home and sleep? I know I was really tired if that seemed like a better idea.
Wash: Well, I wash my hands of it. It's a hopeless case. I'll read a nice poem at the funeral. Something with imagery. Zoe: You could lock the door and keep the power-hungry maniac at bay. Wash: Oh, no, I'm starting to like this poetry idea now. Here lies my beloved Zoe, my autumn flower, somewhat less attractive now she's all corpsified and gross...
'Shindig'
The Crying of Natter 49
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.
Theodosia - Jan 14, 2007 3:19:44 am PST #2663 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
tommyrot - Jan 14, 2007 3:23:45 am PST #2664 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.
Ball lightning explained! (probably)
EWAdams writes to point us to a New Scientist report that the mysterious phenomenon of ball lighting has now been created in a Brazilian research lab. The phenomenon has long been reported anecdotally but never explained or understood. Scientists have devised numerous possible explanations, including mini black holes left over from the Big Bang, but have had little success in producing working examples. From the article: "A more down-to-earth theory... is that ball lightning forms when lightning strikes soil, turning any silica in the soil into pure silicon vapor. As the vapor cools, the silicon condenses into a floating aerosol bound into a ball by charges that gather on its surface, and it glows with the heat of silicon recombining with oxygen. To test this idea, a [Brazilian] team... took wafers of silicon just 350 micrometers thick, placed them between two electrodes and zapped them with currents of up to 140 amps. Then... they moved the electrodes slightly apart, creating an electrical arc that vaporised the silicon. The arc spat out glowing fragments of silicon but also, sometimes, luminous orbs the size of ping-pong balls that persisted for up to 8 seconds."
Zenkitty - Jan 14, 2007 3:26:06 am PST #2665 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Hm. That doesn't explain how they form inside a building, though. And the ones in their movie don't look like the one that appeared in my kitchen years ago. The things act like they're alive.
tommyrot - Jan 14, 2007 3:29:49 am PST #2666 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.
So here's an... odd photo: [link]
Apparently it's a sheep race. Each sheep has a little stuffed sheep for a rider.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 14, 2007 3:30:03 am PST #2667 of 10001
What is even happening?
The fairies make the house kind, silly.
tommyrot - Jan 14, 2007 3:31:29 am PST #2668 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.
The fairies make the house kind, silly.
My theory: spontaneous house-elf combustion.
Theodosia - Jan 14, 2007 3:38:56 am PST #2669 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Even standing still, sheep are damned funny. Racing, even more so.
Zenkitty - Jan 14, 2007 3:47:06 am PST #2670 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
My theory: spontaneous house-elf combustion.
That's terrible! Poor house-elf. It probably blew up because my house was such a mess. I feel so guilty.
Sheep are funny, even without little sheep riding them.
Scrappy - Jan 14, 2007 4:17:14 am PST #2671 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I am sitting in the MPLS airport. + could not get to sleep last night, and am exhausted. My brain feels like it is made of oatmeal. Luckily I have nothing to do today but sit on a couple of planes. I connect in Denver, so wish me good connect-ma!
tommyrot - Jan 14, 2007 4:46:28 am PST #2672 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.
Huh. Slow today. Someone poke the West-coasters....
ION, Death Kitty and the Fat Man (Flash animation)