We're still working on a plan, but so far it involves being sent to prison and becoming somebody's bitch.

Fred ,'Just Rewards (2)'


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.


Dana - Jan 14, 2007 2:59:02 pm PST #2796 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Star Wars. It's where the famous cantina scene is in the first movie. On Tatooine, Luke's home planet.


Emily - Jan 14, 2007 2:59:41 pm PST #2797 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

See my edit. I realized that if the name didn't click, the quote by itself wouldn't either. It's what Obi-Wan says about the spaceport where they hire Han Solo (Han shot first!).


bon bon - Jan 14, 2007 3:01:45 pm PST #2798 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Are you going to give us a recipe.

I'm just using Good Eats' recipe this year, although it's pretty freakin' task-intensive. [link]


Topic!Cindy - Jan 14, 2007 3:01:59 pm PST #2799 of 10001
What is even happening?

Thanks Dana, and Emily. I would have recognized Tatooine.

Gah, my geek cred is so low.

eta...

Thanks, bon bon.

Wow. That does look labor intensive.


Emily - Jan 14, 2007 3:04:59 pm PST #2800 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Say, anybody remember the conversation we had about elementary school teachers who tell their students that you "can't" subtract a bigger number from a smaller one, and how betrayed some people felt by that? The textbook we're using tells me that "Negative numbers have no square roots." Now, eighth graders don't need to know about imaginary numbers -- they're certainly not going to see them this year, and maybe not ever. But to completely deny them like that... for shame, McDougal Littell!


§ ita § - Jan 14, 2007 3:17:15 pm PST #2801 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Why don't I have cookies?

Why do I have a stomach ache?


Hil R. - Jan 14, 2007 3:17:58 pm PST #2802 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Ugh. What's wrong with, "The square root of a negative number is called an imaginary number. In this section, we will only deal with square roots of non-negative numbers."


JenP - Jan 14, 2007 3:19:20 pm PST #2803 of 10001

24:

Aw, Karen and Bill, sittin' in a tree...


Cass - Jan 14, 2007 3:20:45 pm PST #2804 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

TOOKIES!

Why don't I have 24 yet?


§ ita § - Jan 14, 2007 3:23:37 pm PST #2805 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Math is just too rich and fabulous for their little brains. We lie to them to protect them...from, among other things, an early fascination with the impossible as rendered by formal systems.