Nora, CNN says the packages appear to be linked but are a hoax and don't contain explosives.
Hoaxters= ON THE LIST.
(I mean, I was reasonably sure they would be hoaxes, as they have been so far. Just hope they will continue to be so.)
Buffy: So how'd she get away with the bad mojo stuff? Anya: Giles sold it to her. Giles: Well, I didn't know it was her. I mean, how could I? If it's any consolation, I may have overcharged her.
'Sleeper'
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.
Nora Deirdre - Jan 31, 2007 10:26:01 am PST #7220 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
lisah - Jan 31, 2007 10:27:14 am PST #7221 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I would hope that MIT-ians would be smart enough not to set off homeland security with a prank, but it almost sounds like something they might be pulling.
Wasn't Nora just talking today about the kids walking around in flip-flops and shorts. In Boston. In the winter? Maybe one of them froze their Common Sense right off.
Connie Neil - Jan 31, 2007 10:34:53 am PST #7222 of 10001
brillig
re: bank accounts
The head of my department came around and said "Have you checked your bank balance today?" and I thought, "Oh, crap, what have they done?" Then he handed me an envelope containing the amount of bonus that the company had decided to hand out as an apology for taking so long to get the bonus program into place. Let's just say that it amounts to a second paycheck.
I love my company.
tommyrot - Jan 31, 2007 10:37:11 am PST #7223 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.
Let's just say that it amounts to a second paycheck.
Ooh. Cool.
Watchya' gonna' buy?
Frankenbuddha - Jan 31, 2007 10:44:29 am PST #7224 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hacks have always been very, very benign.
Weeeeeell, I'm not sure lighting magnesium strips under the wheels of a Green Line car so it's welded to that tracks is all THAT benign, but for the most part, I agree. I was thinking it might have been a first step in a prank (like something that might not happen until the next Head of the Charles), but it's exactly the kind of joke that could get the joker Gitmo'ed.
Nora Deirdre - Jan 31, 2007 10:49:41 am PST #7225 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Tom theorized it could be low budget terrorism- a way to disrupt without actual explosives and, um, death.
I forgot about that hack, Frank. But by and large, I don't think they'd be on this level.
Dana - Jan 31, 2007 10:52:08 am PST #7226 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Come on, people, more talking. I'm waiting on a training course that's loading about one percent every five seconds.
I do have questions about socks, if someone wants to talk clothes.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 31, 2007 10:53:51 am PST #7227 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
No alerts on the MBTA site for the North Station commuter trains, so x-fingers.
Daisy Jane - Jan 31, 2007 10:58:09 am PST #7228 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I can possibly answer any sock related questions you may have.
Aims - Jan 31, 2007 10:58:44 am PST #7229 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Dana, you need two.
Unless you are a) a guy and 2) play for the RHCP. Then you need 3 sometimes. And sometimes just the one.
Wool ones are itchy.