Aw, man. I'll miss her.
Oh, I get it. You just don't like who did the rescuing, that's all. Wishin' I was your boyfriend what's-his-height. Oh wait, he's run off.
Spike ,'Potential'
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.
-t - Jan 31, 2007 2:18:19 pm PST #7300 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Theodosia - Jan 31, 2007 2:27:41 pm PST #7301 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"
Oh, f*** on the Ivins news. I'd heard she was hospitalized, but I hadn't realized it was so bad.
sarameg - Jan 31, 2007 2:31:56 pm PST #7302 of 10001
According to the Stateman, she died at home under hospice care.
Consuela - Jan 31, 2007 2:32:17 pm PST #7303 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Molly Ivins died? Oh, no! She's so awesome, I had no idea she was ill.
Goddamnit.
Lee - Jan 31, 2007 2:34:33 pm PST #7304 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
What Consuela said. That's truly crappy news.
Kathy A - Jan 31, 2007 2:35:59 pm PST #7305 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Don't bother asterisking your "fuck," Theodosia--Molly would have just said it out loud! I think I'm going to go home and read one of her collections that I have on the shelf. Damn, I'll have to rename one of my bookmarks here at work--it links to her columns at Workingforchange.com, but now I'll just have to have it link to the list of columnists instead.
Didn't go swimming today. Did 30 minutes on the treadmill instead
I just got back from signing up at the park district's fitness center/indoor pool! They were having a $99/3 months special that ended today, so I took advantage of it. I'm hoping I can get up early enough to use their lap pool on Saturday morning (6-7:30 am dedicated to just lap swimming; classes start in that same pool at 8:00). They also have a more kid-friendly pool that had a bunch of moms and babies in it when I was there at 6:00--that one also has a "lazy river" effect in part of it, which looks pretty cool to check out. The fitness center part has a bunch of ellipticals and treadmills and a few less stationary and recumbent bikes, as well as weight machines and free weights. Not a bad setup for a community park district!
sarameg - Jan 31, 2007 2:39:38 pm PST #7306 of 10001
tommyrot - Jan 31, 2007 2:46:08 pm PST #7307 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.
One of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force "devices" was found as far back as Jan 17th.
Here are a bunch of pictures: [link]
It's just a flat circuit board with some LEDs on it. Plus a few microchips, resistors, capacitors, etc. Just by looking at it it should be obvious it's not dangerous.
Oh, and the character's name is Ignignokt. I'll probably have to stop wearing my t-shirt if I don't want people thinking I'm a terrorist....
eta: Pictures of it on a bridge in Boston:
erikaj - Jan 31, 2007 2:52:22 pm PST #7308 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Sheryl, that is totally true. about H:LOTS. And I feel a real sense of loss that one of my heroes died.
tommyrot - Jan 31, 2007 2:54:11 pm PST #7309 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.
In D&D, who would win in a fight between a Level One Wizard and a house cat?
Usually the house cat wins.
Dunno about the actual odds, but A cat has 2 hit points, and 3 attacks per round for a full attack action, at +4/+4/-1 for 1 damage each. If our 1st level Wizard loses initiative (very possible against a 15 Dex cat), and misses with his first attack (possible with 0 BAB against an AC14 cat), he will be attacked six times, four of which will hit 70% of the time.
On average, he’ll be hit by three of the claws and one bite for 4 damage, which takes him to 0 HP. If the wizard is unarmed, and taking a -4 nonproficiency penalty to punch the cat, then he will almost certainly die.
This is probably why casters are famous for being cat-friendly.
Then someone ran a computer simulation....