This is a fairly dark Calvin and Hobbs comic: [link]
That sent me immediately to a "That is WRONG and NOT TRUE AT ALL" sort of headspace. Not so much with the sad, and more with the horrified anger.
Gimme some milk.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
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.
Atropa - Mar 14, 2007 8:49:09 am PDT #7022 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
tommyrot - Mar 14, 2007 8:49:58 am PDT #7023 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.
Airliner of the future: [link]
You might be flying in one of these by 2030!
That's the promise of the blended-wing, a radically new kind of aircraft set to take to the skies for the first time this month. Originally conceived by McDonnell Douglas and developed by NASA, the blended-wing merges fuselage and wings and eliminates the tail, reducing drag. That makes it vastly more fuel-efficient than regular "tube-and-wing" jets, according to Boeing (Charts) engineer Norm Princen.
§ ita § - Mar 14, 2007 8:52:57 am PDT #7024 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
25 seats away from the window? That sounds weird. Like there are 25 seats nearer the window, just empty.
As long as they give me something to lean my head against to the side, I'm easy. The BA flights I took to Kenya did so nicely.
juliana - Mar 14, 2007 9:29:34 am PDT #7025 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Allegedly, a Pan Am 727 flight waiting for start clearance in Munich overheard the following:
Lufthansa (in German): "Ground, what is our start clearance time?"
Ground (in English): "If you want an answer you must speak in English."
Lufthansa (in English): "I am a German, flying a German airplane, in Germany. Why must I speak English?"
Unknown voice from another plane (in a beautiful British accent): "Because you lost the bloody war."
BWAHAHA! I love that one. That's been making the rounds for a while, but it's still funny (to me). Ze Germans are also why 9 is pronounced "niner" in aviation-speak.
shrift - Mar 14, 2007 10:04:32 am PDT #7026 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I have tentative dinner plans, but I think my desperate need to crawl into bed and whimper a few times will usurp them.
Tom Scola - Mar 14, 2007 10:19:42 am PDT #7027 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Can I get some therapy-related ~ma, please? I'm going through a really rough patch right now, and I'm having trouble moving forward.
Nora Deirdre - Mar 14, 2007 10:21:17 am PDT #7028 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
~ma, Tom.
Cashmere - Mar 14, 2007 10:21:56 am PDT #7029 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Aw, Tom. Lots of ~ma.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 14, 2007 10:25:07 am PDT #7030 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
That sent me immediately to a "That is WRONG and NOT TRUE AT ALL" sort of headspace. Not so much with the sad, and more with the horrified anger.
Yeah, you'll definitely want to be skipping ROBOT CHICKEN's take then.
JZ - Mar 14, 2007 10:28:30 am PDT #7031 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
~ma, dear. The rough patches just bite. Scary and draining. Power through it with Tomly courage, then come to San Francisco and be loved and cosseted and I'll tell you my rough patch stories while Matilda stands in your lap and pats your face.