How's it sit? Pretty cunning, don'tchya think?

Jayne ,'The Message'


Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here  

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.


Kathy A - Apr 03, 2007 3:18:08 pm PDT #529 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I got my mile swim down to 69 minutes! And I kicked on my stomach for 9 more minutes! Yay!!

Now I have to do my dishes so I can actually eat my dinner. Boo!!


SailAweigh - Apr 03, 2007 3:22:18 pm PDT #530 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Kathy, my daughter and some friends are doing a mini-trialthalon in July. The swim is only a half a mile, I think you should do it, too. Seriously, that is awesome!


Kathy A - Apr 03, 2007 3:31:18 pm PDT #531 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I want to get below 300 before I start doing any competitions. My sister has done some mini-triathalons and finds them a blast--I might join her for one next summer!


brenda m - Apr 03, 2007 3:32:07 pm PDT #532 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

We have seltzer! It's called Calistoga! Or Perrier! Or uh the Italian one. Pelligrino!

That's not seltzer. Totally different animal.


aurelia - Apr 03, 2007 3:36:26 pm PDT #533 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Gore's legislative recommendations to the House

1. An immediate "carbon freeze" that would cap U.S. CO2 emissions at current levels, followed by a program to generate 90% reductions by 2050.
2. Start a long-term tax shift to reduce payroll taxes and increase taxes on CO2 emissions.
3. Put aside a portion of carbon tax revenues to help low-income people make the transition.
4. Create a strong international treaty by working toward "de facto compliance with Kyoto" and moving up the start date for Kyoto's successor from 2012 to 2010.
5. Implement a moratorium on construction of new coal-fired power plants that are not compatible with carbon capture and sequestration.
6. Create an "ELECTRANET" -- a smart electricity grid that allows individuals and businesses to feed power back in at prevailing market rates.
7. Raise CAFE standards.
8. Set a date for a ban on incandescent light bulbs.
9. Create "Connie Mae," a carbon-neutral mortgage association, to help defray the upfront costs of energy-efficient building.
10. Have the SEC require disclosure of carbon emissions in corporate reporting, as a relevant "material risk."

Um. I hope there will be some exceptions to #8.


Jesse - Apr 03, 2007 3:56:27 pm PDT #534 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I totally used WordStar! And support NYC-selzer snobbiness. Although I'm not big on the selzer myself. And I also support job- and dress-searchers.

I think that's it.

Oh! And I've already started with the compact fluorescent bulbs! Take THAT, Al Gore!


brenda m - Apr 03, 2007 4:02:15 pm PDT #535 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Why, aurelia? I'm not challenging you, just questioning. Seems like an easy one to me.


Laura - Apr 03, 2007 4:11:05 pm PDT #536 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

House: different magazine obviously Hee.


Kathy A - Apr 03, 2007 4:15:18 pm PDT #537 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Not aurelia, but I'm guessing lighting a stage with flourescent bulbs is a bit of a challenge, right?


brenda m - Apr 03, 2007 4:21:06 pm PDT #538 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Oh, sure. I was wondering if there was something else I wasn't picking up on. I meant to add that but hit post too soon.