The shrieking is not unavoidable. I've a friend whose migraine triggers include sounds of that pitch. I have no idea how she did it, but her daughter never shrieked.
A vague disclaimer is nobody's friend.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
sarameg - May 04, 2007 5:45:40 am PDT #5536 of 10001
Gudanov - May 04, 2007 5:45:48 am PDT #5537 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Toddler shrieks. Those can liquify your brain.
I remember thinking that baby crying was loud when I just had a baby. Then came toddlerhood and I realized just how wrong I was.
sarameg - May 04, 2007 5:46:51 am PDT #5538 of 10001
I remember thinking that baby crying was loud when I just had a baby. Then cam toddlerhood and I realized just how wrong I was.
I think the slow ramp up in volume is a evolutionary survival tactic.
hippocampus - May 04, 2007 5:48:24 am PDT #5539 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
I have no idea how she did it, but her daughter never shrieked.
Raise child in presence of lions.
t /badmommy
Gudanov - May 04, 2007 5:48:38 am PDT #5540 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
The other story was evolution.
Two odd moments - the first on the subject of evolution.Three of the candidates indicated that they did not believe in it.
None is a front-runner but even so there will be American scientists who will feel deeply depressed that serious politicians in 2007 can be disputing the entire thrust of modern knowledge about how the world was formed and how it, well, evolved.
So very depressing. At least they weren't the first tier candidates.
§ ita § - May 04, 2007 5:54:58 am PDT #5541 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Unless the infinite plain has a water source, then everybody dies of dehydration or asphyxiates if there isn't adequate ventilation.
You die. There are infinite babies--unless they die before they can get to you, it tilts the odds away from you.
Theodosia - May 04, 2007 5:58:14 am PDT #5542 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"
Hey, just checking in from Atlanta. For your peace of minds, I wish to report that the hotel is awful, the neighborhood is dangerous, there are no stores or places to eat, and all the Buffistas that showed up (except me) are horrible.
While there is a small possibility that I might be lying about any or all of this, I implore you to clap your hands and believe very hard in what I said above.
hippocampus - May 04, 2007 5:59:19 am PDT #5543 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
Gudanov - have you seen this posted anywhere? Utah County Republicans ended their convention on Saturday by debating Satan's influence on illegal immigrants.
[eta: my source: Dooce]
Allyson - May 04, 2007 6:01:54 am PDT #5544 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I may be courting death by arguing with the copyeditor about net v. Net.
Seriously, I just don't know what the line is. I won the Geekdom argument, though.
sarameg - May 04, 2007 6:03:44 am PDT #5545 of 10001
As long as the copyeditor doesn't have toddlers...
Glad you won the geekdom war.