Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.

Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?  

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.


megan walker - Jun 07, 2007 9:27:40 am PDT #1712 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Yeah! The movers just left and it looks like everything came through okay.

Unfortunately, they tore a branch off the neighbor's tree just as she was pulling up to the house. They were about ten feet from the curb, so it must have really been sticking out, but still, she was not happy.


Tom Scola - Jun 07, 2007 9:28:23 am PDT #1713 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

The movers just left and it looks like everything came through okay.

Woo hoo!


megan walker - Jun 07, 2007 9:29:19 am PDT #1714 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

It sort of stinks that I really won't have time to unpack before leaving for NY tomorrow morning, but at least it's here.


lisah - Jun 07, 2007 9:41:42 am PDT #1715 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

It sort of stinks that I really won't have time to unpack before leaving for NY tomorrow morning, but at least it's here.

Yay for having your stuff!!! How's it going out there??


DavidS - Jun 07, 2007 9:43:43 am PDT #1716 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

OTOH, I think I'd look stupid with short hair.

Yeah, that's what everybody said at the Chicago F2F when you had short hair. "That meara sure is stupid-looking in that red dress." @@


tommyrot - Jun 07, 2007 9:46:14 am PDT #1717 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.

Many scientists think there is a strong possibility we'll discover life on another planet within the next ten years, thanks to more sophisticated space-based observations.

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In 2015, the European Space Agency will launch a mission called Darwin, a cluster of four orbiting telescopes that will scour the heavens for life-bearing planets. For five years, the telescopes will peer at 500 stars and conduct spectral analyses of the 50 most promising planets it detects.

"You can be pretty sure that if there's life out there, we've a good chance of being able to say so," said Glenn White, head of astrophysics at the Open University and a scientist on the Darwin project.

Yay!


megan walker - Jun 07, 2007 9:49:40 am PDT #1718 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

How's it going out there??

So far so good. I've been exploring the neighborhood (which I'm loving), making the necessary trips to Target and IKEA, and even got out to Sonoma on Sunday. Next week I hope to slowly unpack and explore a bit more of the city. Then, of course, I actually have to go to work. Sigh.


Jesse - Jun 07, 2007 9:52:23 am PDT #1719 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Sounds good, megan!

God, I was just trapped in my office, and I had to pee, but my boss was out in the common area having crazy conversations with anyone in her field of vision. I don't know if she's getting crazier or if I am losing my ability to deal with her.


flea - Jun 07, 2007 9:55:27 am PDT #1720 of 10001
information libertarian

I vote B. I know it's what's happened to me wrt Big!Boss.

In other Big!Boss news, he was interviewed for a job at Harvard last week. In a meeting this morning, he mentioned Harvard 5 times. I wasn't at the meeting, but my workfriend was, and she counted.

He is everywhere today and I am hiding from him.


Toddson - Jun 07, 2007 9:56:40 am PDT #1721 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

A friend of mine just got word that she's been accepted at Harvard's Kennedy School! yay! (sniff - I'll miss her)