In the future we all have purple pageboys! Awesome!
I'll just jump in my time machine, go back to the twelfth century, and ask the vampires to postpone their ancient prophesy for a few days while you take in dinner and a show.
Giles ,'Selfless'
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.
Daisy Jane - Jun 18, 2007 11:16:07 am PDT #3636 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
shrift - Jun 18, 2007 11:21:32 am PDT #3637 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Okay, fumes have gotten so bad that I'm going to take a walk around the block. Sweet huffing Jesus.
tommyrot - Jun 18, 2007 11:22:50 am PDT #3638 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 the future we all have purple pageboys! Awesome!
Yeah. 'Cept the future was 1980....
Kat - Jun 18, 2007 11:24:08 am PDT #3639 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Gud, sorry about the lack of acknowledgment for fathers day. Happy belated one to you and all the buffista dads.
The ice cream truck is driving by. So tempting.
Jesse - Jun 18, 2007 11:26:00 am PDT #3640 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm afraid my father's card didn't make it to him in time (I mailed it Thursday morning from Mississippi), and then when I talked to him on Sunday, I forgot it was FD, but THEN I remembered and called back. Phew.
Gudanov - Jun 18, 2007 11:26:18 am PDT #3641 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Yeah. 'Cept the future was 1980....
The oil embargo really set us back centuries. If gas had stayed cheap I'm sure our civilization would have advanced to the level of purple pageboys.
Gudanov - Jun 18, 2007 11:27:09 am PDT #3642 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
and then when I talked to him on Sunday, I forgot it was FD, but THEN I remembered and called back. Phew.
You're a good daughter.
Emily - Jun 18, 2007 11:29:15 am PDT #3643 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I... am not. However, my dad's very laid-back about these things. Thanks for reminding me -- I'll call him now.
Jesse - Jun 18, 2007 11:35:18 am PDT #3644 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't think my father really cares, but I have been taught by my mother that there are a lot of card-only holidays, but god help you if you forget the card.
tommyrot - Jun 18, 2007 11:36:41 am PDT #3645 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.
A great academic paper: An-arrgh-chy: The Law and Economics of Pirate Organization (pdf)
abstract:
This paper investigates the internal governance institutions of violent criminal enterprise by examining the law, economics, and organization of pirates. To effectively organize their banditry, pirates required mechanisms to prevent internal predation, minimize crew conflict, and maximize piratical profit. I argue that pirates devised two institutions for this purpose. First, I analyze the system of piratical checks and balances that crews used to constrain captain predation. Second, I examine how pirates used democratic constitutions to minimize conflict and create piratical law and order. Remarkably, pirates adopted both of these institutions before the United States or England. Pirate governance created sufficient order and cooperation to make pirates one of the most sophisticated and successful criminal organizations in history.