Nova Science Now is talking about a sculpture at the CIA's headquarters: a giant copper sheet with encrypted text cut into it. It's been almost ten years and the code hasn't been fully cracked yet. It's called Kryptos, and only the sculptor knows the code. This pleases me.
I couldn't believe it the first twenty times you told us, but it's starting to sink in now.
Riley ,'Lessons'
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.
Connie Neil - Jul 24, 2007 4:43:39 pm PDT #9927 of 10001
brillig
sarameg - Jul 24, 2007 4:45:25 pm PDT #9928 of 10001
Kids bleeding suck. Even worse is...they do. Nothing like calling another mom to tell her your charge has beaned her son to explain the bloody tshirt.
Stupid lack of good backup generators! Vent to me, or here , if you need, Kat. I'm up for another hour or so.
My dad's site (not internet, we're talking up in the mountain boonies installation) has double backup generators that they test every month. Of course, the one time there was a genuine power failure (fires)... the diesel tank was mistakenly not refilled. When you have a multimillion dollar, multi-ton piece of equipment that relies on it? SO BAD. They were freaking lucky it was a cloudy night and the multi-ton thing wasn't swinging.
I'm such a sucker, I'm being charmed by Shaq.
sarameg - Jul 24, 2007 4:56:50 pm PDT #9929 of 10001
OK, this is totally random. But it just hit me what a HUGE leap of faith it was for a dad to entrust with me his daughter, based totally on seeing me read a lot on my balcony. I mean, this will be a year that's she's been coming over for schoolish stuff. He doesn't know me from Eve, just...they can see my apartment from theirs.
That's huge. I don't know what I did to deserve this trust, other than not throwing wild parties.
I'm so lucky.
Kat - Jul 24, 2007 5:06:28 pm PDT #9930 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
sara, will you come and live with us and take care of Grace and Noah?
sarameg - Jul 24, 2007 5:15:00 pm PDT #9931 of 10001
Oh god, I wish. God, I wish. (this is me wishing for the one thing I do think I'm good at BUT) But I'm a terrible bitch and I've got this fucked up thing about conservative financial stability and independence that's a pain in the ass and conflicts with my better instincts. We need to find me a sugardaddy/mommy/thing and I'm there.
eta: I mean, I'm looking up infant cpr classes in the area while I'm not on vacation cause I haven't had one since I was 13. C'mon.
Cashmere - Jul 24, 2007 5:24:52 pm PDT #9932 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Kat, I hope things get better. Having no ranty place sucks.
::kicks LJ::
My life is so boring I'm now trying to update all my Outlook contacts so I can synch up my phone.
Good thing tomorrow is New Comics and Pie Day.
sarameg - Jul 24, 2007 5:28:22 pm PDT #9933 of 10001
OK, so now I'm laughing at myself. Thank goodness lj is down for ME. I'd post f-locked stupid stuff. Better I don't.
Kat - Jul 24, 2007 5:32:27 pm PDT #9934 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Things are going to get much much much worse in the very near future for the very long term.
It sucks.
sarameg - Jul 24, 2007 5:37:22 pm PDT #9935 of 10001
I wish I could help more.
Kat - Jul 24, 2007 5:38:31 pm PDT #9936 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Me too.