Also, I've belatedly realized that I can't go to Vividcon after all. I would have to turn around from my trip to the family reunion far too soon (like, leave during the afternoon) in order to get back to Boston to the airport, and it's not going to work, not to mention that I need to conserve the money I'm going to be spending on increased health insurance premiums. Which is really, sincerely, Stupidity Tax of the most sincere kind.
Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.
Host ,'Why We Fight'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
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.
Theodosia - Aug 02, 2007 5:25:05 pm PDT #2101 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"
-t - Aug 02, 2007 5:27:47 pm PDT #2102 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The Nine: I had thought that I remembered some previous episode had them concocting a story to tell the investigators, I can't even remember why. I think I've forgotten everything I knew about what was going on in this show and have made stuff up.
Cutie patootie kids, even with tubes.
edited for context
sarameg - Aug 02, 2007 5:38:45 pm PDT #2103 of 10001
why did you get a cell?
I'm going to Alabama on Saturday to take care of the nephews for a week. My brother doesn't have a landline. I'm a little scared of being in charge of a 4.5 year old and a 12 week old without some way of calling out in an emergency, or just getting a hold of their parents.
So if you get a call from a 443 area code, it's me seeking adult conversation after D has melted my brain with preschooler logic.
Grace looks so stoic and ticked. Poor noodle.
Kat - Aug 02, 2007 5:46:18 pm PDT #2104 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
A landline is one of those things that we don't have at the house, but I think we might need to get. Did you know that if you call 911, it's significantly better to do it from a landline as the response time is much faster since they can locate you?
Where are your SIL and bro going?
Poor Grace indeed.
sarameg - Aug 02, 2007 5:58:31 pm PDT #2105 of 10001
SIL and bro are working. SIL has been back at La Petite Academy (?) since about a month after T was born. Economics. My brother has an intern, a high school girl (!!!my brother, a mentor? Apparently, he's good and they get along great. Not that much of a surprise, but it is kind of hilarious given his hs career) so he's had to keep a normal 9-5 schedule, which is less than ideal under the circs. Mom was out there for two weeks, several friends and teenage kids of friends of SIL have been filling in in the meantime. I'm sorta the last shift before T can go into the daycare SIL works at at the insanely cheap rates given to employees ( they won't take him till he's 3 mo.)
Whenever I call 911 (uh, done more than a few) I always make a point of giving the address, even though I'm on a landline. I'm kinda horrified that even if you do that, the response is slower. Especially since if you have a landline for that purpose, it is a money suck (as I look at my bill. It's my primary, so it doesn't bug me, but if it was secondary, I'd be irate.) That's nuts.
tommyrot - Aug 02, 2007 6:05:02 pm PDT #2106 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.
Did you know that if you call 911, it's significantly better to do it from a landline as the response time is much faster since they can locate you?
Is this still true? At some point all cellphones were supposed to have GPS built-in for such 911 emergencies. I think my new phone has this. Has this 911 GPS feature been implemented?
tiggy - Aug 02, 2007 6:07:06 pm PDT #2107 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
i'm not sure about GPS so much as they can track the general vicinity by which tower is being used to place the call.
Hayden - Aug 02, 2007 6:08:57 pm PDT #2108 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Thanks, everyone, for the kind words! I'm about to hit the hay, but man, what an amazing day.
Oh, and I saw that y'all were talking about the guy who walked a tightrope between the WTC towers in 1974. His name is Philippe Petit and I wrote a chunk of text about him for my yet-unfinished 33 1/3 book.
Cashmere - Aug 02, 2007 6:11:30 pm PDT #2109 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I thought I read that you can call 911 from a landline even if you don't have service. I know you can do that from a cell phone. But I'm curious about the landline thing. I should find out, since we ditched our.
If it's true, I should also get out our old phone and maybe plug it in somewhere.
Kat - Aug 02, 2007 6:11:35 pm PDT #2110 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
It is still true according to the folks at the hospital. It takes longer to backtrace cell calls, I think because they are looking at the tower.
I'm so tired of my life right now that I can barely stand it. As Allyson would quote at me, Can't fix it, gotta stand it. But I don't have much energy to do either right now.
Feh. oh well. I am doing a ton of reading right now. What not to read when you are knee deep in the blues? A Long Way Gone. I'm presenting at a conference in November where he will be the keynote.