Well, if we followed the recipe...should be cake. A demon-violence-free-zone cake.

Lorne ,'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.


Susan W. - Sep 07, 2007 10:32:04 am PDT #9128 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

deep breaths

Thanks, DJ.

I've emailed my boss and coworkers to nudge them to give me what I need to complete the report by Tuesday.

That is all I can do.

I will NOT dwell on it.

I will NOT stew.

It isn't worth it. I'm going to go help with afternoon orientation and then have a good weekend and use the intelligence that I have even if this guy doesn't know it to work on my current manuscript.


Rick - Sep 07, 2007 10:32:33 am PDT #9129 of 10001

The maximum risk to falling cats question reminds me of the old story about engineers inspecting bombers returning from missions in WWII. The first impulse would be to figure out which parts of the plane were damaged most often by enemy fire, and reinforce or armor those parts. Supposedly, the correct answer was to reinforce/armor the parts that were not damaged in the returning planes. You already know that the damage to the returning planes is survivable. It’s the parts NOT damaged in the returning planes that need additional armor, because the planes that were damaged there did not return.

I have no idea if that story is really true, but I find it to be a good heuristic tool when inspecting scientific results from multiple angles. In the “how many stories fall are the maximum risk to cats” example, you could look for the fall heights that were under-represented in the population of cats brought to the hospital. That might be a good guess for maximum fatality, because it is the very dead cats that you don't see in your data. They've joined the bleedin' choir invisible.


Allyson - Sep 07, 2007 10:33:31 am PDT #9130 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

One of my paranoid head issues involves fear of being told I need to buy another seat for my fat ass.


Fred Pete - Sep 07, 2007 10:34:53 am PDT #9131 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.

tommy, I needed that.


Dana - Sep 07, 2007 10:42:10 am PDT #9132 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

If I had a couple doses of Tylenol today (7AM, 11AM), can I have a drink with dinner, or will my liver explode?


beth b - Sep 07, 2007 10:43:05 am PDT #9133 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

What are people doing this weekend?

tonight is low key - possibly Kim Possible

Sat is my BIL 's birthday and Night Zoo at the SFZoo

Sunday some wood slicing for the floor boards


Vortex - Sep 07, 2007 10:43:09 am PDT #9134 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Tonight is the series finale of Kim Possible! I'm way more excited about this than I should be.
*sob* I love Kim Possible! She can do anything!! My email notification sound at work is the Kimmunicator.


Glamcookie - Sep 07, 2007 10:45:51 am PDT #9135 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

Kim is the greatest! Best villains ever on that show.


Fred Pete - Sep 07, 2007 11:10:44 am PDT #9136 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.

Dana, I doubt a drink with dinner would hurt, though I'm not an expert on the interaction between Tylenol and alcohol.

Just be careful when mixing your pain relievers -- Tylenol overdoses are very unpleasant.


§ ita § - Sep 07, 2007 11:11:17 am PDT #9137 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

If I had a couple doses of Tylenol today (7AM, 11AM), can I have a drink with dinner, or will my liver explode?

Mine hasn't. And I've done similar-but-worse to it.

However, my reading on the topic indicates the bit where you die of killing your liver can happen days after you administer. When you're ripping at your gut lining, you get the panic-inducing symptoms earlier on. With the tylenol and the liver, I think you actually feel better.

And then you die.

But, to sum up, it's been a week since I did what you're about to do, and still not dead.