According to that obit, he had written a highly regarded book on castles and estates in Central Europe that's still in print.
Sir? I'd like you to take the helm, please. I need this man to tear all my clothes off.
Zoe ,'Serenity'
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.
Kathy A - Sep 12, 2007 8:01:40 am PDT #9912 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Liese S. - Sep 12, 2007 8:04:23 am PDT #9913 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Should any one of you want to become famous, create a nonprofit and start getting offended.
Dude! I'm halfway there! Actually, I'm probably all the way there. It's just that I get offended most of the time at my own Christian peeps. Which is probably not as profitable, now that I think about it.
Ginger - Sep 12, 2007 8:04:43 am PDT #9914 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The International Internet Association to Keep Shrift From Killing People. Really.
I wouldn't want to cramp her style.
Daisy Jane - Sep 12, 2007 8:04:57 am PDT #9915 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Does this mean that liberals are "hard wired" to be different from conservatives? This data alone certainly doesn't support that claim. After all, the go/no go task is a learned activity. The reason that it's hard to inhibit tapping when the "M" appears is that you've learned to tap when you see a letter. You could also learn to tap only when you see an M, and you might be able to learn to be better at this task. Could you learn to be liberal (or conservative)? This study doesn't answer that question, but my suspicion is you could. After all, what's considered liberal in the U.S. is considered conservative in many places. In other places, a U.S. conservative would be considered a flaming liberal.
That sounds more reasonable.
Nora Deirdre - Sep 12, 2007 8:05:18 am PDT #9916 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I wonder what my life would be like if I started every working day with a large gin and tonic.
Daisy Jane - Sep 12, 2007 8:06:35 am PDT #9917 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Dana, what's the threat level for office with a door, but also with the daily client files and fax machine in it?
Dana - Sep 12, 2007 8:08:35 am PDT #9918 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Hmm. What happens if you shut the door? Do people bang on it and ask for their faxes and files? If so, I think that takes you up to "office without a door."
shrift - Sep 12, 2007 8:10:54 am PDT #9919 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Any news about the open floor plan threat?
Not really. We're moving at noon tomorrow, and they were still cleaning up the space when we went down there earlier this week. I don't think I'll know until we cart our computers down there.
The International Internet Association to Keep Shrift From Killing People. Really.
Hey, I've yet to kill even one person! Unless you guys already formed a secret society and you're working hard behind the scenes to keep the Earth a No-Kill Shelter in the face of my desire to exterminate.
Jesse - Sep 12, 2007 8:13:03 am PDT #9920 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OMG, you know who this guy is? It's Toad of Toad Hall!
TOTALLY Mr. Toad!
Dana - Sep 12, 2007 8:18:12 am PDT #9921 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
There's a tropical depression forming almost literally right along the coast. That hardly seems fair. They think it'll be a weak tropical storm by the time it hits later today.