Don't let this happen to you.
"My name is Shrift. I'm a Morlock."
I gave her everything... jewels, beautiful dresses -- with beautiful girls in them.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
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.
DavidS - Sep 17, 2007 7:44:02 am PDT #1081 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Lee - Sep 17, 2007 7:45:15 am PDT #1082 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Happy first day of new job Dana! I hope they get you access to stuff soon.
Jessica - Sep 17, 2007 7:45:22 am PDT #1083 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hayden Panettiere's dress seems...well, she's just so cheerful. I think that alone should get her off a worst-dressed list. It's a horrible dress, though.
I think it's only horrible in stills. She was so happy wearing it last night that she made it work.
tommyrot - Sep 17, 2007 7:47:59 am PDT #1084 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.
"My name is Shrift. I'm a Morlock."
"Close those fucking window shades!"
Sophia Brooks - Sep 17, 2007 7:53:52 am PDT #1085 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Hayden Panettiere's dress seems...well, she's just so cheerful. I think that alone should get her off a worst-dressed list. It's a horrible dress, though.
I don't think hers was any worse than Kristen Bell's. I don't understand the trend of putting tiny, tiny, people in large shapeless wads of cloth. Kids today!
Of course, I also don't understand all these young men on the bus buckling their pants UNDER their butt-cheeks. Not low on the hips, but actually so that the waistband goes where I would think their penis would be, and the crotch is at their knees, and they look like they have tiny, tiny cartoon legs! It is very strange.
flea - Sep 17, 2007 7:54:57 am PDT #1086 of 10001
information libertarian
Stephanie, I can't speak to the test results, but my impression is female-to-male vaginal intercourse transmission of HIV is actually pretty rare; there's a 25% chance of transmitting the virus to a child during birth, assuming there is no treatment. If HIV status is known, they give drugs and do a C-section and the risk is very low. (This is Wikipedia talking).
sarameg - Sep 17, 2007 7:56:46 am PDT #1087 of 10001
There are ways today could have gotten worse.
They have happened.
Dana - Sep 17, 2007 7:56:47 am PDT #1088 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I just saw Jenna Fischer's dress. Oh, dear.
Fred Pete - Sep 17, 2007 8:02:33 am PDT #1089 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
And the local B&N has The Book.
I bought it at the local Borders over the weekend. It's this week's lunchtime reading.
Which means I'd better get going.
beth b - Sep 17, 2007 8:19:14 am PDT #1090 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
happy birthday, Lee.
Motivation for the able but unwilling.
1) rewards for perfect assignments - as in the ability to skip something. For me the killer was 30 math problems - I always did the last few, that were more complex - so that I knew what I was doing - which was the pt of the homework - If there had been some sort of system where if I did the 5 hardest correctly and didn't have to do the rest _ I would have done even better in math -
2) serious repercussions for not handing in an assignment. Even ungraded stuff has to be turn in. since this is work skills you are teaching - the consequences should be as serious as not doing something at work - x number of missed , undone or incomplete assignments means not a zero in the homework part of the grade - but a drop of a letter grade ( depends on the class - but some where between two and 5 assignments missing)