well, there is the darkchocolateness for starts
I'm fairly certain I said no interruptions.
Buffy ,'Potential'
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.
Trudy Booth - Oct 07, 2007 8:08:53 pm PDT #5542 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
aurelia - Oct 07, 2007 8:17:28 pm PDT #5543 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
It was a bad day for the Chicago marathon
The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon was cut short for the first time in its history Sunday as hundreds of runners laboring across ovenlike streets were treated for heat-related illness.
The stoppage happened about 3 ½ hours after the start gun on an abnormally sweltering autumn day, amid complaints of insufficient water for more than 35,000 runners who had come from around the world to compete in one of its preeminent marathons.
One runner, a 35-year-old Michigan police officer, died after collapsing in the race's 19th mile, but it was not clear whether the death was heat-related.
Connie Neil - Oct 07, 2007 8:19:11 pm PDT #5544 of 10001
brillig
darkchocolateness
Everything is better with darkchocolateness
ChiKat - Oct 07, 2007 8:19:42 pm PDT #5545 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
The last I saw on the news, the number sent to the hospital is over 300 now.
meara - Oct 07, 2007 8:25:17 pm PDT #5546 of 10001
Good grief. Of course, if you're running a marathon in Chicago in October, you're not really planning to have ridiculous hot weather, but....you'd think you'd up your water order or something.
aurelia - Oct 07, 2007 8:26:40 pm PDT #5547 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
The Trib just says "more than 100" but I doubt they've updated since it was posted.
ChiKat - Oct 07, 2007 9:23:28 pm PDT #5548 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I saw the over 300 number on the 10pm news. As for water, turns out the race did not supply water (or not enough water, I'm unclear on that) along the route. Runners were having to stop convenience stores along the way and buy water/gatorade/etc. Which is totally ridiculous.
eta: ah. Not enough water. Here's the story:
seems they didn't plan for needed extra fluids and they ran out.
§ ita § - Oct 08, 2007 12:21:09 am PDT #5549 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Christ. I cannot hear. Tinnitus.
Did I do something wrong in another life? Or really wrong in this one? Very loud. Cannot sleep. I don't think the ER can help, but I'm giving them a shot. Otherwise I will snap.
Jesse - Oct 08, 2007 3:07:14 am PDT #5550 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yikes, ita.
That Chicago marathon situation is a mess. So sad.
Theodosia - Oct 08, 2007 3:11:58 am PDT #5551 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"
ita, for what it's worth, aspirin can make my ears go crazy with the high-pitched "ring". If you're using a new combination of painkillers, that could be a symptom.
I'm degronkifying with my Mom, preparatory to getting on the road to home. Hopefully I'll only have to beat off her clinging with a club two or three times....
I mean, it's nice that my Mom loves me, but I suspect I know where my Drama Princess tendencies got started.