So when your toddler you thought had stomach flu develops a low grade fever and a rash on his cheeks, he actually has fifth, not the flu, right?
Just checking (doc hasn't called back yet). Thanks.
But I understand. You gave up everything you had to find me. And you found me broken. It's hard for you.
River ,'Safe'
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.
Burrell - Sep 14, 2007 2:20:13 pm PDT #642 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
§ ita § - Sep 14, 2007 2:20:40 pm PDT #643 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It'll make your microwave explode?
Okay, that drinkable yoghurt was nasty.
There's a guy here trying to return a filled prescription, and is threatening to never shop at Walgreen's. He's returning it because he didn't mean to fill it. I just know the manager's going to cave.
DavidS - Sep 14, 2007 2:20:54 pm PDT #644 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Key points:
If you gave a neuroscientist from 1950 an education in modern neuroscience I have a feeling they'd be pretty shocked by two big ideas that we all take for granted:
1) The brain is a collection of competing parts.* The mind isn't a rational machine, a disembodied blob of intelligence. Instead, our head holds a messy network of different brain areas, many of which do their processing unconsciously. What Adam Smith said about the pin factory is also true of the mind: "It is divided into a number of branches, of which the greater part are likewise peculiar trades."
2) We are very emotional creatures. Take away our feelings and we don't turn into Spock. Instead, we become pathologically indecisive and amoral. You can't separate cognition from emotion.
Jesse - Sep 14, 2007 2:21:10 pm PDT #645 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
No, no tomatoes. The only acid would be from port, I guess (I finally made the pork/mushroom deal I posted about weeks ago, and used the port, and it was good!). Oh, and a little sour cream.
Jesse - Sep 14, 2007 2:21:51 pm PDT #646 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It'll make your microwave explode?
I don't have a microwave. Haven't we been through this before?
§ ita § - Sep 14, 2007 2:23:12 pm PDT #647 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yerp. He caved and cut the pharmacist off at the knees. She's dealing with it pretty well. I hate when bosses do that shit.
Sparky1 - Sep 14, 2007 2:24:02 pm PDT #648 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Haven't we been through this before?
Because we never re-hash old topics.
§ ita § - Sep 14, 2007 2:24:35 pm PDT #649 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jesse, *I* don't have a microwave. Therefore everyone else does.
Quod erat give me my motherfucking drugs.
Burrell - Sep 14, 2007 2:24:44 pm PDT #650 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
You don't have a microwave? How do you cook? Do you actually... cook? I'd have to cry A LOT if I couldn't use the microwave to cheat/make dinner most nights.
shrift - Sep 14, 2007 2:24:54 pm PDT #651 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Speaking of food, I'm starving. I should make dinner. Of course, that would mean I'd have to get out of bed.