Man, I wish we had Taco Bell here.
What you really need there is Chipotle.
Do you see any goats around? No, because I sacrificed them.
Willow ,'Showtime'
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.
Gudanov - Oct 30, 2007 8:04:23 am PDT #9277 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
brenda m - Oct 30, 2007 8:04:30 am PDT #9278 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Saw that on the news this morning.
Haven't read further, but from the broadcast, what struck me about how they came up with their results was that they didn't focus on trying to evaluate some nebulous "self-esteem" but showed that the kids in the US (as opposed to Korea) were actually rating themselves as "excellent" at things like math where they clearly weren't.
shrift - Oct 30, 2007 8:08:37 am PDT #9279 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
It says you can dress as a burrito OR a taco, or a salad, or a burrito bowl.
And I would have typed all that, too, only I was too busy drinking my precious bean juice.
§ ita § - Oct 30, 2007 8:08:46 am PDT #9280 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am so not letting pepper near my nostrils. Having tried to cauterise one with vinegar already, I'm all nasal condimented up, thanks.
Typo Boy - Oct 30, 2007 8:11:21 am PDT #9281 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
ita the only thing that has worked reliably for you is drinking the night before, and whatever it is they give you in ER? Does morphine not work?
tommyrot - Oct 30, 2007 8:11:23 am PDT #9282 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.
kids in the US (as opposed to Korea) were actually rating themselves as "excellent" at things like math where they clearly weren't.
Or we could just wait for them to get to college to find out they're not....
Jesse - Oct 30, 2007 8:11:59 am PDT #9283 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I am reminded of the Toothpaste for Dinner guy doing experiments with a Neti Pot. Pretty funny when he moves past water...
Gudanov - Oct 30, 2007 8:13:42 am PDT #9284 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
struck me about how they came up with their results was that they didn't focus on trying to evaluate some nebulous "self-esteem" but showed that the kids in the US (as opposed to Korea) were actually rating themselves as "excellent" at things like math where they clearly weren't.
It seems like that could measure expectation more than "self-esteem". If a kid does great on every math test, then there isn't any reason he or she shouldn't rate themselves excellent. A problem I'm seeing with our kid's school is that getting poorer preforming students to score well enough on tests is much more important that challenging better performing students. I can't really blame the school that much, that's how the game is rigged.
Kat - Oct 30, 2007 8:15:56 am PDT #9285 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
yoiks. I'm still afraid of the neti pot, but now that I have a nebulizer, I don't ever need to think about having one.
We've been doing fun nebulizer experiments (on me, not Noah). .10ml of Vicks Vapor with 5 ML of saline is just about enough to quicko open the sinuses.
ALSO, did I say thank you to everyone who funded K's proposal was funded! So EXCITING. So thank you!
Jesse - Oct 30, 2007 8:19:55 am PDT #9286 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The video is here: [link]