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Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter  

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.


sumi - Dec 08, 2007 8:08:17 am PST #6305 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Don't they want that bit of skin that sometimes comes off with the hair? (When they do dna tests. You know, on tv shows.)

I've been watching my new MSCL dvds slowly and one of the things that I noticed this time that NEVER struck me before is the resemblance between Graham and Jordan.


Rick - Dec 08, 2007 8:14:32 am PST #6306 of 10001

Don't they want that bit of skin that sometimes comes off with the hair? (When they do dna tests. You know, on tv shows.)

It's much easier if you have that. The DNA in the shaft of the hair is fragmented. It's partially destroyed. That's why it's not your first choice as a source. But if you extract enough bits and pieces of the fragmented DNA you can line the fragments up next to each other, find the places where they overlap, and reconstruct the whole sequence. It's laborious and unreliable, but it can be done.


JZ - Dec 08, 2007 8:17:20 am PST #6307 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

I've been watching my new MSCL dvds slowly and one of the things that I noticed this time that NEVER struck me before is the resemblance between Graham and Jordan.

I think that was a happy accident of the casting, but as the show went along they realized what they had and totally used it. There's a great shot in a dream sequence in one of the last episodes, possibly the very last, that's just beautifully, horribly perfect.


Sheryl - Dec 08, 2007 9:15:08 am PST #6308 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

A housefilk is essentially a filksing at someone's house. Basically, people getting together to sing and talk, and snack.


sumi - Dec 08, 2007 12:56:52 pm PST #6309 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Cool.

Why is it that when I'm NOT home the postman leaves packages at my doorstep but when I am home he puts them in the mailbox? (Meaning that they are really, really cold when I get them.) Does the temperature of the cd matter when you play it?

Also, why can't the other people who live in this building remember to shut the damn door to keep the cold out?


tommyrot - Dec 08, 2007 1:19:48 pm PST #6310 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.

Does the temperature of the cd matter when you play it?

If the CD is cold enough to have moisture condense on it, it's too cold to play. But being a thin piece of plastic, it should warm up quickly.


sarameg - Dec 08, 2007 1:54:10 pm PST #6311 of 10001

I am baking cookies. It smells good in here.


Jesse - Dec 08, 2007 2:05:30 pm PST #6312 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I'm watching White Christmas, and just noticed something -- why on earth does the General blow out candles on a cake at the end? It's not his birthday! Bizarre.

I've got my tree out, but not decorated, and I still have no idea what to buy half the people on my Christmas list. Argh.


Pix - Dec 08, 2007 2:09:43 pm PST #6313 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.

I'm watching White Christmas, and just noticed something -- why on earth does the General blow out candles on a cake at the end? It's not his birthday! Bizarre.
I never thought about that before. That is kind of weird, isn't it? I love that movie so very much.

I made yummy coffee and am flopped on the couch.


sarameg - Dec 08, 2007 2:13:35 pm PST #6314 of 10001

These are sweeter than I remember. However, since I haven't actually eaten any of the batches I've made in the last year, it may be my memory at fault. Or the chocolate was sweeter. Eh. They're good cookies.