I'm tempted to email the guy and say, "Maybe the Rapture did happen and you just weren't good enough...."
You're like my fairy godmother, and Santa Claus, and Q all wrapped up into one! Q from Bond, not Star Trek.
Buffy ,'Help'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
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.
tommyrot - Jan 02, 2008 6:44:43 am PST #356 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.
Nutty - Jan 02, 2008 6:47:42 am PST #357 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Well, at least that's honesty. The truly craxxy are the ones who are like, "No, your stupid calendar is wrong!!"
tommyrot - Jan 02, 2008 6:53:45 am PST #358 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.
Huh. If you read the whole mea culpa you can sorta' see why he thought his dream was a real prophecy. (He was very sick and got some weird phone call and suddenly got better and attributed it to a miracle.) It just seems like an honest mistake that someone who believes in the Rapture and prophetic dreams might make. I mean, I don't think he was intentionally exploiting people to make money with his book.
Emily - Jan 02, 2008 6:54:35 am PST #359 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Yeah, I like that he admits it. Rather than, "Er, uh, I meant 2007 days from 2007! Yeah!"
sarameg - Jan 02, 2008 7:02:49 am PST #360 of 10001
A very very odd combination of article title and teaser:
A safer surgery: Transanal endoscopic microsurgery, now in Las Cruces, is less painful and offers faster recovery
Have you ever tried to use chopsticks, only to have your rice and kung pao chicken fall in your lap? Yet there are millions of people on the planet who, because they use chopsticks from birth, eat [ [link] ]
lisah - Jan 02, 2008 7:07:35 am PST #361 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Wow! There are people who use chopsticks from birth ?!
Those are some impressive infants!
Jesse - Jan 02, 2008 7:09:09 am PST #362 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It just seems like an honest mistake that someone who believes in the Rapture and prophetic dreams might make.
Um, poor guy? (N.b.: I didn't click through.)
sarameg - Jan 02, 2008 7:09:56 am PST #363 of 10001
Hometown paper. Notorious for some really stinky writing.
Jesse - Jan 02, 2008 7:15:42 am PST #364 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It would explain some things, though....
Kat - Jan 02, 2008 7:26:00 am PST #365 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
chopsticks from birth! That must make breastfeeding an interesting trick.
The dog just barked and woke up the baby. Would like to strangle the dog now.
OH MY! Did I mention that my alum has a facebook type program of their own. I've spent the last two days looking up people. So weird and oddly fun and random. Everyone is listed, even if you haven't registered. The alumni office just adds whatever info they have on you. So, I can stalk the basketball player I was obsessed with and find out that he works for a place that sells translation devices.