A computer. With a taxidermied beaver for a case.
And I wonder, what possible catastrophe came crashing down from heaven and brought this dashing stranger to tears?
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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 - Feb 08, 2008 6:53:54 am PST #8289 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.
lisah - Feb 08, 2008 6:54:24 am PST #8290 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Lisah, this rocks!
I know! But it's not listing any sizes as available...I wonder if my friend who sent me that link but who also just got a sewing machine and is some kind of dressmaking savant could easily make one of those for me...
Daisy Jane - Feb 08, 2008 7:03:02 am PST #8291 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Has anyone heard of/ordered from this place
No, but now I want to!
Kat - Feb 08, 2008 7:07:55 am PST #8292 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
They have adorable polka dot stuff! I love polka dots.
lisah - Feb 08, 2008 7:13:51 am PST #8293 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
They have adorable polka dot stuff! I love polka dots.
ME TOO! Sadly, I think this polka dot raincoat is too big for me.
Kat - Feb 08, 2008 7:20:55 am PST #8294 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Holy CRAP! I love that coat, lisa. I saw a super cute one at Target, in maternity. I really would love to buy it, but I'm on a clothing freeze.
§ ita § - Feb 08, 2008 7:24:23 am PST #8295 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I was on a clothing freeze. Not sure what happened. There are too many great pieces of clothing out there, and some of them even fit.
lisah - Feb 08, 2008 7:26:47 am PST #8296 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I love that coat, lisa.
Me too! It's navy, not black like it might look in the photo. I need to try it again and see if it really is as boxy on as I thought it was last year. Maybe there's some kind of easy tailoring that could fix it up right for me.
tommyrot - Feb 08, 2008 7:49:40 am PST #8297 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.
Biologists link locust comas with human migraine
The way locusts react to stress may provide an important clue to understanding what causes human migraines – and how to reduce their painful effects, says Queen’s Biology professor Mel Robertson.
With PhD student Corinne Rodgers, Dr. Robertson is using insect models to examine how the nervous system controls breathing when stress is induced through high temperatures and oxygen deprivation. They have discovered that the locust’s reaction to extreme heat is very similar to a disturbance in mammals that has been associated with human migraines and stroke.
As a way of temporarily shutting down and conserving energy when conditions are dangerous, the locust’s coma has many of the same characteristics seen in people at the onset of a migraine. “We feel there may be an evolutionary link between the two,” Dr. Robertson suggests.
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...there may be an evolutionary link to what happens during migraines in people. “It’s possible, for example, that the brain architecture necessary for increased sensitivity also predisposes areas of some people’s brains to become over-excited, and that migraines provide a means of temporarily ‘shutting things down,’” he suggests.
More at the link.
Jesse - Feb 08, 2008 7:52:42 am PST #8298 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Is Steph around? And has she commented in Carolyn Hax's chat today? There was a response that just sounds like her.