Timelies all!
I saw that op-ed piece yesterday, and all I could do was roll my eyes.(I'm also with Ginger on the "make a house a library" front)
Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
Natter 57 Varieties
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.
Sheryl - Mar 03, 2008 12:31:15 pm PST #2728 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
tommyrot - Mar 03, 2008 12:31:24 pm PST #2729 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.
New Photocell Eyes Protect Baby Cribs From Kidnapers (Jun, 1934)
This was post-Lindberg-baby-kidnapping (which happened in '32). The fact that people might invent and publicize anti-baby-kidnapping technology might perhaps reveal a wave of baby kidnapping hysteria at the time?
ANOTHER use has been found for that mysterious power known as electricity, and this time it will find favor with all mothers. The photo-electric cell, popularly known as the “eye which never sleeps,” has been mounted on baby’s crib. It watches throughout the night, ringing an alarm the instant anyone tries to reach into the crib.
A light source concealed in drapery at the foot of the crib is focused on the electric eye mounted near the head. All visible light rays are filtered out with color screens, but the eye responds to the “black light” remaining. It is impossible to remove baby from the crib without crossing the protecting beam of light. The watchful cell responds instantly, closing a relay which sets off alarm bells.
Yeah, and then baby tries to stand up and is scarred for life by all the alarm bells....
§ ita § - Mar 03, 2008 12:35:46 pm PST #2730 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The fact that people might invent and publicize anti-baby-kidnapping technology might perhaps reveal a wave of baby kidnapping hysteria at the time?
That's not that different from today.
Burrell - Mar 03, 2008 12:39:41 pm PST #2731 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
It was just a joke! Clearly we're not very bright AND we have no sense of humor! God, can't women do anything right?
shrift nails it.
grrr. Has Broadsheet got a whiff of this story? I haven't check Salon today but it's right up their alley.
hippocampus - Mar 03, 2008 12:48:25 pm PST #2732 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
Yeah, and then baby tries to stand up and is scarred for life by all the alarm bells....
or when sleep-deprived parent reaches for baby after forgetting to turn the alarm off....
grrr. Has Broadsheet got a whiff of this story? I haven't check Salon today but it's right up their alley.
if they haven't, someone really should point them to it...
§ ita § - Mar 03, 2008 12:48:50 pm PST #2733 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The lady in the gift store let me have the $1.25 chocolate for $1.00. Nice lady. Good chocolate too--it'll last me forever at this intensity.
tommyrot - Mar 03, 2008 12:54:06 pm PST #2734 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.
After googling the Lindbergh kidnapping, I ended up here [link] for Time's 25 Crimes of the Century.
So, any good books/movies on the Patty Hearst kidnapping? [link] I was too young at the time to understand it, but I was aware of it being significant in our culture....
Lee - Mar 03, 2008 12:56:27 pm PST #2735 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Hivemind question-- does anyone know of a good source for maps of cities in Central America? Specifically, I need a map of the city of San Vicente, which is in the department of San Vicente, El Salvador.
Cashmere - Mar 03, 2008 12:58:33 pm PST #2736 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Yeah, no. It's not satire when your chosen author is a professional anti-feminist who routinely and sincerely spouts this shit.
Nice to see that Phyllis Schlafly has passed the baton.
I want to beat them both in the head with it, though.
Oh, I want my salad in a BACON BOWL, dammit.
Scrappy - Mar 03, 2008 1:02:19 pm PST #2737 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I thought this was well done, Tommyrot. [link]