But she was naked! And all... articulate!

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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.


flea - Feb 20, 2008 3:11:50 pm PST #506 of 10001
information libertarian

I am waiting to start a chat for a group project for my online class.

Group projects SUCK and in online classes they are WORSE.

Somebody hold me. I could have finished this entire thing all by myself in a week.


tommyrot - Feb 20, 2008 3:13:10 pm PST #507 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.

So amongst the math and physics people here - who has heard of Oliver Heaviside?

Not me.

Oliver Heaviside (May 18, 1850 – February 3, 1925) was a self-taught English electrical engineer, mathematician, and physicist who adapted complex numbers to the study of electrical circuits, invented mathematical techniques to the solution of differential equations (later found to be equivalent to Laplace transforms), reformulated Maxwell's field equations in terms of electric and magnetic forces and energy flux, and independently co-formulated vector analysis. Although at odds with the scientific establishment for most of his life, Heaviside changed the face of mathematics and science for years to come.

Dude lived and died in poverty.


sarameg - Feb 20, 2008 3:19:56 pm PST #508 of 10001

I taped *some* of my carpet tonight. Uhg.

Hey, total lunar eclipse tonight. Totality is 10-10:50ish eastern at my location. Don't get another here for 10 years or something. Go look if it is clear. Eclipses are cool.


tommyrot - Feb 20, 2008 3:24:10 pm PST #509 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.

Eclipses are cool.

Especially a total eclipse of the heart.


sarameg - Feb 20, 2008 3:25:39 pm PST #510 of 10001

Oops. Last eclipse until 2010, not 10 years.


-t - Feb 20, 2008 3:44:17 pm PST #511 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I think I looked up Mr. Heaviside because of Cats. Not like the info stuck, though.


sarameg - Feb 20, 2008 3:47:11 pm PST #512 of 10001

Transformers are dancing latin standard ballroom...


Jon B. - Feb 20, 2008 3:49:36 pm PST #513 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Taking a break from gumbo-making to say:

Thank you Kathy A, Aimée, -t, JenP, KristinT, beth b, MFNlaw and Sheryl!


§ ita § - Feb 20, 2008 3:58:40 pm PST #514 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I fear he will balk at wearing shorts because of his leg brace.

How long will he have to wear it, msbelle?

Thanks for the compliment, JZ! It's totally wearing me out doing it every day, and I fear I'm running out of cheats. But I'll keep going.

Happy birthday again, jon.

one of the estimates for a mover was $1300-$1400.

I was moved for about $800, so I can see it, Kat. It doesn't make it not hurt, though.


Kat - Feb 20, 2008 4:00:16 pm PST #515 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Really, I just want them to move the fridge, the washer/dryer, and the couch. Sigh.

It makes me tired just thinking about it.