Happier birthday?!
One of my physics professors used to do paintings (and troubleshoot the science) for scifi writers, as a consultant.
Inara: So. Would you like to lecture me on the wickedness of my ways? Book: I brought you some supper, but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped. Sin and hellfire... one has lepers.
'Serenity'
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.
sarameg - Mar 26, 2008 2:08:17 pm PDT #7431 of 10001
Polter-Cow - Mar 26, 2008 2:09:42 pm PDT #7432 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
In the compound shown here, why is the nitrogen bit drawn like that? Shouldn't it be 1 link from the carbon atom to the nitrogen atom and then 2 separate links to hydrogen instead of one bent line?
Because that's an amino group. The bent line means that there are more carbon atoms (two more, one at each kink).
§ ita § - Mar 26, 2008 2:10:59 pm PDT #7433 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks, PC. I should have looked at this which is clearer.
Kristen - Mar 26, 2008 2:11:58 pm PDT #7434 of 10001
I call foul on your neighbors. They're bogarting the Allyson.
If you're gonna be forced to spend time with people on your birthday against your will, it should be us.
Pix - Mar 26, 2008 2:13:54 pm PDT #7435 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Yeah, I would gently say, "I appreciate the thought and would love to take a rain check, but tonight just isn't going to work for me" or somesuch.
JZ - Mar 26, 2008 2:14:16 pm PDT #7436 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.
Ugh, Gloomcookie. I've seen that bumpersticker before, and it always makes me want to rear-end the driver out of sheer rage at the offensive and the aggressively moronic.
Liese S. - Mar 26, 2008 2:14:53 pm PDT #7437 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Happy birthday anyway, Allyson. And it's your birthday. While it's super nice of your neighbors to think of you, you can do whatever the hell you want. You can cancel or defer or go out with somebody else or lie upside down on your couch. It's your birthday and you have less of it than you'd like, so make the most of what you do have.
Polter-Cow - Mar 26, 2008 2:15:25 pm PDT #7438 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Thanks, PC. I should have looked at this which is clearer.
Ha, I disagree, as it took me half a minute to figure out what was what.
Sheryl - Mar 26, 2008 2:17:57 pm PDT #7439 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Happy Birthday Allyson!
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 26, 2008 2:18:22 pm PDT #7440 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Heh. Reminds me of a recent business trip where a co-worker urged us to socialize some evening so we could talk about ourselves instead of work. With significant others present. Gee, an opportunity to take turns revealing personal details about ourselves to an entire group, including spouses that we don't know from Adam. Where do I sign up?