I snark teal and get caught up talking racing. I kinda dig Buffistas.
Zoe: First rule of battle, little one. Don't ever let 'em know where you are. Mal: Whoo-hoo! I'm right here! I'm right here! You want some of me? Yeah, you do! Come on! Come on! Aaah! Whoo-hoo! Zoe: Of course, there are other schools of thought...
'The Message'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
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.
Cass - Apr 22, 2008 9:32:50 pm PDT #3112 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Kristen - Apr 22, 2008 9:33:23 pm PDT #3113 of 10001
They did an interview last year with the dude who drove Junior's car around the country. He was a sweetie.
Cass - Apr 22, 2008 9:48:30 pm PDT #3114 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Most of the people I've met or known around racing have been really the nicest people.
Plus? Parking those rigs all parked with less than an inch between? Impressive. Phenomenal cosmic hauler, itty-bitty parking space.
Sue - Apr 23, 2008 2:57:15 am PDT #3115 of 10001
hip deep in pie
NASCAR related: Have you guys seen this chocolate bar? And am I the only one that giggles at its name?
Theodosia - Apr 23, 2008 3:18:22 am PDT #3116 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
The issue about words for colors is so much bullshit, IMHO -- there are millions of shades of colors that humans can see, and we don't have words for them all -- hence when you get into web or digital or print design, you start using RGB values.
The more important question to ask about languages and color words is whether the culture thinks the differentiation is necessary between two colors.
Cashmere - Apr 23, 2008 3:23:28 am PDT #3117 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
ita, can you eat mascarpone? Because it is of the yum!
Sue - Apr 23, 2008 3:32:09 am PDT #3118 of 10001
hip deep in pie
The more important question to ask about languages and color words is whether the culture thinks the differentiation is necessary between two colors.
That differentiation can be on a personal perceptual level. There are lots of purple/pink, purple/blue, yellow/green hues that I have had arguments with others about. Especially about the colour of tennis balls. I say they are green, everyone else seems to think they are yellow.
Ginger - Apr 23, 2008 3:46:46 am PDT #3119 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The Florida Marlins wore teal.
They won 2 World Series Championships faster than any other franchise.
Conclusion: Evil wins.
Then, when you stop spending a brazilian dollars on players, evil loses.
Somehow this seems like the wrong take-away message.
I like teal. The Marlins, not so much.
Nutty - Apr 23, 2008 3:52:54 am PDT #3120 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Tennis balls are tennis-ball colored. Also, they smell like something a preteen would inhale for the high.
People end up with such crazy wrong ideas about color. Like, most people would be aghast at the idea of the classical Greek statues being painted bright colors. That dignified, gently faded rustic antique from New Mexico? Used to be neon-colored! People did it that way on purpose!
billytea - Apr 23, 2008 3:54:37 am PDT #3121 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
The colour thing is a nuisance in learning Mandarin. They do have separate words for blue and green, but then they have this whole other word that means blue and green. Or possibly black. So far I have not discerned any guiding principles for their use.