Navy launches U.S.S. Independence, first of new class of weapons-bristling speedster trimarans
It looks sorta' scifi-ish, like the type of ship Jabba the Hutt would have if he lived on a planet with oceans.
You never know if a girl's gonna say 'yes', or if she's gonna laugh in your face and pull out your still-beating heart and crush it into the ground with her heel.
Xander ,'Help'
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.
tommyrot - May 05, 2008 6:12:32 pm PDT #5041 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.
Hil R. - May 05, 2008 6:14:48 pm PDT #5042 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
My great-aunt Millie used to steal silverware and salt and pepper shakers from restaurants. Family dinners at her house, nobody had matching silver.
msbelle - May 05, 2008 6:18:27 pm PDT #5043 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I loves me some drunk bon bon.
Sophia Brooks - May 05, 2008 6:18:55 pm PDT #5044 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Yay bon bon!
My day job situation is so fcuked up right now (my boss is eliminated and I will be doing her job and mine with no title change or extra money) that I want to shoot myself. Weirdly, the theatre job is going unexpected well, but I could use some ma, because I really need to get a new dayjob!
JenP - May 05, 2008 6:53:07 pm PDT #5045 of 10001
Go, bon bon!
Iron Man was fun.
§ ita § - May 05, 2008 7:13:41 pm PDT #5046 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Humus and soy crips. What a culinary world in which Kat lives.
What comes after bitter? I mean, on a scale that goes naive, worldly, jaded, bitter...what comes next? And are there superpowers? Cash prizes? I want to know what I have to look forward to.
CaBil - May 05, 2008 7:13:51 pm PDT #5047 of 10001
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
tommy, you should some of the Future Cruiser proposals floating around. Rail guns, missile cells in the auxiliary hulls, a flight deck for 12-18 V/STOL drones for air cover and ground attack, along with carrying two autonomous submersibles to provide to prevent enemy submarines from approaching the cruiser. With hyper-cavitating torpedoes, of course...
meara - May 05, 2008 7:16:23 pm PDT #5048 of 10001
Ooh, time to ask for a massive raise, Sophia!
TIED FOR THIRD! And guess who was credited with our stunning placement? THIS GUY! I carried the team to third place in a highly competitive trivia field!
...is anyone else a little confused by bon bon referring to herself as a guy?
In other news: I took a hard look at the outside of the building, and indeed. There are vines where I think my kitchen is (it's complicated by the stairwell placement being confusing, spatially). Which means the random greenery grwoing OUT OF MY CABINET is coming THROUGH THE WALL. Eep? I need to find the number for my landlord...
§ ita § - May 05, 2008 7:19:51 pm PDT #5049 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
With hyper-cavitating torpedoes, of course...
Would any other sort of torpedo do?
I was spared having to google littoral by tommy's link, but no such luxury here...
tommyrot - May 05, 2008 7:19:53 pm PDT #5050 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.
One theory I've read about says that in the future, any surface ship anywhere can be located by satellite and immediately targeted by long-range missile. According to that view, the only warships will be submarines.
With hyper-cavitating torpedoes
That's what she said.