Tornado siren just went off. As it always does on the first Tuesday of the month. But after last night? There was some panic.
Question: Will hiding in a cavern with stockpiled chocolate goods be any part of this plan?
Xander ,'Get It Done'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
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.
shrift - Aug 05, 2008 6:14:28 am PDT #1313 of 10003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 05, 2008 6:16:49 am PDT #1314 of 10003
"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
Happy Birthday Fred Pete!
My resolve to come to work early today resulted in me walking in the door at 6 minutes to 9:00. Luckily (or perhaps unluckily), there was no word from higher-ups on the item I'm working on, so now it's the waiting game.
tommyrot - Aug 05, 2008 6:20:35 am PDT #1315 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Um....
Sexual harassment okay as it ensures humans breed, Russian judge rules
A Russian advertising executive who sued her boss for sexual harassment lost her case after a judge ruled that employers were obliged to make passes at female staff to ensure the survival of the human race.
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The judge said he threw out the case not through lack of evidence but because the employer had acted gallantly rather than criminally.
"If we had no sexual harassment we would have no children," the judge ruled.
Well, maybe you wouldn't have children....
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Only two women have won sexual harassment cases since the collapse of the Soviet Union, one in 1993 and the other in 1997.
Damn.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 05, 2008 6:33:41 am PDT #1316 of 10003
"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
Because the human species is so underpopulated and has such a low birth rate that only philandering bosses stand between us and extinction?
msbelle - Aug 05, 2008 6:34:19 am PDT #1317 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I'm not really here, but 2 things
is this cnn article really annoying?: [link]
also? I am irrational annoyed by "Jacobs by marc jacobs for marc by marc jacobs" - anyone else?!? I hate those bags HATE.
poof - gone
tommyrot - Aug 05, 2008 6:39:46 am PDT #1318 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
is this cnn article really annoying?: [link]
Yeah, the rich are hurting too. Lucky for them they've had 40 years for the gap between rich and poor to grow to record levels before this....
Nilly - Aug 05, 2008 6:46:27 am PDT #1319 of 10003
Swouncing
it's pretty difficult to find in supermarkets here
Oh, how strange. Here it's in pretty much every supermarket, in little paper bags, like baking powder.
I use it in everything I want sweetened, mostly replacing some of the regular sugar in recipes, because I like its flavor.
Gadget_Girl - Aug 05, 2008 6:49:02 am PDT #1320 of 10003
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
Happy birthday, Fred Pete!
sumi - Aug 05, 2008 6:49:30 am PDT #1321 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
I'm having such back luck with handbags - on Saturday I actually pulled the handle out of the one I'd been using and then this morning, I did the same thing to the next bag. WTF? I don't believe I've ever done that before AND this was only the 2nd day I'd used the second bag AT ALL. (It was a gift.)
So, I need a new bag. Or at least to start looking around for one. I've been browsing on ebags and feel uninspired - any suggestions?
tommyrot - Aug 05, 2008 6:49:51 am PDT #1322 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Pictured: The massive 8ft eagle that chases tennis balls in the ultimate game of fetch
Also a video.
I want an eagle. Except for the part where occasionally it accidentally cuts its owner's hand and he has to go to the hospital.
eta:
It's the ultimate game of fetch, but with a difference - it's played with an eagle.
Evie, a stunning white-tailed sea eagle, has taken a liking to tennis and enjoys nothing more than flying after balls thrown by her proud owner George Hedges.
As part of her favourite game, the stunning bird-of-prey deploys her massive 8ft wingspan to hurtle after the balls, either catching them in mid-air or swooping to seize them from ponds.