And not just any bagpipes but Scotland the Brave.
Yes, that was the weird part for me. I mean, piping of one sort or another has a long tradition when you want something LOUD over a big crowd of people -- but... Scotland!
Also, I can kill you with my brain.
River ,'Trash'
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.
amych - Aug 10, 2008 7:55:57 am PDT #2305 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Jesse - Aug 10, 2008 8:07:24 am PDT #2306 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I did notice that they didn't change the loop of "cultural" music when the Chinese athletes came in -- it wasn't the bagpipes that I heard, but something equally not-Chinese.
sumi - Aug 10, 2008 8:33:13 am PDT #2307 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Yes, random Scotland the Brave!
Perhaps, they should do that randomly throughout the Games.
meara - Aug 10, 2008 9:04:33 am PDT #2308 of 10003
The Wall Arch in Utah's Arches national park has collapsed.
Aww! That's so sad!!
I want to go have a life, but I also want to sit on my couch and watch the Olympics nonstop for the next two weeks. Dilemma!!
Jesse - Aug 10, 2008 9:09:08 am PDT #2309 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hilarious: [link]
Steph L. - Aug 10, 2008 9:13:04 am PDT #2310 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Hilarious: [link]
Okay, that? Wins at the internets today.
(Also? I rarely think that Obama is sexy, but dancing!Obama is HOT, man.)
t edit And, please God, I hope I NEVER see McCain dance.
Lee - Aug 10, 2008 9:21:08 am PDT #2311 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Okay, that? Wins at the internets today.
Totally
Cass - Aug 10, 2008 9:29:41 am PDT #2312 of 10003
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Aesthetically, it's sad that the Wall Arch fell but in the whole "being able to watch geology happen," it's amazing.
Best quote in the article: "Not being a geologist, I can't get very technical but it just went kaboom"
Oh, I wants to tag it, I do...
Shir - Aug 10, 2008 9:34:48 am PDT #2313 of 10003
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I heart geology. Very very much.
Unlike people, it's steady and constant. However, somehow, even when it's predictable, it's strong, amazing and can change your life. And it comes with explosives and acids and experiments and hiking and cool hammers.
Sorry, I think I'm drooling again.
sarameg - Aug 10, 2008 9:35:19 am PDT #2314 of 10003
My brother just sent me pictures of D with his hair spiked into a blue mohawk, with an oh-so-serious expression. It's cracking me up.