Oh look, the Greatest Canadian inventions:
Wonderbra [1964, Louise Poirier]
Ladies and Gentleman, we have a winner!
Gunn: You saying popping mama threw you a beating? Lorne: Kid Vicious did the heavy lifting. Cordy just mwah-ha-ha'd at us.
'Underneath'
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.
Sue - Aug 12, 2008 3:37:59 pm PDT #2939 of 10003
hip deep in pie
Sue - Aug 12, 2008 3:39:19 pm PDT #2940 of 10003
hip deep in pie
Oooo, I forgot about the Robertson Screw!
Get your minds out of the gutter!
tommyrot - Aug 12, 2008 3:39:37 pm PDT #2941 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.
What about the Robertson Screw?
Jesse - Aug 12, 2008 3:39:56 pm PDT #2942 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Go Canada!
So, mom confirms all is well. I think I'll still make plans to go up there, though.
Sue - Aug 12, 2008 3:41:24 pm PDT #2943 of 10003
hip deep in pie
What about the Robertson Screw?
It's Canadian! (And awesome.)
tommyrot - Aug 12, 2008 3:41:36 pm PDT #2944 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.
Robertson Screw x-posty!
Sheryl - Aug 12, 2008 3:41:39 pm PDT #2945 of 10003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Worldcon was fun, and involved a lot of walking. My hotel(which was where most of the filk events were) was about 6 blocks from the convention center. Also walked around the 16th street mall in Denver in order to get food. I came back with 4 more books and one fewer pair of jeans than I had when I got there. (The jeans were ancient, and had a small rip in the seat which became a large rip by the end of the con)
Nilly - Aug 12, 2008 3:47:33 pm PDT #2946 of 10003
Swouncing
what is your dissertation about?
The title is: Dynamics of Data Traffic in Communication Networks.
If he heard of Linked - these are the sort of networks we're working with, Scale-Free networks. We're working on a model, no specific network (even though the internet is, of course, the most obvious network to talk about). The topological structure of these networks was extensively studied in the last decade, and I was trying to at least begin to see how that structure affects the flow of information on the network.
"Linked" is actually a popular science book, completely accessible even to people without any knowledge in SCIENCE (is it still funny if I have no idea if I'm using it right?), and quite a good one - my mom was thrilled when I gave her the Hebrew translation as a present, because she really wanted to have a better idea about what I study. My supervisor was the scientific editor of the Hebrew version, and some of the older students here are even mentioned in the book.
(Oh, and it's so sweet of mr. flea to be interested. Thanks.)
I have nothing to add on the topic of Canada.
[Edited because sometimes little punctuation marks are important.
Also, Allyson, backflung.]
Gadget_Girl - Aug 12, 2008 3:49:44 pm PDT #2947 of 10003
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
Keep going, Nilly! You can do it!
So in casual conversation it was discovered that Draconian Dictator would probably not like it if I started dressing even more "gothic". Seems he would be potentially bothered by "Neo-Victorian Goth"; however, it doesn't violate our dress code. I am looking forward to testing this theory.
sarameg - Aug 12, 2008 3:55:38 pm PDT #2948 of 10003
I'm just crazy.
Repeats what Cass said!
Also, due to you, I got on that facebook thing and was basically ignoring it. And one of my fellow college Saras just found me!
And he has a PhD - in SCIENCE! (Which is an American public-radio-based joke that you will not get, but funny, trust me.)
Heehee!
& Nilly, thanks for sharing! I love hearing about peoples' research. Even when I barely get it (see: my brother's cancer research) I think half the fun is watching the other person getting to share something they know really well. (Even if they are half sick of it by now, as I know I was with my undergrad thesis.)