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Where'd they get CAT scan from?... I mean, did they test it on cats? Or does the machine sort of look like a cat?

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Jessica - Sep 15, 2008 7:55:29 am PDT #8752 of 10003

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I am sure a lot of the revolution stuff went over my head, but the individual stories were what enthralled me.

Oh yeah, I'm sure there was a ton of politics I was missing, but I loved it anyway. I even read most of the random digressions (100 pages on the sewers, whee!)

DavidS - Sep 15, 2008 7:59:21 am PDT #8753 of 10003

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Cranioklepty: A History of Phrenological Graverobbing.

Famous skulls stolen from their graves: Mozart, Haydn, Descartes...

Dana - Sep 15, 2008 8:03:08 am PDT #8754 of 10003

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Why is it, when you have a series of repair people in your house, each successive one looks at the work the previous one did and says "Oh, that's not right."

megan walker - Sep 15, 2008 8:05:20 am PDT #8755 of 10003

"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Oh yeah, I'm sure there was a ton of politics I was missing, but I loved it anyway. I even read most of the random digressions (100 pages on the sewers, whee!)

I'm sure that's true of most French people too. Besides Waterloo, there isn't much on major events. Mostly of the revolutionary stuff is small scale stuff from the early 1830s.

I don't think I've ever seen it on the shelf here, how many volumes does it usually come in?

Jessica - Sep 15, 2008 8:06:24 am PDT #8756 of 10003

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

One really really big one. The paperback I have is practically a cube.

Gudanov - Sep 15, 2008 8:07:16 am PDT #8757 of 10003

Coding and Sleeping

Why is it, when you have a series of repair people in your house, each successive one looks at the work the previous one did and says "Oh, that's not right."

I figure there are several possibilities. Nobody gets it right, there is no right solution, or there is more than one right solution. I have the same question about religion.

Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 15, 2008 8:11:05 am PDT #8758 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 Nora!

I knew I should have switched my 401K to oil company stocks...

megan walker - Sep 15, 2008 8:11:30 am PDT #8759 of 10003

"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

One really really big one. The paperback I have is practically a cube.

That's insane. It must be close to 1500 pages.

Dana - Sep 15, 2008 8:12:37 am PDT #8760 of 10003

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

The cable guy I just had here was shocked to see that I knew how to access the modem configuration. He's like "I never show people how to do that!"

And I said, "Uh, yeah, we set up our own network in our old house."

Shir - Sep 15, 2008 8:13:16 am PDT #8761 of 10003

"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

the individual stories were what enthralled me.

Yeah. That. What I took from that book was something along the lines of "1. People suck and not very trustworthy and will turn on you when you'll need them most, 2. Try to never be poor. You'll have to sell your teeth".

I took books very, very seriously.

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