This always drives me nuts.
True, but I used to work for a wind turbine company and all you have to do is hold up pictures of a few raptors that got killed in the blades and you've got a potent photo-op.
Kaylee: You're nice, too. Mal: No, I'm not. I'm a mean old man.
'Serenity'
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.
DavidS - Sep 16, 2008 12:40:04 pm PDT #8986 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Liese S. - Sep 16, 2008 12:43:42 pm PDT #8987 of 10003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Japanese is seriously hard! Our family joke is that the SO speaks better Japanese than I do. Because I didn't learn it growing up; we both studied it together when we were working for a Japanese company. And I quit before he did. So hard!
And it wouldn't really help me communicate with my family, because they all spoke pidgin instead.
Emily - Sep 16, 2008 12:54:02 pm PDT #8988 of 10003
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I think it's interesting that the same program started out by teaching me how to order beer and sake in Japanese... and coffee and tea in Arabic.
Right, right, home!
JenP - Sep 16, 2008 12:56:21 pm PDT #8989 of 10003
Wesson Scalper Palin
I go around lopping off the tops of cooking oil bottles? Or selling them at outrageous prices.
Am cleaning. Send help.
Yay, sarameg! Glad for the kitty and that you get to go see your bro's defense.
Toddson - Sep 16, 2008 12:57:34 pm PDT #8990 of 10003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Shaver Razorback Palin
um ... does this mean I move to Arkansas?
juliana - Sep 16, 2008 12:58:20 pm PDT #8991 of 10003
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
all you have to do is hold up pictures of a few raptors that got killed in the blades and you've got a potent photo-op.
Exactly. It's hard to take a moral high ground w/r/t renewable energy if you're causing avian destruction as a part of your operation. Oil spills are a (supposedly rare) accident, and accidents happen.
This is the kind of opposition our/my clients face, and it takes time to find a workable solution.
Sheryl - Sep 16, 2008 1:01:19 pm PDT #8992 of 10003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Yay sarameg for the kitty and your brother's defense.
javachik - Sep 16, 2008 1:17:42 pm PDT #8993 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
Our company had a luncheon today and Brad Ziegler was the guest of honor. He was very nice and surprisingly funny and disarming. He told some great stories, my favorite of which was that he was totally caught off guard and almost had a heart attack when Griffey Junior came up to him on the field, introduced himself and congratulated Brad on his (then) scoreless streak. All he could respond was, "ugh..uh...Mister...Girffey..I...mean....Junior...I mean...uh...thanks........."
He came upstairs to see our offices later and totally started talking Warriors basketball with me when he saw the Warriors poster over my desk. Awwwww.
DavidS - Sep 16, 2008 1:19:19 pm PDT #8994 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
and Brad Ziegler was the guest of honor.
Cool! If he goes the rest of the season without giving up a run he'll break Eckersley's record for the lowest ERA for a pitcher with at least 50 innings.
Ginger - Sep 16, 2008 1:21:37 pm PDT #8995 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It made me wonder -- do you use the same counting word for penises that you do for bottles and cigarettes, or does that go in a different category?
I don't know, but now that you mention it, wouldn't you theoretically use a different set of numbers for erect penises?
Yay, Sarameg!
There are no completely benign ways to make electricity. My objection to wind and solar power as major sources of electricity is that we still don't have particularly efficient ways to store power for when the wind doesn't blow and the sun doesn't shine.