I'm going to be within 4 hours of Baltimore soon!
That reminds me, I need to make hotel reservations.
Saffron: But we've been wed. Aren't we to become one flesh? Mal: Well, no, uh... We're still two fleshes here, and I think that your flesh ought to sleep somewhere else.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 61*
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.
Lee - Sep 23, 2008 9:25:34 am PDT #135 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Shir - Sep 23, 2008 9:28:19 am PDT #136 of 10001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Passes banana-chocolate muffin to DavidS via interwebs, because it seems like he needs one
Gudanov - Sep 23, 2008 9:30:12 am PDT #137 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
An articulate, smart, charismatic, uninhibited liar can actually do pretty well in this kind of debate format.
I thing that annoys me about debates is expectations being built on intelligence, experience and actual debate skills. Those are nice and all, but this isn't debate club, what is really important is communication and message. That's what makes Bush a good debater, he stays on message and frames his answers in simple, absolute terms.
I give McCain the advantage in the upcoming debate based on their performances at the Saddlebrook forum. Hopefully, the Obama camp will be better prepared this time.
DavidS - Sep 23, 2008 9:31:06 am PDT #138 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Passes banana-chocolate muffin to DavidS via interwebs, because it seems like he needs one
Thanks, Shir! Emmett and Matilda's birthday week is not turning out as planned.
HaveAMuffinWhitey! It'll ease your pain.
brenda m - Sep 23, 2008 9:33:04 am PDT #139 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Aw. I hope things go better for the Zmayhem clan as the day goes on.
Nilly and Emmett in one day? That's a hell of a good day.
Gudanov - Sep 23, 2008 9:34:23 am PDT #140 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
I hope everybody in Zmayhem starts having a better day.
tommyrot - Sep 23, 2008 9:44:14 am PDT #141 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
That's what makes Bush a good debater, he stays on message and frames his answers in simple, absolute terms.
And he says what the voice in the radio earphone tells him to say....
Kathy A - Sep 23, 2008 9:45:28 am PDT #142 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
"Pay no attention to that bulge in my back! I am the Great and Powerful Decider!!!"
tommyrot - Sep 23, 2008 9:47:50 am PDT #143 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This is cool:
As if the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy weren't vexing enough, another baffling cosmic puzzle has been discovered.
Patches of matter in the universe seem to be moving at very high speeds and in a uniform direction that can't be explained by any of the known gravitational forces in the observable universe. Astronomers are calling the phenomenon "dark flow."
The stuff that's pulling this matter must be outside the observable universe, researchers conclude.
...
Scientists discovered the flow by studying some of the largest structures in the cosmos: giant clusters of galaxies. These clusters are conglomerations of about a thousand galaxies, as well as very hot gas which emits X-rays. By observing the interaction of the X-rays with the cosmic microwave background (CMB), which is leftover radiation from the Big Bang, scientists can study the movement of clusters.
The X-rays scatter photons in the CMB, shifting its temperature in an effect known as the kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect.
I have a kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect - in my pants!
JZ - Sep 23, 2008 9:50:26 am PDT #144 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I have a kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect - in my pants!
That's what she said!