Happy Birthday Matilda!
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
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.
Gudanov - Sep 26, 2008 5:29:53 am PDT #679 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Sue - Sep 26, 2008 5:31:31 am PDT #680 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Happy Birthday Matilda!
§ ita § - Sep 26, 2008 5:33:12 am PDT #681 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Where is she located, ita?
Reflexively I want to say "Stupidland," but the correct answer is Florida.
Okay, I'm going to shoot for a nap now, or Friday will be undoable.
Gadget_Girl - Sep 26, 2008 5:36:23 am PDT #682 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
Reflexively I want to say "Stupidland," but the correct answer is Florida.
Frequently the two are synonymous. (In no way indicating any Buffistas with whom share residency in this state with the nutjobs.)
Theodosia - Sep 26, 2008 5:41:20 am PDT #683 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
We Think Alike, GG.
msbelle - Sep 26, 2008 5:41:35 am PDT #684 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I have skimmed a lot recently, have people posted about the anti-Palin rally in Alaska?
ION, NO DESIRE TO BE ANYWHERE BUT BED. rainy yucky very horrible bad day.
sumi - Sep 26, 2008 5:43:13 am PDT #685 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
From the Washington Post about the bailout:
Thus far, an objective observer would have to say that Congress has behaved well in the days since Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson delivered a three-page ransom note that said, and I paraphrase, "Give me $700 billion, or I'd hate to see anything bad happen to that nice economy of yours."
Hee.
Sparky1 - Sep 26, 2008 5:45:16 am PDT #686 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Hivemind! A professor is looking for a definition of pornography -- it has to be a non-political definition, but something from the dictionary won't do. I need a neutral group, such as a social science organization, and I'm not coming up with anything. I'm also not inclined to walk over to the main library, because it's rainy and we're short staffed today.
The Attorney General considers it "futile" to try and define it.
tommyrot - Sep 26, 2008 5:47:47 am PDT #687 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.
Human Airbag wraps elderly in protective technology
As the country with one of the fastest rising elderly populations on the planet (a whopping 22 percent of the population is over 65) Japan's innovators have begun planning for life in a mostly grey society. The latest invention geared towards such a reality is the human airbag. Developed by Mitsuya Uchida, the president of Japanese firm Prop, the device was originally designed to help elderly citizens with epilepsy.
The airbag deploys in just 0.1 seconds when sudden falling motion is detected, protecting both the neck and torso areas. Despite the somewhat humorous effect the device offers visually, at 138,000 yen ($1,290) this is probably one of the most thoughtful giftsyou could give the elderly loved one in your life.
Theodosia - Sep 26, 2008 5:51:42 am PDT #688 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
My quote of the day so far:
"I didn't know I was going to be the referee for an internal GOP ideological civil war," Congressman Barney Frank said on CBS's "The Early Show" today.