Yikes, Corwood! Stay in the house!!
Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage, and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny.
Oz ,'Beneath You'
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.
Jesse - Nov 06, 2008 9:55:57 am PST #9782 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Tom Scola - Nov 06, 2008 10:02:56 am PST #9783 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Baby monkey gets his own guard dog
A Chinese zoo has given an orphan monkey its own guard dog to stop it being bullied by bigger primates.
Hayden - Nov 06, 2008 10:04:30 am PST #9784 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Once the garbage truck passed, I decided I'd feel better with the kids at daycare and me at work, so we hurriedly loaded up and left around 10 ("Serpentine!," I told my 3-year-old on the way to the car, and he rightfully looked at me like I was nuts). But still: crazy! The cops had a shoot-out with a guy at our neighborhood grocery that's about ten blocks away!
msbelle - Nov 06, 2008 10:07:31 am PST #9785 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
("Serpentine!," I told my 3-year-old on the way to the car, and he rightfully looked at me like I was nuts)
priceless
also, glad you are safe and the showdown seems over.
Hayden - Nov 06, 2008 10:12:02 am PST #9786 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Thanks! I just hate that I got up extra-early for work and thus missed out on the sweet, delicious sleep I could have been having instead of being all tense while I watched the backyard for guys with guns.
Strega - Nov 06, 2008 10:14:30 am PST #9787 of 10001
Because paying the extra dollar isn't his intention. Getting the largest drink is his intention, and the price of that is an extra dollar. The dollar is a side-effect.
I can definitely see it this way, but yeah, the dollar requires some volition. It is not your ultimate goal to pay a dollar, but it doesn't happen without you choosing to do it.
I thought this other example in the paper was helpful: You want to enter your home. You unlock the door to do that. Unlocking the door is a means to an end, but it is also an intentional act -- you had to consciously decide to do it in order to achieve your goal. Like spending a dollar to get your drink. Whereas getting the commemorative cup did not require any extra action on your part.
The Asberger-y way seems more purely logical to me, which I'm sure is their point. It sort of helps me to think of it from the clerk's point of view: Did you ask to get a special cup? No. Did you agree to pay a dollar more? I'd say you did.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 06, 2008 10:19:49 am PST #9788 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
This is what was happening in my neighborhood this morning.
That's some scary shit.
Are there any laws about body armor, local or national? And if not, what is the possible justification?
Gudanov - Nov 06, 2008 10:22:06 am PST #9789 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Are there any laws about body armor, local or national? And if not, what is the possible justification?
Going hunting with Dick Cheney?
Scrappy - Nov 06, 2008 10:23:57 am PST #9790 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Holy moly, Cor! Not a pleasant start to the day.
Jesse - Nov 06, 2008 10:26:52 am PST #9791 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
("Serpentine!," I told my 3-year-old on the way to the car, and he rightfully looked at me like I was nuts)
Ha!
I just gave my minion her 3-month review, and she came in all scared because apparently her horoscope said she would get fired this month! What the hell kind of horoscope is that??