Jayne: We was just about to spring into action, Captain. Complicated escape and rescue op. Wash: I was going to watch. It was very exciting.

'Shindig'


Natter 62: The 62nd Natter  

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.


sarameg - Nov 19, 2008 3:57:25 pm PST #2416 of 10002

You could always leave it off the resume if you do take it?

Oh lord, Devi just discovered the knitted mouse Loki's been killing for a while (and Devi's ignored for years!) She's walking around with it, crying mournfully.


DavidS - Nov 19, 2008 4:23:31 pm PST #2417 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

You don't have to put a one month job on the resume, ita.

Having been through it once without one, I would LOVE to have a doula at my next childbirth if I can afford it.

We had a doula for Emmett's birth and it really helped a lot. Especially since it was a first time experience for me (as well as the mother) so we had somebody to guide us and be an advocate for her. Didn't have one for Matilda's birth and that was fine too. At least for me. JZ might've watned one, but having gone through a birth, the second one I had a clue of what was happening and why.


Jesse - Nov 19, 2008 4:33:53 pm PST #2418 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

If I see these in one more place, I'm going to have to get one.


beekaytee - Nov 19, 2008 4:34:33 pm PST #2419 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant

Benny is awesome Anne and bless your parents for caring for an older dog. They rock.


beekaytee - Nov 19, 2008 5:23:39 pm PST #2420 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant

Hey, are the puppies in reruns or something? The soft bed is gone.


Typo Boy - Nov 19, 2008 5:44:49 pm PST #2421 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Is it ethical to create a living woolly mammoth out of recovered DNA?

Umm, what exactly is the ethical issue? Why might it not be?

Neanderthal? Ends up as special needs kid under constant media scrutiny, like a lot of the British royal family.


tommyrot - Nov 19, 2008 5:47:43 pm PST #2422 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Umm, what exactly is the ethical issue? Why might it not be?

Personally, I don't think there is. But I think some have argued that... I dunno - maybe it would come back not quite right, and thus suffer.


billytea - Nov 19, 2008 5:49:15 pm PST #2423 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Some good news for the day: a primate species, thought extinct, has been rediscovered: the pygmy tarsier of Indonesia [link] Also, a previously unknown extinct New Zealand penguin species has been identified: [link]


Typo Boy - Nov 19, 2008 5:49:48 pm PST #2424 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Hmm, well it does seem that cloned animals have a higher rate of birth defects. Is that the basis of the argument?


tommyrot - Nov 19, 2008 5:52:30 pm PST #2425 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Hmm, well it does seem that cloned animals have a higher rate of birth defects. Is that the basis of the argument?

I dunno - I'm half pulling this from the dark recesses of my brain, and half pulling it from my ass.

Or I might be off in those percentages.

ION, the violin is a good detector of stress for me. When I'm relaxed, I generally play OK. When I'm stressed, I make all sorts of mistakes. It's like some feedback machine, but with horrible screeching sounds....