Summers, however, are usually depressingly (for a gardener) dry, except for this last summer, which was depressingly (for a gardener) cold and wet.
Sorry! I didn't realize my whining about summer was so effective!
Whatever happened to the still beating heart of a virgin? No one has any standards anymore.
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
Atropa - Dec 02, 2008 10:01:36 am PST #3999 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
P.M. Marc - Dec 02, 2008 10:34:26 am PST #4000 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Sorry! I didn't realize my whining about summer was so effective!
The Jam Economists frown upon your shenanigans.
tommyrot - Dec 02, 2008 11:03:06 am PST #4001 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.
From the "Let's all look at the positive aspects of global warming" department:
1st commercial ship sails through Northwest Passage
The Canadian Coast Guard has confirmed that in a major first, a commercial ship travelled through the Northwest Passage this fall to deliver supplies to communities in western Nunavut.
The MV Camilla Desgagnés, owned by Desgagnés Transarctik Inc., transported cargo from Montreal to the hamlets of Cambridge Bay, Kugluktuk, Gjoa Haven and Taloyoak in September.
"We did have a commercial cargo vessel that did the first scheduled run from Montreal, up through the eastern Arctic, through the Northwest Passage to deliver cargo to communities in the west," Brian LeBlanc of the Canadian Coast Guard told CBC News.
"That was the first — that I'm aware of anyway — commercial cargo delivery from the east through the Northwest Passage."
New era in Arctic shipping?
For a ship to be able to travel through the Northwest Passage, which has historically been impassable with thick ice, had some wondering if the MV Camilla Desgagnés is heralding a new era in Arctic shipping.
Gudanov - Dec 02, 2008 11:29:57 am PST #4002 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
From the "Let's all look at the positive aspects of global warming" department:
Not to mention it will reduce travel time to the coast for those living inland.
sumi - Dec 02, 2008 11:55:05 am PST #4003 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Illinoisans - looks like we're under a Winter Weather Advisory tomorrow! (6 am - 9 pm)
woo.
lisah - Dec 02, 2008 11:57:48 am PST #4004 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate
Illinoisans - looks like we're under a Winter Weather Advisory tomorrow! (6 am - 9 pm)
Man, that better clear up and cause no travel delays for Thursday (day boyfriend is coming in from Chicago). Shakes warning fist at midwest!
ChiKat - Dec 02, 2008 12:58:40 pm PST #4005 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Illinoisans - looks like we're under a Winter Weather Advisory tomorrow! (6 am - 9 pm)
Good to know! I'm starting to feel puny, so a snow day would not be unwelcome.
Allyson - Dec 02, 2008 2:17:48 pm PST #4006 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
There's a screening of The Day the Earth Stood Still at Caltech, and both Keanu Reeves and my friend Sean (who did a little consulting on the film re: physics) are doing a Q&A.
ON THE SAME NIGHT AS MY COMPANY XMAS PARTY
weeps
juliana - Dec 02, 2008 2:20:26 pm PST #4007 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
ON THE SAME NIGHT AS MY COMPANY XMAS PARTY
SKIP. IT.
Tom Scola - Dec 02, 2008 2:21:37 pm PST #4008 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I've been at my company for nine years, and I haven't gone to a Christmas party yet.