Look, you got a little stabbed the other day. That's bound to make anyone a mite ornery.

Mal ,'Ariel'


Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam  

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.


billytea - Apr 15, 2009 4:45:34 am PDT #15304 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Oh wow! So exciting!

It is rather. Wallybee's parents have just let us know their visa has been approved, so they'll be out here in about a week or so.


Jesse - Apr 15, 2009 4:46:27 am PDT #15305 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

So exciting!


Nora Deirdre - Apr 15, 2009 4:46:33 am PDT #15306 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Wallybee's parents have just let us know their visa has been approved, so they'll be out here in about a week or so.

yay!

Man, I would love to get laid off.


tommyrot - Apr 15, 2009 4:47:39 am PDT #15307 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

for bt: Rare dolphin spits to catch its prey, scientists find

A rare species of Australian dolphin has been found to catch its fish prey by spitting water, according to research by WWF. The small snubfin dolphins hunt in groups and use their spitting technique to round up fish they have chased to the surface by firing jets of water from their mouths.

The unusual behaviour has only been observed in one other dolphin species, the Irrawaddy dolphin, which lives throughout south and south-east Asia.

"This is incredibly unusual behaviour, first seen in Australia off the Kimberley Coast," said WWF Australia's marine and coasts manager, Lydia Gibson. "It also confirms the snubfin dolphin is a fascinating animal, one which we know so little about."

The snubfin dolphin (Orcaella heinsohni) was discovered in 2005 and is Australia's only endemic dolphin species, meaning that it is unique to northern Australia. Virtually nothing is known about its behaviour or habits.


sarameg - Apr 15, 2009 4:49:18 am PDT #15308 of 30000

I fucking hate my employer. Right now their goddamned website is standing between me and a mortgage. SERIOUSLY.


tommyrot - Apr 15, 2009 4:51:07 am PDT #15309 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I fucking hate my employer. Right now their goddamned website is standing between me and a mortgage. SERIOUSLY.

That sucks.

Should we sic spitting dolphins on them?


billytea - Apr 15, 2009 4:52:51 am PDT #15310 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Rare dolphin spits to catch its prey, scientists find

See, possible career options are already suggesting themselves!


tommyrot - Apr 15, 2009 4:54:11 am PDT #15311 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

So soon we'll be seeing the following headline?

Rare actuary spits to catch its prey, scientists find


sarameg - Apr 15, 2009 5:04:51 am PDT #15312 of 30000

OK, sorted out. Arcane password rule that they don't tell you anywhere. SERIOUSLY.


lisah - Apr 15, 2009 5:10:54 am PDT #15313 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

So, after all of that morning-routine talk, I went to bed earlish, but still slept through my alarm until 7:20! Am now late for work.

I forgot one part of my "routine" which is usually having to get up sometime in the night (about 5 this morning) to take the dog out and then going back to sleep. He'd actually been sleeping through the night pretty well recently but I THOUGHT about that good luck too much I guess and jinxed it. Anyway, I fell asleep again, only hit the snooze alarm once and was actually here a 1/2 hour early today. A miracle. Of course nobody else was here for another hour so my miracle went unwitnessed.

bt, sorry for the layoff but it sounds like it actually might be a a positive thing for you. More time with baby! Awesome.