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Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'


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.


tommyrot - Apr 16, 2009 9:32:08 am PDT #15491 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.

Ahah! I can change my tagline now! Tea Party Fail: What Happened To The Million Teabags?

But! The State got up to straight up TRAMPLING of the RIGHTS, and put the kibosh on the teabag display. Which left the bags back in the inside of a truck, borne back ceaselessly into the past or something.

And so, that left people with one unresolved question: What happened to the teabags? Did they end up on a cross country jaunt? Did they get sent to the Dharma Initiative? Did anyone come to the realization: "Hey! I bet we could make tea with these things?" As it happens, the press stayed on the case.

From today's Washington Post:

Finally, the truck's driver, who had been wandering around town for hours after an overnight drive from Georgia, found a place to unload the cargo: 12 floors up in a downtown advocacy group.

That's right. One million teabags finally found a home in a conference room at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, JUST AS NOSTRADAMUS SAID THEY WOULD. The Post got a picture of the greatest political demonstration to ever take place in a downtown conference room.


Frankenbuddha - Apr 16, 2009 9:37:37 am PDT #15492 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

What's all this, then?

I knew you were secretly Wallace. Where are you hiding Gromit?

He COULD secretly be a member of Monty Python instead.


Sparky1 - Apr 16, 2009 9:40:41 am PDT #15493 of 30000
Librarian Warlord

Anybody hear Fresh Air? There was a woman who was talking about overcoming her fear of math, after dropping out of high school and finally passing Finite Math in college? Please to help me figure out her name and the name of the book?

Kat, a friend of a friend at NPR says she couldn't find this either and that it might be local station content not licensed by the national-NPR. So you should call the local station.

If you do figure it out, my math prof sister would be interested!


Allyson - Apr 16, 2009 9:46:35 am PDT #15494 of 30000
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

When I moved, Lori helped me haul my bed and mattress in first. It's always the first thing I do, get my bed moved and made so there's ONE THING done. The most important thing. The thing I will pass out in.


Connie Neil - Apr 16, 2009 9:49:16 am PDT #15495 of 30000
brillig

Did you google Finite Math?


Burrell - Apr 16, 2009 9:56:43 am PDT #15496 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I'm with Allyson on moving in the beds first.

Also? Happy birthday ND


Scrappy - Apr 16, 2009 10:17:00 am PDT #15497 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

See, I always hook up stereo or a radio first, so I have music to work to.


Kathy A - Apr 16, 2009 10:19:39 am PDT #15498 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

The movers assemble my bed for me before they leave, but I'll leave it unmade in favor of unpacking my books first. That way, I get rid of almost half of my boxes and I feel very productive! Then I'll make the bed.


Ginger - Apr 16, 2009 10:26:11 am PDT #15499 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

have a box with all the things you'll need for the first day or two: sheets, towels, soap, toilet paper, a light bulb or two, possibly paper plates/plastic flatware.

Kleenex, paper towels, snacks, extension cord, flashlight, knife, scissors, coffee pot, coffee.

If I unpacked my books first, it would be a couple of days before I got to bed. I get sheets on the bed and get the coffee pot set up.


javachik - Apr 16, 2009 10:28:27 am PDT #15500 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Happy Birthday Drew!!!

I've managed to store almost all the boxes I want to keep in my closet. You know, for the next time I do this.

You can store those in my garage if you'd like. We can put them in the Subaru tonight after dinner.