Future Darwin Awards candidate? [link]
Fire bad. Tree pretty.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 16, 2009 10:34:37 am PST #1595 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Liese S. - Jan 16, 2009 10:39:09 am PST #1596 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
The last cupcake I had was deeply unsatisfying. I think I need to remedy this.
I'm on break! Early long weekend, because the owner of the music store where we work our second jobs has the store dark this weekend. He's going to NAMM, to look at the pretty pretty new music toys. And our kids have MLKJRDAY off, so yay for long weekend! Today we've declared Seabiscuit day, so we're taking him to the park. Tomorrow D.'s throwing a party, so he's doing prep work for it now. But I am going to be chill, because yay, long weekend.
The point of all that being, I probably have time to bake cupcakes.
What's everybody else doing this weekend?
Jessica - Jan 16, 2009 10:40:49 am PST #1597 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Too much caffeine can make you hallucinate
British psychologists, who report in the journal Personality and Individual Differences this week that college students they studied said they sometimes heard faux voices after chugging at least seven cups of coffee daily.
Gudanov - Jan 16, 2009 10:43:12 am PST #1598 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
Too much caffeine can make you hallucinate
Awesome. I'm getting another diet Pepsi right now.
Liese S. - Jan 16, 2009 10:43:47 am PST #1599 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Also, whoo, social activism in the digital world. I just emailed Orvis to complain about their sending me a gift card in an envelope in a gift box with ribbon in a separate shipping box. (It was part of a promotional deal where if I bought luggage from them, I got a $100 gift card. I bought a backpack for $109. Heh. But anyway, it didn't come in the box with the backpack. It came on the same day in its own box.) Seriously, for an outdoorsy vendor like Orvis, with its own sustainability plan and everything, it was a tad excessive.
And anyway, I got email back within minutes from the chair of their sustainability committee saying thanks, and he'd bring it up at their next meeting. Go instant gratification!
Allyson - Jan 16, 2009 10:44:01 am PST #1600 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
Hey lori, you around? Is it JPL's off Friday?
Jesse - Jan 16, 2009 10:47:08 am PST #1601 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And anyway, I got email back within minutes from the chair of their sustainability committee saying thanks, and he'd bring it up at their next meeting. Go instant gratification!
That's great! Isn't it almost enough to feel heard in those situations?
Emily - Jan 16, 2009 10:51:54 am PST #1602 of 30000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
they sometimes heard faux voices
Faux voices? Were they using a pretentious accent?
Atropa - Jan 16, 2009 10:52:10 am PST #1603 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Too much caffeine can make you hallucinate
So us chronic insomniacs have wide range of fun choices! Hallucinate from sleep deprivation, hallucinate from too much caffeine, or hallucinate from the prescription medication you took in hopes of falling asleep sooner. Awesome!
Frankenbuddha - Jan 16, 2009 10:54:09 am PST #1604 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
We've secretly replaced Jilli's coffee and sleep meds with LSD. Let's see if she notices...