Wesley: Feng Shui. Gunn: Right. What's that mean again? Wesley: That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, Feng Shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding.

'Conviction (1)'


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.


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...


msbelle - Jan 16, 2009 10:57:20 am PST #1605 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Did people hear the TAL with the stories of radon in houses causing aural and visual hallucinations? Basically any old haunted house with lots of reports of ghost sightings and/or hearings is probably some level of radon in the home. It was facisinating.


Liese S. - Jan 16, 2009 10:57:48 am PST #1606 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Isn't it almost enough to feel heard in those situations?

Totally! I'm all whoo, activism, based on a few keystrokes. But you betcha I'll follow-up with them and see what the committee said. Being heard is good. Creating change, even better.