Also that pressing the 'post' button was not going to destroy the universe. Probably.
That's what we want you to think.
Kidding, of course. Welcome!
NOT clicking the bedbug links.
Hermanos! The devil has built a robot!
Numero Cinco ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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.
Amy - Apr 24, 2009 6:31:37 am PDT #16641 of 30000
Because books.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Apr 24, 2009 6:44:26 am PDT #16642 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
That's what we want you to think.
I can entirely believe this. *wibble*
Thanks for the welcome!
The full story of my de-lurkage actually involves two postgraduate students (including me) with a love of all things fandom, one too many beers, a sad deconstruction of life without a forum on which to discuss said things of fandom, and fellow grad student's reminder that this place is still buzzing away with intelligent conversation. Also other types of conversation.
Plus, I'm trying to write a paper on research ethics. Distraction is delightful.
Amy - Apr 24, 2009 6:45:43 am PDT #16643 of 30000
Because books.
Distraction is delightful.
We are SO good for that.
Gudanov - Apr 24, 2009 6:46:32 am PDT #16644 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
Plus, I'm trying to write a paper on research ethics. Distraction is delightful.
If there is one thing we can do, it's facilitate procrastination.
X-post
tommyrot - Apr 24, 2009 6:48:44 am PDT #16645 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.
There's an exterminator that advertises on cable in NY that uses a DOG to sniff out the bedbugs, which he then freezes to death.
Yes, dogs are very good at sniffing out bedbugs. The service is expensive, though - as is the freezing.
Did you know that bedbugs can live up to a year and a half without food? Just one of the many exciting facts I've learned recently.
Extreme cleaning guy will be here soon to give me an estimate.
Oh, and hi, Seska!
Glamcookie - Apr 24, 2009 6:54:34 am PDT #16646 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Hello and welcome, Seska!
Bedbugs. t shudder
tommyrot - Apr 24, 2009 6:54:45 am PDT #16647 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.
ION, I am just totally man-crushing on Andrew Sullivan for his anti-torture posts.
James Taranto who fully backed a president who claimed the right to suspend the First and Fourth Amendments, habeas corpus, the Geneva Conventions and domestic law against torture, and who seized an American citizen without charges on American soil and tortured him, now offers his view as to the small possibility of prosecuting the perpetrators of war crimes. Drum roll, please:
What Obama is offhandedly contemplating, then, amounts to a step toward authoritarian government.
No, you couldn't make this up.
Just one of many excellent posts recently....
Kathy A - Apr 24, 2009 6:57:58 am PDT #16648 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
fellow grad student's reminder that this place is still buzzing away with intelligent conversation
So, is your friend still lurking? If so, hi, grad student lurker friend!!!
Connie Neil - Apr 24, 2009 7:07:02 am PDT #16649 of 30000
brillig
New people! New people with brains! Yummy brains!
It appears to be zombie Friday in my head. I should probably try to get to bed before midnight at some point in my life.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Apr 24, 2009 7:13:23 am PDT #16650 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
So, is your friend still lurking?
I believe she said she wasn't. I think she's a member of other fandom communities. I may attempt to rectify this anomoly.
New people with brains! Yummy brains!
Nah. My brains are small and mediocre and all gristly with research ethics. That's chocolate brains you're craving there, that is.