It's called a blaster, Will, a word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the Orgasmater, I'd be the first to try your basic button press approach.

Xander ,'Get It Done'


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 - May 04, 2009 5:04:12 am PDT #17850 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.

Hooray! Does she have a nursing pillow? I only used mine for a few months, but it was an absolute lifesaver in terms of keeping weight off the incision site while I was healing.

She does not. I shall look into this.


msbelle - May 04, 2009 5:22:54 am PDT #17851 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

so people are being let go today. a couple from another dept were on Fri, and a couple from our dept today - does not make for a relaxed environment.


Gudanov - May 04, 2009 5:27:19 am PDT #17852 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

More soccer games over the weekend.

Leif's team won like they always do, the other team fared better than most though. Leif had a good game and scored at least a couple of goals, but his team scores so much it's hard to keep track.

Emaryn's all girl team for the first time played another all girl team. Their opponent was the Princesses who were outfitted in bright pink. Pirates vs. Princesses. It was a hard fought game, but Emaryn's team won 5-2. Emaryn had a great game with 2 goals and, more impressive in a way, a perfect pass to a teammate who then scored a goal.


billytea - May 04, 2009 5:30:46 am PDT #17853 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.

Incidentally, I love this city. Check this out:

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My son will have an echidna on his birth certificate.


Barb - May 04, 2009 5:32:20 am PDT #17854 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”

That is so wicked cool, billytea!


Gudanov - May 04, 2009 5:32:52 am PDT #17855 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

That is an impressive birth certificate. The birth certificates for my kids look like my vehicle titles.


DavidS - May 04, 2009 5:41:35 am PDT #17856 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

David, I had exactly that sort of calf strain about two years ago now -- I was stepping down off a trolley step with no more or less vigor than my usual and shazam!

If it had happened when I stumbled or fell, it would have been more understandable -- this was a totally regular action, one which I did at least twice a weekday for years on end!

Exactly. "How did you hurt your leg?" "Uh, I was walking."

My conclusion: getting old SUCKS.

I'm inelastic and broken down. Still hurts exactly the same this morning. Can't put any weight on my left leg.


Gudanov - May 04, 2009 5:42:43 am PDT #17857 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

Ack, I hope your leg starts feeling better.


billytea - May 04, 2009 5:53:43 am PDT #17858 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.

That is so wicked cool, billytea!

It really is. I declare this an auspicious start to life.


Gudanov - May 04, 2009 6:00:47 am PDT #17859 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

I got a letter from NRA with a membership offer and "survey" to fill out and send to your representative. The survey is basically just stating that one opposing a number of restrictions on gun ownership or purchasing gun that I haven't heard even being proposed. I suspect it may be more to get NRA voters fired up about ousting representatives than to prevent non-existent legislation from passing. That doesn't upset me at all, I meant that's the reason they exist.

Anyhow the letter got me angry because if I join the NRA you know what they send me? A knife. That's right, a knife. Where's my fucking gun?! I'm not joining the NKA dammit.

Also this has me upset.

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Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) said Friday that he will oppose legislation that would give people the option of a public health insurance plan. The move puts him on the opposite side of two-thirds of Americans.

A poll released this week by Consumer Reports National Research Center showed that 66 percent of Americans back the creation of a public health plan that would compete with private plans. Nelson, in comments made to CQ, joins the 16 percent of poll respondents who said they oppose the plan.

Nelson's problem, he told CQ, is that the public plan would be too attractive and would hurt the private insurance plans. "At the end of the day, the public plan wins the game," Nelson said. Including a public option in a health plan, he said, was a "deal breaker."

Like the commentator in the article says, I'm WTF? Your argument is that there shouldn't be a public options because it might be better?! Jeez, at least try to make it sound like you are standing up for something and not being a total shill for Mutual of Omaha. God forbid that we have the option for something better than the current system.