wow. that is not on.
I need to get going on my work, so far I had a meeting and then just the internets. bad worker.
Dawn: Are you kidding? Dr. Keiser: I never kid about my amazing surgical skills.
'Bring On The Night'
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.
msbelle - May 05, 2009 5:15:25 am PDT #18013 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Theodosia - May 05, 2009 5:31:41 am PDT #18014 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Note to self: watching The Mist first thing in the morning is not the best thing to do, emotion-wise. Perhaps wait until nighttime to watch the rest of it, when it's not all misty out?
tommyrot - May 05, 2009 5:45:42 am PDT #18015 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.
Note to self: watching The Mist first thing in the morning is not the best thing to do, emotion-wise.
Heh.
You'll have to tell us what you thought of the ending, as it's different from the story.
Gudanov - May 05, 2009 5:51:55 am PDT #18016 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
I think I've converted a thread into my own blog. Who needs a blog when you can hijack a thread.
tommyrot - May 05, 2009 5:58:06 am PDT #18017 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.
Who's a cute widdle pistol?
Float Like a Hummingbird, Sting Like a Baby's Punch
Back in 1914, an Austrian watchmaker named Georg Grabner marketed an autoloading pistol under that name. It has the distinction of being the smallest auto pistol ever made.
The tiny 3 grain bullet has a muzzle velocity of about 650 feet per second. That means that the gun has about 1/2 the power that my air pistol produces. The projectile is so small that it would certainly penetrate if you shot someone's bare skin, but it also means that I really can't conceive of it doing anything but pissing an attacker off. Unless you managed to shoot his eye out, of course.
Famed firearms expert Ian Hogg had this to say about the Kolibri.
"Grabner decided to make a miniaturised version and promote it as a self defence-gun for ladies, capable of being carried in any handbag or purse. What the lady was to defend herself against is open to some question; the 3-grain bullet produced about two foot-pounds of muzzle energy, which would probably have proved decisive against an enraged cockroach."
Perhaps any attacker would be overcome by the cuteness of the gun....
Frankenbuddha - May 05, 2009 5:59:26 am PDT #18018 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
xkcd is full of Firefly recently.
Hilarious. And the mouse-over text on both parts is hilarious.
Theodosia - May 05, 2009 6:26:27 am PDT #18019 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Goodness, that IS a cute widdle gun. In the pictures, I particularly like the pink clutchpurse to hold it.
Toddson - May 05, 2009 6:29:50 am PDT #18020 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
For tommyrot - two of your interests in one! Car with a squid painted on it.
tommyrot - May 05, 2009 6:33:58 am PDT #18021 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.
For tommyrot - two of your interests in one! Car with a squid painted on it.
Heh.
I also like "The kitty compels you" donation ad....
Kat - May 05, 2009 6:41:41 am PDT #18022 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
The alt text for the xkcd comic cracked me up.
Good morning y'all! We had our first cheer clinic today before tryouts. Seriously? They are letting me be in charge of this?