Lydia: Its removal from Burma is a felony and when triggered it has the power to melt human eyeballs. Giles: In that case I've severely underpriced it.

'Potential'


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.


lisah - May 20, 2009 6:44:41 am PDT #20340 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate

Having Daughters Rather Than Sons Makes You More Liberal

Wow, so not true of my sister-in-law's father, who is father to 8 daughters. ah well.

sara! One of my bike teammate's lives in your neighborhood! And another teammate, her girlfriend, will be moving in with her soon. They are totally awesome people. I'll have to introduce you!


§ ita § - May 20, 2009 6:45:49 am PDT #20341 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Even if the gun is loaded that can be a fatal move--see Hexum, Jon Erik.

Idjit.

Looks like The Unit has been cancelled. Weird last season. I wonder if that had anything to do with it.


Laura - May 20, 2009 6:47:54 am PDT #20342 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

My dad always made a big deal out of cleaning his rifles outside and never bringing them inside loaded. Until one cold hunting trip when his family was not in the camp.... We teased him for years about the hole that went through the wall and then through the headboard of his bed.

I won't even let the kids point goofy looking fake guns. Freaks me out. Water pistols not allowed in the face either. I be mean mom.


Jesse - May 20, 2009 6:50:31 am PDT #20343 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh Jesse. Does your work do like neighborhood centers? Specifically tutoring?

Yeah, in a lot of places -- tutoring wouldn't be a national mandate, but I know many locals do it because of course kids need it!


msbelle - May 20, 2009 6:51:59 am PDT #20344 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

nothing that looks like a real gun is allowed in our house.


Lee - May 20, 2009 7:02:39 am PDT #20345 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

BINAO:

Gunn or Wesley
USS Enterprise or MoiraMoya
Mal Reynolds or NuTrek James Kirk
Kaylee or NuTrek Uhura


§ ita § - May 20, 2009 7:03:49 am PDT #20346 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Gunn, Moira, Mal, Uhura.


Toddson - May 20, 2009 7:04:10 am PDT #20347 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Actually, it's best to not have toy guns that look too real. A little boy was shot recently, seemingly because he pointed a real-looking toy gun at a cop.


tommyrot - May 20, 2009 7:04:23 am PDT #20348 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, guess what's been going on in that socialist country to our North:

At the science fair, girls dominate the class

To qualify for this week's Canada-Wide Science Fair in Winnipeg, Larissa Christie logged hundreds of hours investigating North America's vanishing bee population.

Why Canada's young male scientists also seem to be disappearing, she says, is easier to explain.

"So many girls are just determined," said Larissa, 15, speaking from the University of Manitoba, where 500 of Canada's best young scientists are competing for almost $1-million in scholarships and grants that will be handed out today.

As female students increasingly dominate in science competitions across the country, educators are facing a conundrum that requires more social analysis than hard science: Boys are not just getting beaten by girls — they're not even showing up.

Five years ago, boys made up 55 per cent of the competitors at the annual Canada-Wide Science Fair, a national competition where youth in grades 7 to 12 compete against other regional representatives. After a steady decline, this year boys are in the minority at 44 per cent.

Girls are also claiming the lion's share of prize money available each year: Eight of the last nine overall winners have been female.

...

Others say some boys simply lack motivation.

"If I were to say [why] — I know this might sound a bit sexist — but most of the time, the girls are more persistent in the work," said Ronan Lefol, a Grade 12 student from Saskatoon, who started competing in science fairs in Grade 1 and has gone on to win thousands of dollars in scholarship money.

Megan Hawse, 13, said many of her male peers in Mount Pearl, Nfld., would rather play sports than spend the hours she logged on evenings and weekends for her experiment on whether algae could be a sufficient source of Omega 3 for humans.


Steph L. - May 20, 2009 7:04:47 am PDT #20349 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Wesley, (did you mean Moya?), neither, neither