'Serenity'
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.
It always cracks me up when I read a "quote" in a British publication using language an American would simply never use. Is it just sloppyness? Or is it an actual convention to "translate" in the course of writing an article? Wouldn't you use a bracket for that?
The one that springs to mind was an interview with Gerard Way where he mentioned flashy thuggish guys he grew up with in NJ and NME (iirc) quoted him as saying "Jersey Joeys". Um, no. I assure you he said "Guidos".
It always cracks me up when I read a "quote" in a British publication using language an American would simply never use.
The WENN news thing on IMdB always does this! American actors are always quoted talking about their "mums," and, uh, no.
San Francisco Themed T-Shirts by Headline Shirts
I love the one with Sutro Tower. When I lived in Noe Valley, our living room had an excellent view of the Tower - it was often partially shrouded in fog or clouds, like in the t-shirt.
More S.F. shirts: [link]
I have another question! A real one, this time. I have "My Hero, Zero" from Schoolhouse Rock in my head, and it makes me think. Seriously, how did the Romans multiply large numbers? Did they just all have to be memorized? Or what??? How do you figure DXVI times LCIII???
Seriously, how did the Romans multiply large numbers?
They made their slaves do it?
Seriously, multiplication is very difficult using Roman numerals....
At lunch MSNBC was all MJ all the time with brief snippits of, oh, the Supreme Court nominee, potential revolution in Iran, a coup in Honduras... silly things like that. We're on the 24 Hour Not-News Cycle again, aren't we?
I didn't quite realize how big MJ was. I always thought of him as more of an 80s thing, maybe early 90s. I'd really like to hear more about Iran and health care policy. I have, however, gotten my fill of news about the Luv Gov.
Giving up my iPod for a Walkman:
When the Sony Walkman was launched, 30 years ago this week, it started a revolution in portable music. But how does it compare with its digital successors? The Magazine invited 13-year-old Scott Campbell to swap his iPod for a Walkman for a week.
Kids these days really don't understand how cassettes work...
It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape.
Kids these days really don't understand how cassettes work...
I'd getting to a point where DVDs seem crude. Physical media just seems so 90s. A least they're shiny though.
My kids saw me with an LP and asked, "Mom, why's that CD so big?"