They're doing it backwards; walking up the down slide.

River ,'Ariel'


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.


P.M. Marc - Jul 09, 2009 9:13:23 pm PDT #28374 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Question for Fluevog owners: if I sometimes wear a 6.5 and sometimes wear a 7, which would I most likely wear in his shoes

Are your feet wide, and is your instep high? The newer Fluevogs run small and tight, so I'd say try a 7.5.


Nilly - Jul 09, 2009 10:33:37 pm PDT #28375 of 30000
Swouncing

Skipping way too much in order to post that, according to the Buffista Calendar, today is Sox' birthday.

Happy birthday, Sox! With lots of wishes for a great day and a wonderful year!

Also, I won't have any computer time tomorrow, and according to flea "If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me" Jul 11, 2006 2:48:26 pm PDT it's going to be Dillo's third (can you believe it?) birthday, so I'd like to send early wishes to him, his older sister, his mom, and all their family!

[Edited for an exclamation point. No birthday wish is properly complete without an exclamation point!]


Calli - Jul 10, 2009 2:07:28 am PDT #28376 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Happy Birthday, Sox!


Theodosia - Jul 10, 2009 3:07:49 am PDT #28377 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"

Hecubus -- scientists literally are making it up as they go along, sometimes.

Which, actually, is one of science's strengths, because conjectures get overturned when there's more evidence collected or new techniques become available, like for instance, genetic testing of pandas, bears, and raccoons definitively classifying who goes where.


billytea - Jul 10, 2009 3:15:29 am PDT #28378 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.

Note, however, that while giant pandas are indeed members of the Ursidae family, red pandas form their own family and remain more cloesly related to raccoons and weasels. (So giant and red pandas? Not that closely related.)

Lastly, the Chinese for giant panda translates as "big bear-cat", so the Chinese were having a bet each way.


Toddson - Jul 10, 2009 3:50:36 am PDT #28379 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Speaking of pandas, Tai Shan turned four yesterday. In panda years, that makes him a teenager (or so the story in the paper said).


Kat - Jul 10, 2009 3:56:47 am PDT #28380 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Happy birthday, Sox and Dillo.

Dilemma: the chair of my grad program pointed out that I need a new thesis advisor. She recommended Dr. H, a professor I had quite some time ago but said Dr. H is most likely not going to be able to do it because of time constraints. She offered to do it herself.

If Dr. K does it herself, it means she's going to expect me to communicate and be top notch and to GET THINGS DONE in a timely manner and there will be a lot of back and forth, with negotiating. But my thesis will be ready for defense, no question about it.

Dr. H will not require I work that hard but she also won't be able or willing to provide the same support. I dunno how much support I might need.

Dr. K already sits on the defense committees though, so that might be nice.

Hmmm... who to ask?


Kat - Jul 10, 2009 4:00:43 am PDT #28381 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Fluevog is having a big sale today, fyi! [link]


flea - Jul 10, 2009 4:15:47 am PDT #28382 of 30000
information libertarian

I would go with Dr. K. Firmess in an advisor is a good thing, even if the work is "harder" you have GUIDANCE.


Lee - Jul 10, 2009 4:20:07 am PDT #28383 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Fluevog is having a big sale today, fyi!

I was just coming in to say that I got an email saying John Fluevog thinks I'm awesome.

I like those kinds of emails.