We may even brave the wet to go watch Lance Armstrong ride by.
Oh, do report back if you do! My friend who is having a really sucky year is obsessed with that race right now and would love a first-hand report.
Overwhelming? How much more than whelming would that be exactly?
Anya ,'Touched'
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 - Feb 16, 2009 8:37:17 am PST #6571 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Cashmere - Feb 16, 2009 8:44:54 am PST #6572 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
On what?
His back up bike.
Emily - Feb 16, 2009 8:52:49 am PST #6573 of 30000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Emmett's simultaneously playing Nintendo and having an Avatar marathon.
Does he not have school today? Curse our no-holiday-having school division!
tommyrot - Feb 16, 2009 9:05:23 am PST #6574 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.
Fun quotes o' the day:
George Will:
According to the University of Illinois' Arctic Climate Research Center, global sea ice levels now equal those of 1979.
The University of Illinois' Arctic Climate Research Center:
We do not know where George Will is getting his information, but our data shows that on February 15, 1979, global sea ice area was 16.79 million sq. km and on February 15, 2009, global sea ice area was 15.45 million sq. km. Therefore, global sea ice levels are 1.34 million sq. km less in February 2009 than in February 1979. This decrease in sea ice area is roughly equal to the area of Texas, California, and Oklahoma combined.
It is disturbing that the Washington Post would publish such information without first checking the facts.
beekaytee - Feb 16, 2009 9:05:45 am PST #6575 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Ack. I was so stressed out not being able to log in. I kept thinking it was my pokey 'puter. Glad all is resolved.
Speaking of collisions. I heard a fellow on NPR yesterday talking about space garbage and its potential for damage in the air and on the ground. When the commentator asked how many pieces of actual rubble are up there, the fellow said-of the basketball and up size- 13,000! In fact, he said, "a fragment the size of a paint chip can cause serious damage.
Oh woe. Our wasteful ways are gonna get us.
eta: the non-word commendator is making me think of a professional position where the job holder is charged with making erudite and supportive observations in the media. "G'Obama!" and the like.
Pix - Feb 16, 2009 9:06:39 am PST #6576 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
Cash, congrats on the column!
Allyson - Feb 16, 2009 9:08:57 am PST #6577 of 30000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Because it's rainpocalypse here, I'm wearing a black and white checked engineer's cap to A)keep warm and B)minimize the bad hair day.
So far, a half dozen people have walked by my desk and said, "nice hat."
Now I'm feeling silly and paranoid.
Pix - Feb 16, 2009 9:11:52 am PST #6578 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
I wouldn't worry about it. Hats are worn rarely enough in our society that I've found every hat I wear--weird or not--elicits a ton of reactions.
tommyrot - Feb 16, 2009 9:14:23 am PST #6579 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.
When did men stop wearing hats? '50s? '60s?
Before then, a man was supposed to take off his hat when talking to a woman, right?
Jessica - Feb 16, 2009 9:19:37 am PST #6580 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If I just last month finished paying off my credit card debt, that means I get to buy a MacBook Pro now, right?
(This post has been brought to you by the screaming toddler in the apartment next door whose bedroom is adjacent to my computer desk. NAP, D----! NAP! YOUR MOMMY AND DADDY SUPPORT ME IN EMAIL!)