Thanks -- I was beginning to think that it was me misremembering a password or something like the school blocking the site.
I'm eleven hundred and twenty years old! Just gimme a friggin' beer!
Anya ,'Storyteller'
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.
Theodosia - Mar 04, 2009 2:42:15 pm PST #9149 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"
Tom Scola - Mar 04, 2009 3:32:17 pm PST #9150 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
D.C. police said a Metro bus driver was charged with assault Saturday after a bizarre incident in which he allegedly punched a patrol officer who was dressed as McGruff the Crime Dog
sarameg - Mar 04, 2009 4:59:42 pm PST #9151 of 30000
Mister Kitty washes Loki into....something: [link]
lisah - Mar 04, 2009 5:54:04 pm PST #9152 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
oh man, remember last month when somebody burned to death right down the street from where I work? Somebody drowned in the same exact spot tonight. Yikes!
§ ita § - Mar 04, 2009 5:58:39 pm PST #9153 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
First off, eww and yikes indeed! What is this spot, exactly, that you can burn to death and drown in the same place?
DavidS - Mar 04, 2009 6:01:31 pm PST #9154 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What is this spot, exactly, that you can burn to death and drown in the same place?
The Cuyahoga River?
Dana - Mar 04, 2009 6:02:17 pm PST #9155 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Burn on, big river.
lisah - Mar 04, 2009 6:06:17 pm PST #9156 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
What is this spot, exactly, that you can burn to death and drown in the same place?
Well, not EXACT spot. But guy burned to death on the pier and drowned person found in water next to pier. (Actually on listening to the news report, drowned person found a couple of blocks away. On the other side of my office, actually.)
Kat - Mar 04, 2009 6:53:19 pm PST #9157 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Grrrr... the stupidity of others kills me... Abstinence Only Sex Ed doesn't decrease STDs in fact, it seems to increase them!
billytea - Mar 04, 2009 7:09:26 pm PST #9158 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.
Grrrr... the stupidity of others kills me... Abstinence Only Sex Ed doesn't decrease STDs in fact, it seems to increase them!
I came across an interesting opinion about this issue (slightly tangentially). It argued that even were there to be a rise in abstinence, it could increase the spread of STDs. The idea is that individuals cautious enough to be swayed by such campaigns are less likely to have an STD themselves, and by taking themselves out of the pool of possible sex partners, they make it more likely that the individual one hooks up with is relatively incautious and a greater risk.
Struck me as a thought experiment in need of some empirical data, but interesting nonetheless.