'War Stories'
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.
I think it is set to come on around 5-6am and then again in the day and early evening.
Depending on your city/state laws, your landlord may be able to keep the heat lower overnight. So if your landlord has a programmable thermostat, s/he might take advantage of that.
I like a cold house. But I had to close one of the few open windows this morning...it was just too cold.
Oh dear God....
Ted Williams' Severed Head Abused In Cryonics Facility: Former Exec
NEW YORK — The New York Daily News is reporting that Red Sox Hall of Famer Ted Williams' severed head was mistreated at an Arizona cryonics facility, according to details from a new book.
In "Frozen," Larry Johnson, a former executive at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, Ariz., writes that Williams' head, which had been severed and frozen for storage, was abused at the facility. Johnson claims a technician took baseball-like swings at Williams' frozen head with a monkey wrench.
Williams, the last player to hit over .400 in a season, died in 2002 at age 83 and had his remains sent to Alcor for cryogenic storage in the hope that future generations would develop the technology to revive him.
Remember Rukhsana Kausar, who attack an intruder with an ax and then shot him with his own AK-47?
Here's a picture of her posing with the gun: [link]
eta: Go here for a video news account: Indian farmer's daughter is most bad-ass woman in the world
re Letterman: Gavin de Becker(who likes carrots) does say that if a blackmailer says "I'll tell your wife," the smart thing to do is say "Ok, I'll get her right now." Because then they don't have power over you anymore.(and mostly they are gutless and greedy and have no intention of saying anything.)
If you're a Joy Division fan, you must check this out. Except then you'll want to buy it. (It's £870.00): [link]
For some reason, I'm now earwormed with "Major Tom" (Schilling not Bowie).
Earth below us
drifting falling
floating weightless
calling calling home...
I can't explain why I love that song....
You mean:
Völlig losgelöst von der Erde . . .
Owen is home sick--congested and miserable. We dropped Liv off at school and had to run by the eye doctor's to get his glasses adjusted (for the tenth time). As we're riding the elevators up, he looks up at an elderly couple sharing the ride and says, "Are you old?"
They got a good laugh but man, I'm living with Mr. Obvious and it's sometimes embarrassing.