I read a lot more before I had kids, mainly because I used to stay up much later. Now that I'm waking up at 6:30 in the morning, staying up until 2 reading is no longer as good an idea as it used to be.
Question: Will hiding in a cavern with stockpiled chocolate goods be any part of this plan?
Xander ,'Get It Done'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
Jessica - Dec 10, 2009 4:25:34 am PST #24175 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
tommyrot - Dec 10, 2009 4:34:03 am PST #24176 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh dear. This from My First Fail is especially fail-eriffic: Every Parent’s Nightmare.
Jessica - Dec 10, 2009 4:34:31 am PST #24177 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The most surprising thing about that story to me is that anyone in Manhattan has enough extra storage space for an adult to sleep in and isn't already renting it out on Craigslist.
tommyrot - Dec 10, 2009 4:35:15 am PST #24178 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah. Maybe the whole thing's just a Craigslist rental gone bad.
sarameg - Dec 10, 2009 4:40:22 am PST #24179 of 30001
Back when my eldest aunts were 6, 4 and 2, they had just moved into the mostly finished farmhouse. One day, they discovered a paintcan and proceded to dump it down the stairs and landing so that they were slipperier to go down on pillows.
Which is why that flight of stairs was always painted, rather than natural wood as was planned.
My uncle always told us this story whenever we visited.
tommyrot - Dec 10, 2009 4:42:04 am PST #24180 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jessica - Dec 10, 2009 4:57:28 am PST #24181 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Drinking coffee won't sober you up.
The researchers tested how well adult mice were able to navigate their way round a maze to avoid unpleasant stimuli, such as bright lights and loud noises.
The animals were given doses of alcohol and caffeine in various combination, and their performance on the maze was compared to others who were given a neutral saline solution.
Alcohol made the animals more relaxed, but less able to avoid the unpleasant shocks.
Animals given caffeine were little better at navigating around the maze, but were more alert and uptight.
In combination alcohol and caffeine appeared to produce relatively alert, relaxed animals that were still incompetent at sidestepping nasty shocks.
Of course the article misses out completely on the most important question of all, which is "How can I get this job involving getting mice drunk and making them run into things?"
Dana - Dec 10, 2009 5:17:38 am PST #24182 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
7:15 and I'm already out of internet.
Amy - Dec 10, 2009 5:19:31 am PST #24183 of 30001
Because books.
Did you make a wrong turn at LOLcats?
The kitten just peed on the bed again. I am not amused.
Lee - Dec 10, 2009 5:21:04 am PST #24184 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
The kitten just peed on the bed again.
Payback for all the weeks of gender confusion?