Olivia Wilde's aunt was the brilliant and hilarious mystery writer (and barrister, and eccentric) Sarah Caudwell
I did not know that.
You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love till it kills you both.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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.
Dana - Dec 17, 2009 11:25:30 am PST #25849 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
smonster - Dec 17, 2009 11:32:18 am PST #25850 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Hmm, I've never read any Sarah Caudwell. I should check her out.
Wilde also seems to have good taste in role models (Frances McDormand, Catherine Keener [link] and causes (Power Up Gambia, equipping Gambian hospitals with solar power [link] I may have to rethink my impulse to F Wilde and M Munn.
msbelle - Dec 17, 2009 11:58:39 am PST #25851 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
site is BLOCKED! Now I wonder if I have accessed it before from work.
Sheryl - Dec 17, 2009 12:23:44 pm PST #25852 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I don't have much geeky stuff on my work desk. There's a knit DNA double-helix and a squeezy stress ball thingy that was a promo from a company. Of course, I'm not in computer science...
tommyrot - Dec 17, 2009 12:23:54 pm PST #25853 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.
Pretentious art? or not?
In making a Rubik’s Cube with undifferentiated sides, I was attempting to remove the concept of solving or of having a purpose or goal from the Cube. I wanted to create an object that better reflected my own feelings about the Rubik’s Cube, and in a broader sense, about the fundamental nature of the Universe. I view the Universe – or all observable phenomena – to be a purely subjective concept, best defined as the intersecting agreement between all potential subjectivities. The Cube functions as a receiving object, by denuding it of it’s role as a puzzle, it becomes a more intellectually malleable object, and the physical action of operating the Cube has a more personal meaning.
Now I wanna complain to the artist about using it's instead of its....
tommyrot - Dec 17, 2009 12:28:48 pm PST #25854 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.
Dana - Dec 17, 2009 12:30:16 pm PST #25855 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Snow Dalek
PRECIPITATE
Jesse - Dec 17, 2009 12:35:27 pm PST #25856 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I am seriously considering signing up for a Census job, to help my situation assuming my consulting contract runs out before I have a new permanent job (which seems likely). Hmmm.
aurelia - Dec 17, 2009 12:41:05 pm PST #25857 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I think someone never figured out how to solve the cube.
You’ll find more pictures and a comprehensive guide to how he made it (including patination with his own urine) at the link.
The parenthetical is what gives me pause.
I have seen an anniversary Rubik's Cube that is all black, white, and shades of gray. It's kind of classy looking.
brenda m - Dec 17, 2009 12:49:48 pm PST #25858 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I have seen an anniversary Rubik's Cube that is all black, white, and shades of gray. It's kind of classy looking.
I saw a sodoku one the other day. Kind of neat if you're into that I guess.