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sarameg - Aug 28, 2009 3:53:29 pm PDT #6010 of 30001

One of my college roomates had that same hair, Jesse. But she didn't dye it, it was blond (well, except for the unfortunate cherry koolaid incident. She tried dyeing it for a costume, and well, it lasted.)

I need to get a swimsuit. Standard performance suits drive me nuts because they don't have enough fabric on top if they fit properly on the bottom now. This will probably make me nuts. I think I'm really going to join the Y down the road, because as much as I'm liking my walking, I'm not going to be comfortable doing it in the dark this winter. Hence, pick up swimming. And maybe I'll even use the gym. Hrm. Pod person.

§ ita § - Aug 28, 2009 3:59:26 pm PDT #6011 of 30001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Coates has some interesting discussion about that article in the comments, FYI.

I know comments are comments, but I can't believe there's a guy up in there calling straightening "deliberate uglification." How rude.

Sheryl - Aug 28, 2009 4:38:15 pm PDT #6012 of 30001

Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Am posting from a hotel in NJ. We're spending the weekend in the NY-area. The original reason for the trip is to see my brother and his family, who live in the city. We are seeing some friends while we're here.

tommyrot - Aug 28, 2009 4:40:20 pm PDT #6013 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.

This is cool - the first time ever that an individual molecule has been photographed. OK, maybe it's more correct to say it was "imaged", as it wasn't done by collecting photons....

[link]

That B&W structure is an actual image of a molecule and its atomic bonds. The first of its kind, in fact, and a breakthrough for the crazy IBM scientists in Zurich who spent 20 straight hours staring at the "specimen"--which in this case was a 1.4 nanometer-long pentacene molecule comprised of 22 carbon atoms and 14 hydrogen atoms.

You can actually make out each of those atoms and their bonds, and it's thanks to this: An atomic force microscope.

Info on how it was done: [link]

sarameg - Aug 28, 2009 4:48:33 pm PDT #6014 of 30001

Fun!

I'm impatiently waiting for Mystery! & Inspector Lynley because I miss certain accents. Damn.

Calli - Aug 28, 2009 5:31:52 pm PDT #6015 of 30001

I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Wow! That's deeply nifty, tommyrot.

Hil R. - Aug 28, 2009 5:33:58 pm PDT #6016 of 30001

Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I'm reading the article about Memorial Hospital after Katrina. I'm not sure I'm quite in a strong enough mindframe to read this right now.

§ ita § - Aug 28, 2009 5:42:08 pm PDT #6017 of 30001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm glad that article was so long, because that helped me not read the whole thing. How horrific.

Hil R. - Aug 28, 2009 6:04:56 pm PDT #6018 of 30001

Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I finished the article. That was truly horrifying.

Dana - Aug 28, 2009 6:34:08 pm PDT #6019 of 30001

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Sorry, Hil. That was what sent me in search of more statistics the other night. I would have told you not to read it.

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