~ma, Dana!
Who died and made you Elvis?
Cordelia ,'Storyteller'
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.
Nora Deirdre - Sep 11, 2009 10:26:44 am PDT #8135 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Daisy Jane - Sep 11, 2009 10:28:42 am PDT #8136 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
No idea. Before he became story writer boy, last I heard he had finished law school and was working crazy hours. I knew he had wanted to quit and write instead (our parents know each other), just didn't know he'd actually done it.
tommyrot - Sep 11, 2009 10:29:12 am PDT #8137 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.
I think I need to buy this watch.
That is cool!
I had a neat pocket watch once, but I went to the flea market and bought a cow-belly magnet and put it in the same pocket as the pocket watch, and that was the end of that....
eta: No such thing as a flee market, right?
Jessica - Sep 11, 2009 10:29:58 am PDT #8138 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My current wristwatch has been living more or less permanently in my purse for several weeks. I think it's time to move on.
Strega - Sep 11, 2009 10:30:28 am PDT #8139 of 30001
EWG has released a review of research on cell phone radiation. Among other things:
A joint study by researchers in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom found that people who had used cell phones for more than 10 years had a significantly increased risk of developing glioma, a usually malignant brain tumor, on the side of the head they had favored for cell phone conversations[link]
They also have a database of phones & PDAs so you can see how much radation your tech emits. My phone is pretty bad, boo. But I barely use it.
Jessica - Sep 11, 2009 10:32:36 am PDT #8140 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Huh. The iPhone is pretty bad, but I wonder if that's mitigated by the fact that I hardly ever use it as a phone?
Steph L. - Sep 11, 2009 10:32:44 am PDT #8141 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Jess, that's a beautiful watch!
I really love this one: [link] I just don't need a pocketwatch, dang it.
Hil R. - Sep 11, 2009 10:35:00 am PDT #8142 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Hmm. My Blackberry Pearl is pretty bad, too. But my previous phone was a RAZR, which is one of the best, so maybe it averages out?
§ ita § - Sep 11, 2009 10:37:01 am PDT #8143 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So you're a fan of The Atom, Allyson?
Jesse - Sep 11, 2009 10:38:32 am PDT #8144 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Good luck, Dana!