Yikes, you need to teach interns to break down and roll when they land on their feet, like you do for parachuting. (They said that landing from parachuting was like landing from a six foot jump but it was more like a 14 foot drop.)
Jayne: Yeah, that was some pretty risky sittin' you did there. Wash: That's right, of course, 'cause they wouldn't arrest me if we got boarded, I'm just the pilot. I can always say I was flying the ship by accident.
'Serenity'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Mar 28, 2010 6:37:29 pm PDT #19514 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
aurelia - Mar 28, 2010 6:39:40 pm PDT #19515 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
She's a rock climber, so she probably fell as well as anyone would. There wasn't much room to roll. She landed in a box seat.
Besides, doesn't parachuting involve some lateral movement? That would make rolling much easier.
quester - Mar 28, 2010 7:05:22 pm PDT #19516 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Whoa, aurelia! did she fall from the grid?
Kat - Mar 28, 2010 7:08:50 pm PDT #19517 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Oh geez, Aurelia, that sounds terrifying.
FCM: Ronald McDonald, Chuck E. Cheese, Burger King
Scola, this is EVIL. It's more like Death is Not an Option.
Trudy Booth - Mar 28, 2010 7:20:20 pm PDT #19518 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
FCM: Ronald McDonald, Chuck E. Cheese, Burger King
Chuck the mouse, fuck the fun one, and marry for money.
Sim. Ple.
Kat - Mar 28, 2010 7:24:11 pm PDT #19519 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
We had a really great weekend. We took Grace out both days. Today, when I went to get her out of her crib she started bouncing up and down. I walked back towards the kitchen to get her milk and she flipped out. Only calmed down when she realized we were going.
We spent today doing normal Sunday stuff for us. We had Dim Sum at Din Tai Fung. We over ordered and now have dumplings in the fridge. Noah was especially fond of the noodles and the pork buns.
After brunch we went to Huntington Gardens for the periodic apple photo. Grace STILL hates the apple and even Noah was a little iffy on it this time.
After a nap, we went to the playground. We took the red wagon from Grandma all around and Grace mostly stayed in that. She's not strong enough for slides or the rest, but man oh man, did she ever have a joyous times on the swings.
A good day. I can't wait until our home is her permanent home. 7 weeks or so until then.
DavidS - Mar 28, 2010 7:41:42 pm PDT #19520 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Besides, doesn't parachuting involve some lateral movement? That would make rolling much easier.
There is some lateral movement but you hit the ground pretty straight on. Still, if you land in the box seats there's not much that can be done. Poor kid - her knees and ankles are going to be fucked up.
Burrell - Mar 28, 2010 7:55:11 pm PDT #19521 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Yipes, that's scary aurelia!
I am totally with Grace on the joy of swinging. I STILL love it.
aurelia - Mar 28, 2010 8:09:46 pm PDT #19522 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Kat, I love the birthday party pics. Those are some seriously cute 3 year olds.
did she fall from the grid?
She was going to the pipes that hang over the apron which involves squeezing between the wall and the apron grid and settling into a "chair" that hangs from a traveler track. Her chair wasn't properly clipped into the track and there was nothing to grab by the time she realized it.
her knees and ankles are going to be fucked up.
Ankles certainly. She wasn't complaining about her knees at all, so maybe they didn't take as much of a hit. She is gonna hurt for a while.
No news yet, btw. Going on 6 hours. I may not hear anything tonight.
On a lighter note, last night I got to hear a story about a 9 yr old Jeremy Sisto being forced to recite "Speak the speech..." from Hamlet to improve his diction every night before curtain of Galileo Galilei.
P.M. Marc - Mar 28, 2010 8:10:46 pm PDT #19523 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
We have a counter. One. That also has a sink. Actual counter space? about a foot on each side of the sink. WTF, 1920's homebuilders!?!
Kitchens of this era were on the early end of the built-in, and there was probably still the expectation that the majority of work surfaces would be furniture items.
Plus the counters are tiled and therefore useless as far as cooking surfaces go.
How so? I love tiled counters! I find them far more useful than most other surfaces. Slap a mat on them, and you're good to go! Then wash mat, roll up, and put the hot plates directly on the tile. I miss the ones at my parents' house. Well, not miss. I see them often. Miss LIVING with them. Stupid laminate. Hates it.
Oh, MAN, Grace on the swings kills me dead! Such glee!
We went out on a boat with Lillian today. I think she enjoyed herself, but it was an open boat and raining, so wetness happened.
My best concert ever was Leonard Cohen.