I'll second the curiosity, Nilly! And happy wishes to Ryan and his parents!
Maybe I've always been here.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
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.
Theodosia - Apr 30, 2010 3:06:00 am PDT #26419 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
billytea - Apr 30, 2010 3:18:37 am PDT #26420 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Thank you all for the birthday wishes. In honour of Ryan's birthday, I've decided that I'm going to rewatch the entire series of David Attenborough's Life of Mammals. Because it was the birth of a mammal, and I was there.
billytea - Apr 30, 2010 3:35:54 am PDT #26421 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Just finished on the echidna (the first featured mammal in the series, as is right and proper). One fun fact: platypuses have tens of thousands of electroreceptors in its bill. It lets them detect living creatures underwater by the minute electrical currents they give off. Sharks, and some other animals, do this too. But there are only two mammals that have this additional sense - the platypus, and its relative the echidna. The echidna has far fewer receptors in its nose - it hunts on land, where electrical currents travel more poorly. But its nose is more or less continuously runny, which improves reception. It gives the echidna an edge when rootling for ants in the soil.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 30, 2010 3:41:30 am PDT #26422 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Re: "mustache".
If it's good enough for the Tick, it's good enough for me.
brenda m - Apr 30, 2010 4:15:54 am PDT #26423 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'm here in Phoenix, where it is not hot. Feh. Graduation this morning, quick jaunt out to Sedona in the afternoon, grad party tonight, and back to Chicago first thing in the am. Whew. I wish I had more time.
Waves at Erika!
Cashmere - Apr 30, 2010 4:19:30 am PDT #26424 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Happy Birthday, Ryan!
Sparky1 - Apr 30, 2010 4:20:48 am PDT #26425 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
Happy Birthday, Ryan!
Nora Deirdre - Apr 30, 2010 4:22:27 am PDT #26426 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Because I missed Survivor last night, I can't go in the Non-Fiction thread, but I wanted to post that last night I was at Rocca in Boston who has as its new executive chef, Tiffani Faison from Season 1 Top Chef! Food was awesome.
Jesse - Apr 30, 2010 4:48:38 am PDT #26427 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Fun!
erikaj - Apr 30, 2010 4:49:16 am PDT #26428 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Hi, Brenda!