And by "that thing," I mean this thing.
Yeah... That went well.
Mal ,'Trash'
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.
Jesse - May 09, 2010 5:50:10 am PDT #28375 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Tom Scola - May 09, 2010 5:52:43 am PDT #28376 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Vitamin C aside, fruit juice is just as bad for you as soda is.
beekaytee - May 09, 2010 6:01:15 am PDT #28377 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
I wouldn't have enough to buy another dime.
This made me chuckle...and reminded me of a recent Nova episode where a sociologist did an experiment where he auctioned off a $20 bill. It sold for...$26. Yep, some sap paid more than the legal tender was worth!
megan walker - May 09, 2010 6:03:45 am PDT #28378 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
That sounds like that stat I read in freakonomics where a ridiculously high amount of stuff on ebay eventually sells above the original "buy it now" price.
beekaytee - May 09, 2010 6:05:12 am PDT #28379 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
Vitamin C aside, fruit juice is just as bad for you as soda is.
Apart from having equivalent sugar, how is juice as bad, Tom?
I'm curious because I've been reading all this stuff about calcium leeching from bones and acid effects on the stomach associated with soda.
beekaytee - May 09, 2010 6:07:35 am PDT #28380 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
That sounds like that stat I read in freakonomics where a ridiculously high amount of stuff on ebay eventually sells above the original "buy it now" price.
I didn't pay enough attention, but the Nova ep suggested that there is a neurological connection with money and competition that makes such things happen. They further suggested that money effects the brain in the same ways that sex and food do. Interesting evolutionarily speaking.
-t - May 09, 2010 6:39:14 am PDT #28381 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think there was something about similar effects in Predictably Irrational - iirc, the explanation had to do with wanting to make sure your competitors didn't get it more than wanting to get a fair price for yourself.
msbelle - May 09, 2010 6:39:28 am PDT #28382 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Damn, it is cold and windy out. I am under-dressed. We're not having the day we planned, uncle g is tending mac who refused to leave the house. I am supposed to be out doing something enjoyable. So far I've got coffee and donuts and sat reading at D&D, but now I have no idea what to do. The mani-pedi place in my hood is closed. It is ick to be walking around in. The library is closed. Ideas?
Theodosia - May 09, 2010 6:42:04 am PDT #28383 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"
Movie!
msbelle - May 09, 2010 6:45:28 am PDT #28384 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I know it's lame, but I fear getting too far away or where I will have wasted money if I get a call and have to bolt.
I think for the moment I am just going to the big drug store and stroll.