Tom Scola is trapped in an alternate universe with good cable service - pass it on
Now hold on, I'm gonna press the right pedal harder. I expect us to accelerate.
Anya ,'Showtime'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Oct 22, 2010 5:08:41 am PDT #1216 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.
tommyrot - Oct 22, 2010 5:16:57 am PDT #1217 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.
megan walker - Oct 22, 2010 5:17:39 am PDT #1218 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Anyone good with Spanish and/or other related languages? I have a friend who has an American father and a Spanish mother, and is married to a man of Central or South American heritage, and they live in Spain. The just had a baby named Axa; it's a boy. Anyone know how to say that? Their existing daughter is Izel, which I am mentally pronouncing "ee-ZELL" but I could be wrong there.
flea, I'll check when I get into work.
megan walker - Oct 22, 2010 5:20:05 am PDT #1219 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I assume this is already posted in the Supernatural thread, but Amazon's deal of the day is Seasons 1-4 for $70.
tommyrot - Oct 22, 2010 5:20:44 am PDT #1220 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.
Oh, and the universe began on this day, 6014 years ago. (Or if there wasn't a year 0, then it began 6013 years ago.)
Oct. 22, 4004 B.C.: Universe Usshered In
4004 B.C.: It’s the beginning of time, according to 17th century Irish bishop and theologian James Ussher — and not just any old moment on that fateful date, but “on the beginning of the night.”
Ussher’s calculations, published in the Annals of the Old Testament, Deduced From the First Origins of the World, strike most modern sensibilities as absurd. Except for a few Young Earth Creationists, believers and nonbelievers alike agree that if a supernatural entity created the universe, it happened about 13.75 billion years ago.
sumi - Oct 22, 2010 5:21:55 am PDT #1221 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Huh, I thought that X in Spanish was from Mexico. From Mixtec or something.
zuisa - Oct 22, 2010 5:25:21 am PDT #1222 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
Ussher's calculations always make me think of the beginning of Good Omens where we learn that he was in fact wrong by about a quarter of an hour, or something like that.
tommyrot - Oct 22, 2010 5:30:33 am PDT #1223 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.
Now I'm wondering - was there a year zero?
Although I think we discussed this on or about Jan 1, 2000....
billytea - Oct 22, 2010 5:34:32 am PDT #1224 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.
Now I'm wondering - was there a year zero?
There was not. The calendar goes straight from 1 BCE to 1 CE.
Gudanov - Oct 22, 2010 5:35:26 am PDT #1225 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Amy, unless there's another author with the same name, my library has a bunch of your books. I thought maybe I should check the next time I went there, but then I realized, Internet, duh. I just did a search.