Huh, I thought that X in Spanish was from Mexico. From Mixtec or something.
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
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.
sumi - Oct 22, 2010 5:21:55 am PDT #1221 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
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.
tommyrot - Oct 22, 2010 5:37:41 am PDT #1226 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.
The calendar goes straight from 1 BCE to 1 CE.
And everybody born in year 0 never got any birthday presents ever.
ION, Live crab vending machine
his live hairy Shanghai crab vending machine keeps the crabs at 5° C, at which temperature the poor crustaceans go into hibernation. If you give it some money and it dispenses a dead crab, the machine's owner will give you three free live crabs by way of compensation. The machine is in Nanjing, and represents a major push in the always-complex business of live-crab vending.
Theodosia - Oct 22, 2010 5:49:52 am PDT #1227 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"
I just watched one of those Monsters Inside Me programs on Animal Planet, and there was a guy who got a really gross infestation from eating live crabs at a sushi restaurant. So watch out!
tommyrot - Oct 22, 2010 5:50:48 am PDT #1228 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.
Did they at least give him a t-shirt that says, "I caught the crabs at [dining establishment name]"?
Amy - Oct 22, 2010 5:51:00 am PDT #1229 of 30001
Because books.
That's awesome, Gud! Wow, I had no idea.
Here's hoping many, many more libraries have Cold Kiss next fall.
billytea - Oct 22, 2010 5:54:37 am PDT #1230 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.
ION, Live crab vending machine
Wow. We had Shanghai hairy crabs served at our wedding. ("Take a seat, sir, we serve anyone.") They're quite the delicacy, apparently. And they are indeed very hairy.