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.
How did your brain even learn human speech? I'm just so curious.
Wash ,'Objects In Space'
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.
zuisa - Oct 22, 2010 5:25:21 am PDT #1222 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
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.
Gudanov - Oct 22, 2010 5:58:23 am PDT #1231 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
My library has: Christmas Spirit, Pictures of Us, Hot Date, I Love You to Death, and Murder in the Hamptons.