holy shit, last night when I was needing to wind down I went on ebay and bid on stuff. I just won 2 pairs of shoes. used, natch (no new clothes for me in 2011) and good ones, merrell and ecco, but huh. I better not win the other stuff.
A year and a half ago, I could have eviscerated him with my thoughts. Now I can barely hurt his feelings. Things used to be so much simpler.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
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.
msbelle - Jan 03, 2011 9:19:50 pm PST #14607 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Cass - Jan 03, 2011 9:25:34 pm PST #14608 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
so I went out and saw one of the nebulae in Orion
No fail there. It's a nebula! That is so amazingly cool.
Liese S. - Jan 03, 2011 9:50:27 pm PST #14609 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
It is! It is the first time I`ve seen one on my ownsome. I`ve seen clusters and such at the various observatories I`ve been to. But this was very thrilling finding it myself and then seeing stuff! It was very impressive! Well, first I was dumb and couldn`t work the new eyepiece and put in the old eyepiece and was all, I think the mirrors are frosted over! But no, just out of focus. Oops. So then I found it and put in the new eyepiece and wow!
I could see the Trapezium cluster! Well, I could see the four. But Wikipedia tells me that with my telescope I should be able to separate two of the eclipsing binaries. So now that I know to look for it I should be able to see six.
It was too cold to fuss with the camera but tomorrow I`ll try to work it out indoors so I can take a pic for you guys.
In cord wood related news, my muscles would like to strenuously object to today`s activities.
Atropa - Jan 03, 2011 11:48:43 pm PST #14610 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Grey is alive, like fog, or silvery fur, or tree bark, or the Elven cloaks in LotR. Gray is flat, inert, like paint on a wall, or paper, or concrete.
Ding ding ding! Beverly is absolutely right.
smonster - Jan 04, 2011 1:58:52 am PST #14611 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I find I subscribe to Beverly and Jilli's views on grey/gray, though I didn't know it until now.
For your neighbor's demonic babies with their long lizard tails!
Maybe that's why C never has anyone over!
shrift, thanks for the advice on the computer. I'm not sure I even know how to do that, but I'll give it a shot.
Calli - Jan 04, 2011 2:04:06 am PST #14612 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I feel like Calli should be weighing in on this, as my next-door neighbor. If she's got a demon baby, she's doing an excellent job of disguising it as a friendly cat.
Leifur is lulling us into a false sense of adoration. If I attempted to put a diaper on him—with a hole cut out for the tail or not—I'm sure his demonic nature would emerge.
Maybe that's why C never has anyone over!
Demon sister there, not a demon baby.
smonster - Jan 04, 2011 2:06:41 am PST #14613 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Demon sister there, not a demon baby.
True, true.
Ginger - Jan 04, 2011 2:45:41 am PST #14614 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Jessica gets all the onerous task stars.
Nicole - Jan 04, 2011 2:49:55 am PST #14615 of 30001
I'm getting the pig!
Yay! Wonderful news to start the day.
flea - Jan 04, 2011 2:51:56 am PST #14616 of 30001
information libertarian
Gold star to Jessica! Congratulations to all!