Yeah, what with the nephews and the postdocing brother, I do not break even.
I actually overspent this year, but then my mother inexplicably gave me $300.
Buffy: Synchronized slaying. Faith: New Olympic category?
'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 05, 2011 3:25:41 pm PST #15024 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Ginger - Jan 05, 2011 3:28:29 pm PST #15025 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Oddball job interview questions: [link]
Jesse - Jan 05, 2011 3:31:01 pm PST #15026 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I bought a coat at the post-Christmas sales, and then realized it was just a little more than my grandmother gave me for birthday + Christmas, and she would be thrilled to know I actually bought something specific. Also, we love coats. So I'm glad I remembered to tell her that!
Speaking of my grandmother and coats, she could not be cuter -- she was asking me how "they" are wearing coats now, because she's concerned that hers are now too long, due to her shrinking. Aw! I told her "they" are wearing them all lengths, and she should not worry about the styles! Due to being 91 years old.
§ ita § - Jan 05, 2011 3:36:00 pm PST #15027 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oddball job interview questions:
I want a job interviewer to ask me what is the philosophy of martial arts. An interviewer for a job I don't want. Because that's a really stupid question.
sarameg - Jan 05, 2011 3:36:42 pm PST #15028 of 30001
Your grandmother is quite adorable!
Dana - Jan 05, 2011 3:38:03 pm PST #15029 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I had one of those job interviews once. Got asked why manhole covers were round, and how I'd go about estimating the number of gas stations in the city.
I think those types of estimating questions are called Fermi problems. Fortunately, I had learned about them in physics class. Less fortunately, I forgot why manhole covers are round.
Kat - Jan 05, 2011 3:41:52 pm PST #15030 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Dana, I think they are round probably for many reasons -- tradition at this point. Also, you wouldn't have to orient them a specific way when you put them back in so it would be easier. I've also heard that they don't fall in on themselves.
But I'd guess that the question is designed to show how you think more than whether or not you know the right answer.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 05, 2011 3:42:30 pm PST #15031 of 30001
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.
I would assume because the lack of corners reduces the formation of cracks at the edges of the hole in the pavement.
Dana - Jan 05, 2011 3:42:35 pm PST #15032 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I've also heard that they don't fall in on themselves.
Yeah, that was the answer I couldn't remember.
I don't even remember what that interview was for now.
megan walker - Jan 05, 2011 3:43:12 pm PST #15033 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
For Jesse's grandmother: [link]