My parents have no heat. Citywide gas pressure drop. It's -4F at 9 am. It got down to -9F last night.
Rolling blackouts caused by coal-fired plants shutting down due to water pipes freezing and bursting.
The SW cannot cope at all with these temps.
Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.
'Serenity'
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.
sarameg - Feb 03, 2011 6:31:56 am PST #20824 of 30001
§ ita § - Feb 03, 2011 6:31:56 am PST #20825 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's been better lately, I think.
The putting the murderer in a mental hospital so he'll be drugged out of his mind was a pretty mega douche move, but certainly one I'd consider, so I'm not that mad at him. I'm not really a nice person. And he was really nice to his daughter (breaking up with your boyfriend because he won't have sex and telling your father the truth!) and Foster.
I like the close parking spot. But I have shopping anxieties. It remains to be seen when they average out with parking anxieties. But if I can't find a good parking spot, sometimes it seems like a good excuse to not get out of the car, and I love those.
My replacement Nook came yesterday, and the UPS person didn't even knock, so it was outside the door all day. Grr. I could have had it set up by now.
I just dropped off my rent cheque, and now I'm sure I didn't sign it. I'm such a problem.
The developer who sits behind me moved. I'm the only person in my team in this aisle. I kinda like it and I kinda don't. I'm sure it won't last.
§ ita § - Feb 03, 2011 6:32:31 am PST #20826 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'll repost the picture.
Ooh, cool, if you still have it.
flea - Feb 03, 2011 6:33:06 am PST #20827 of 30001
information libertarian
I'm gonna be a Trader Joe's heretic and say that while there are great things I like there, for regular grocery shopping it just does not work for me. We don't eat much in the way of pre-made foods, and I end up buying a lot of treats when we go there (expensive cheeses, candy) and I still have to go to the Kroger for staples anyway. So I am on a "once a month" TJ's schedule. (There are some things from there that are staples for me now - Blenheim apricots, petite peas, french green beans - but none of them need to be bought more than once a month.)
Vortex - Feb 03, 2011 6:34:47 am PST #20828 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
was a pretty mega douche move,
I didn't think that was douchey. I thought that it was deliciously evil and fitting.
Daisy Jane - Feb 03, 2011 6:35:22 am PST #20829 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Louisiana should be (and is) Abita. No one drinks Dixie.
Vortex - Feb 03, 2011 6:38:31 am PST #20830 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Yeah, and they didn't even have DC on the map! WTF?
Scrappy - Feb 03, 2011 6:42:48 am PST #20831 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I very much dug Lie to Me last night. The look on Lightman's face when he admitted he loved Gillian was wonderful.
Jessica - Feb 03, 2011 6:46:42 am PST #20832 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
for regular grocery shopping it just does not work for me
Oh, me neither. I mainly use them for snacks or frozen stuff/simmer sauces to keep around for "emergency" meals. I think I'd shop there more if I were single and not cooking for a family.
Fred Pete - Feb 03, 2011 6:47:55 am PST #20833 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
No one drinks Dixie.
I guess times have changed. When I was in college, it was the beer of choice.