Gunn: Well, how horrible is this thing? Lorne: I haven't read the Book of Revelations lately, but if I was searching for adjectives, I'd probably start there.

'Hell Bound'


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.


brenda m - Feb 17, 2011 3:17:43 am PST #23373 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Jebus. Walker doubles down:

Education leaders in Wisconsin said Wednesday that the forthcoming two-year state budget Gov. Scott Walker will propose next week will lead to cuts that could spell the end of Milwaukee Public Schools as we know it and changes University of Wisconsin leaders say could split the flagship Madison campus off the university system.

He's also made noise about refusing Federal Title 1 funds, which are targeted specifically at programs for low-income children. What the everloving fuck.


§ ita § - Feb 17, 2011 3:56:55 am PST #23374 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

people who Don't Cook would disagree

When I Don't Cook, I Don't Cook with flair and verve and a lot of real Not Cooking.

When I do cook, there are dishes. Given how long I'd been going between empties of the dishwasher, I'm revisiting my decision.


Cashmere - Feb 17, 2011 4:00:42 am PST #23375 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.

He's also made noise about refusing Federal Title 1 funds, which are targeted specifically at programs for low-income children. What the everloving fuck.

Oh, man, that guy is a raging asshole.


Kat - Feb 17, 2011 4:27:26 am PST #23376 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

ita, a groupon for you: [link]


§ ita § - Feb 17, 2011 4:37:25 am PST #23377 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Kat, you see through me to my dirty little (big) secrets. I'm a bit ashamed that's going to be my first groupon, but I've been putting off a trip to the laundromat for the longest time, and just doing maintenance washing. Of darks. About how much is 25lbs of laundry, I wonder? I'm shit at that sort of estimation.


tommyrot - Feb 17, 2011 4:43:54 am PST #23378 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.

GOP Lawmaker Mike Beard Claims God Will Provide Unlimited Natural Resources

Mike Beard, a Republican state representative from Minnesota, recently argued that coal mining should resume in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, in part because he believes God has created an earth that will provide unlimited natural resources.

"God is not capricious. He's given us a creation that is dynamically stable," Beard told MinnPost. "We are not going to run out of anything."

Beard is currently in the midst of drafting legislation that would overturn Minnesota's moratorium on coal-fired power plants, an effort that he backs due to his religious belief that God will provide limitless resources while ensuring that humans don't destroy the planet trying to get them.

Drawing on his family's childhood property in Pennsylvania, Beard explained to MinnPost his belief that while resource extraction might cause temporary agitation to the landscape, the effects wouldn't be longterm.

...

"It is the height of hubris to think we could [destroy the earth]," Beard told MinnPost, before saying that even devastating nuclear events shouldn't cast doubt on his theory that the earth can always be repaired.

I think hubris does not mean what he thinks it means.


Fred Pete - Feb 17, 2011 5:04:22 am PST #23379 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.

I think the height of hubris would be to expect a God to save your bacon when you intentionally put your bacon at risk. But as an agnostic, I probably don't have much credibility on these questions.


tommyrot - Feb 17, 2011 5:07:16 am PST #23380 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.

Us agnostics and atheists are very arrogant for not believing an entity that is all powerful over the whole universe considers us humans on our little planet to be important. Or at least that's what I'm told.


tommyrot - Feb 17, 2011 5:10:28 am PST #23381 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.

Cool picture: Smiling Coelacanth


tommyrot - Feb 17, 2011 5:17:55 am PST #23382 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.

DIY fizzy fruit

[Rich] over at Evil Mad Scientist Labs took it upon himself to make eating fruit a little more enjoyable for his kids by infusing it with CO2 using his CO2inator. Observing the same principles used in making soft drinks and force-carbed beer, he decided to build a CO2 pressure chamber for use in his kitchen. He gathered a handful of easy to find components to construct his rig, including a household water filter housing and a CO2 cylinder from a paintball gun. He has some helpful hints for those who are not familiar with the process, noting that refrigerated fruit absorbs the gas more quickly than warm, and that considering the water content of the fruit is important when selecting what to carbonate.

Once [Rich] had everything safely connected and checked for leaks, in went the fruit. After about half an hour to an hour, the fruit was carbonated, much to the delight of his children. This looks like a quick and fun project for adults and kids alike, that can easily fit into a busy weekend schedule.