Occasionally I'm callous and strange.

Willow ,'The Killer In Me'


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.


beth b - Mar 09, 2011 1:16:11 pm PST #27338 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

good for you msbelle. Everything I have done has given me more work.

ION, I love my town. a near by road has been declared a scenic highway - and now caltrans is taking down trees talking about widening and making it 'safer'. the widening will make it possible for larger trucks to go through and for people to drive faster -- the two biggest factors in accident - trucks and speed....

ther e have been protests, letters, outrage, phone calls and investigation. Caltrans called a meeting - last minute for a wednesday at 11am , outside of niles. The room was full.

Fremont might be a bedroom suburban community , but you just can't mess with Niles. Niles saved their post office - the postmaster general had never seen such mail - this could be interesting.


aurelia - Mar 09, 2011 1:24:44 pm PST #27339 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

A musical interpretation of Pi to 31 decimal points. [link]

Neat!


Scrappy - Mar 09, 2011 1:44:14 pm PST #27340 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I once saw a report on different means to thwart the squirrels. The only one that worked was a pressure sensor that detected if something weighing more than a bird was on the feeder, at which point the entire unit would spin rapidly and the squirrel would get flung off in a random direction.

We just ordered one of these! Can't wait for the Flying Squirrel Follies!


billytea - Mar 09, 2011 1:45:59 pm PST #27341 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.

We just ordered one of these! Can't wait for the Flying Squirrel Follies!

This is the sort of thing proponents of the free market should be touting. Flying squirrels could be the new face of globalisation! (If you fling them hard enough.)


§ ita § - Mar 09, 2011 1:53:12 pm PST #27342 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I love that when I ask the developer if they can make the change Sunday morning, the answer is no. But when I ask the salesperson, somehow it happens.

Looks like if I can get home and be cogent by 10 or so, I can visit the ER my normal night. Thank dog.


javachik - Mar 09, 2011 2:02:59 pm PST #27343 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Is it wrong that I think squirrels are cute? There is a big fat one that regularly contorts around one of my bird feeders and I just laugh and laugh. I get a lot of birds, too.

Also, may I just share that I made my first rootbeer soda using my new Sodastream? I love it but I could do without the giant fart sound it makes on the third push? It scares the dogs although I think it serves them right.


brenda m - Mar 09, 2011 2:05:26 pm PST #27344 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

Hah! My sister was just telling me about those.Her squirrels are putty bad ass though. While we were looking out the window a falcon landed in the tree and commenced to tearing the shit out of something rodent shaped. This squirrel walked right out on the branch to get a better look.


Steph L. - Mar 09, 2011 2:07:07 pm PST #27345 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I love it but I could do without the giant fart sound it makes on the third push?

I *always* call it the fart machine!


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 09, 2011 2:09:31 pm PST #27346 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

It's like that one super-fat squirrel by the Vietnam Memorial in Washington that would run up to people expecting to be fed about 14 years ago. His utter lack of fear paid off in lots of popcorn and other treats.


hippocampus - Mar 09, 2011 2:13:32 pm PST #27347 of 30001
not your mom's socks.

Is it wrong that I think squirrels are cute?

Not at all. You can have mine. They wear bandanas and exchange gang signs while they steal our tomatoes in order to take a bite and then drop the rest on us.