Yeah, out houseguests the other weekend were here to pick up a passport for grandma at the Japanese consulate in Atlanta. I think they were scheduled to fly to Japan yesterday, but I'm not positive, and I don't know where they were going first. They were planning to stay a month.
Zoe: First rule of battle, little one. Don't ever let 'em know where you are. Mal: Whoo-hoo! I'm right here! I'm right here! You want some of me? Yeah, you do! Come on! Come on! Aaah! Whoo-hoo! Zoe: Of course, there are other schools of thought...
'The Message'
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.
flea - Mar 11, 2011 2:54:23 am PST #27635 of 30001
information libertarian
Theodosia - Mar 11, 2011 3:12:37 am PST #27636 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
At the same time, I'm expecting that this will be the best-photographed and -videoed disaster ever.
flea - Mar 11, 2011 3:27:58 am PST #27637 of 30001
information libertarian
Dear New York Times, could you please provide a MAP of Japan? I don't know where Sendai is!
Ginger - Mar 11, 2011 3:28:53 am PST #27638 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The problem with no longer working in the industry is that it's hard to get real nuclear information. It sounds like Fukushima I has declared what would either be a site area or a general emergency here. Apparently it's shut down but has lost offsite power and the diesel generators. I wouldn't expect any significant radiation outside the plant boundary, but they could lose the reactor.
Tom Scola - Mar 11, 2011 3:44:06 am PST #27639 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Jesse - Mar 11, 2011 4:11:42 am PST #27640 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The whole thing is so scary and awful! Ugh.
However: Happy birthday, tommyrot! And still no baby!Nilly??
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Mar 11, 2011 4:13:42 am PST #27641 of 30001
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Happy birthday to tommyrot!
what with my due date being Monday, which means that my life can turn completely upside down and have all these brand new wonderful challenging things in them, or that it'll be a completely regular work-week, who knows
Wishing you a speedy (and soon) delivery, Nilly. How exciting that it's so close!
Jessica - Mar 11, 2011 4:17:51 am PST #27642 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh god, what horrible news to wake up to. I had no idea this had happened when I posted in Tech, and now it feels callous and shallow to have done so.
sumi - Mar 11, 2011 4:22:51 am PST #27643 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Have posted the two cousins I'm friends with on Facebook - but haven't heard anything.
Most of my family is in Tokyo.
Calli - Mar 11, 2011 4:31:48 am PST #27644 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I hope everyone's ok and that you hear from them soon, sumi.