The magnetic poles swap position every few million years.
Thanks for clarifying. That's what I meant.
I am all for silly hat day, but I think we need pictures for maximum cheering effect.
No. And yes. It's always sudden.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
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.
Burrell - Mar 12, 2011 7:02:39 am PST #27871 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
sumi - Mar 12, 2011 7:04:22 am PST #27872 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Just reading via twitter about 9500 people missing in one town in Japan.
My mind keeps boggling at the sheer magnitude of that quake and tsunami.
(Liese, I hope you watch Fringe because it rocked.)
Jesse - Mar 12, 2011 7:04:42 am PST #27873 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I still don't believe in hats of any kind (and first I typed "hates," which is also true), for me. Everyone else can feel free.
Amy - Mar 12, 2011 7:09:43 am PST #27874 of 30001
Because books.
I don't have a lot of silly hats, but I am wearing my brown baseball cap with the pink heart on it right now.
I'm letting S. (and you guys) feed me bits of the news about Japan right now. I just can't watch those images right now.
Steph L. - Mar 12, 2011 7:16:50 am PST #27875 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I don't care how unhealthy McDonald's oatmeal is. It's hella tasty.
Did you read the nutrition information? I don't understand where all the claims (not just from you) of it being "unhealthy" are coming from. Pricey, yes. But it seems pretty damned healthy. I don't mean compared to an Egg McMuffin; I mean in general.
sumi - Mar 12, 2011 7:33:13 am PST #27876 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
§ ita § - Mar 12, 2011 7:33:37 am PST #27877 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am finishing the last of the steel cut oats I made last weekend. Fuck, I love these.
Every national disaster feels like it's piling on the last few. So even if I avoid Japan news, I see the news I didn't avoid earlier. So my brain fills in Haiti or Pakistan instead. It's really not helpful.
Thank god that Japan had so much earthquake-handling infrastructure in place, but fuck. Fuck.
sumi - Mar 12, 2011 7:38:31 am PST #27878 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Thank god that Japan had so much earthquake-handling infrastructure in place, but fuck. Fuck.
I know - it makes the amount of destruction so much more mind-boggling. I mean, 9500 people missing from one town. 9500!!
le nubian - Mar 12, 2011 7:39:13 am PST #27879 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
msbelle - Mar 12, 2011 7:40:15 am PST #27880 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I know I am being pre-mature, but I know at least for me, some of the anxiety the news is causing is in anticipation of what September is going to be like this year. 10 years means a million specials and re-running of news. I have already been hit by ads for that damn PBS special, caught me completely offguard with news footage that sent me in a tailspin of anxiety.