IOShallowN, huge welt on the back of my hand in addition to bruising. It's gonna hurt during tomorrow's swim.
Swear to god, I'm going to throw the next kid leaning on the lane divider out of the freaking pool.
Now hold on, I'm gonna press the right pedal harder. I expect us to accelerate.
Anya ,'Showtime'
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 - Mar 13, 2011 6:16:35 pm PDT #28162 of 30001
DavidS - Mar 13, 2011 6:29:13 pm PDT #28163 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Huh. Southern Japan now has a volcano erupting.
Earthquake. Tsunami. Nuclear Power Plant Crises. Volcano.
Trudy Booth - Mar 13, 2011 6:32:26 pm PDT #28164 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Until a minute ago in human history there was no central power -- now we sort of can't function without it.
I'm not going to move into the hills and join a militia anytime soon, but there is something to be said for getting as off the grid as one can. Transmission stops being an issue, storage is less of an issue (or you can sell it to the nabes). There are pretty powerful energy lobbies that hamper (or at least are uninterested in developing) those technologies so its tricky -- but no one is going to war over swamp coolers, heat pumps, solar cells, and windmills so they really are in our interest as a nation.
As a city dweller I don't really have those options, but we have some others. The transoms over our front doors are long gone in this building, but when I open that door and a window its a frikkin wind tunnel in here. I'm pretty confident that 90 years ago they had few days too hot to tolerate pretty easily in this building.
Kat - Mar 13, 2011 6:33:11 pm PDT #28165 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I would assume there is a geologic connection between volcano and earthquake.
DavidS - Mar 13, 2011 6:34:01 pm PDT #28166 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
but there is something to be said for getting as off the grid as one can.
Well, the something I'm saying is "I'm not getting off the grid."
::clutches surge protectors to chest::
DavidS - Mar 13, 2011 6:34:39 pm PDT #28167 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I would assume there is a geologic connection between volcano and earthquake.
Probably. Still, I wouldn't write it into a movie script. Overkill.
Ginger - Mar 13, 2011 6:40:18 pm PDT #28168 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Godzilla is beginning to seem pretty warm and fuzzy, comparatively.
Beverly - Mar 13, 2011 6:40:41 pm PDT #28169 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Liese! Your bathroom is wonderful! I love the vessel sinks beyond reason--I wanted a slatted teak bench with a blue glass one, but that will have to wait for remodeling time and money. But the threshhold-less roll-in wheelchair accessible shower is just brilliant. Of course I'm dreaming of either slate-look ceramic tile walls, or shaded blue glass tile, and a fixed glass pane rather than a curtain. But I gotta win the lottery first for that.
The kitchen's gorgeous too--so's the whole house. And thank heaven for mess, otherwise it just would be too pretty to be real!
Cass - Mar 13, 2011 7:06:53 pm PDT #28170 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Southern Japan now has a volcano erupting.
Southern Japan now STILL has a volcano erupting. I mean it sounds more dramatic the other way but it's been erupting. It was quiet for two weeks, but it's been erupting.
sumi - Mar 13, 2011 7:14:41 pm PDT #28171 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Erupting again. . . I suppose just a sign of the general restlessness of the Ring of Fire right now.