Sometimes I miss having powers... Oh. Oh! I know what this is! This is peer pressure! Any second now you're gonna make me smoke tobacco and--and have drugs!

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.


Daisy Jane - Mar 17, 2011 5:40:19 am PDT #28803 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Liver infections are srs bisness! Take care of you!


Cashmere - Mar 17, 2011 5:46:09 am PDT #28804 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Yikes, ita! Glad you got a diagnosis and some time off of work to recover.


Jesse - Mar 17, 2011 5:52:06 am PDT #28805 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yikes, ita, but at least you have a diagnosis.

That. Yikes!


Sparky1 - Mar 17, 2011 5:55:33 am PDT #28806 of 30001
Librarian Warlord

ita, I'm glad you got a diagnosis, and some relief from the nasuea/pain. May the virus in your system have a swift death.

I may stab myself in the eye today. IOW, why must the HR office force us to use these terrible forms when creating/updating position descriptions? And why, when they revise them every damn year, do they not learn to fix the f'ing formatting?


SuziQ - Mar 17, 2011 5:57:57 am PDT #28807 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

ita, I'm glad you went and are on the road to feeling better. I hope it is a short journey.

I want. Who wants to be my new best friend?


Jessica - Mar 17, 2011 6:00:01 am PDT #28808 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

ita, I'm so relieved that you went in and got a diagnosis!


tommyrot - Mar 17, 2011 6:02:12 am PDT #28809 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.

Damn, ita. Glad you got a diagnosis.

ION, Coelacanths!

The last picture is my fave:

The coelacanth's slow, graceful stroke is like no other fish's. It moves left pectoral and right pelvic fins, then right pectoral and left pelvic fins—akin to the cross-step of tetrapods. When the expedition team visited in early 2010, the coelacanths ignored the humans, says photographer Ballesta, except the one above: "This is the moment he tried to smile to me."

It's as if it's saying, "So, you humans have been a species for a hundred thousand years or so? You're babies! So, how's that being a new species working out for you? Come talk to me when you're 400 million years old."


Liese S. - Mar 17, 2011 6:03:18 am PDT #28810 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Take the three days off work, ita.


Liese S. - Mar 17, 2011 6:05:33 am PDT #28811 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Hee, yeah, that last photo makes me want a giant stuffed coelacanth toy.


tommyrot - Mar 17, 2011 6:10:53 am PDT #28812 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.

Well, there's a transforming plush coelacanth, but I don't like it.

eta: [link]

Flipping the toy inside-out allows a child to discover the evolved form of the creature

Haven't found any better, non-transforming coelacanths. But now I want to call up a toy store and ask if they have any non-transforming coelacanths, just to confuse them.