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.


Theodosia - Mar 17, 2011 6:24:17 am PDT #28815 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"

A friend of mine has a T-Shirt with the slogan: "See La Canth. See La Canth Run!"

I'm off to another Fun shift of training -- I may be able to run the cashiering machine thingie if they let me. Otherwise it's remembering to put the eggs on top of the bag....


Laura - Mar 17, 2011 6:33:11 am PDT #28816 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Quick and painless recovery, ita.


tommyrot - Mar 17, 2011 6:36:48 am PDT #28817 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.

Crafty coelacanths [link]

I like this one: Coelacanth #18: Pride Coelacanth

But I'm not sure what message a Pride Coelacanth would send. Different from a message of Coelacanth Pride, methinks.


flea - Mar 17, 2011 6:59:25 am PDT #28818 of 30001
information libertarian

So, what do we think of the New York Times' new pricing plan? $15 a month for full access; you get 20 articles free and following links from Facebook, twitter, etc. to articles is free. How soon until there is a dedicated Facebook page with links to all articles?

I'd have signed up for $5 a month. If I lived alone I'd probably cancel cable and give them $15, but as it stands I am not sure.


Burrell - Mar 17, 2011 7:15:12 am PDT #28819 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I'm glad to hear you have a diagnosis ita, but I dislike the "nothing to be done about it" part. Take care of yourself.

Love the coelacanth pics. They are such neat creatures.

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

My son has one of those. He likes it. I'm not sure how well it teaches the concept of evolution, however.


javachik - Mar 17, 2011 7:16:37 am PDT #28820 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Too expensive, flea.


tommyrot - Mar 17, 2011 7:20:22 am PDT #28821 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.

What Is It? game 169

Can anyone figure out what this is? I immediately knew.

If you can't figure it out, consider how I grew up....

eta: Too late to win the t-shirt, though.


DavidS - Mar 17, 2011 7:26:47 am PDT #28822 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Ginger, put on your reassuring hat and tell me how unlikely this scenario is:

*****

More remarkably, Tepco warned on Wednesday: "The possibility of re-criticality is not zero".

This meant that in the company's view, it was possible that enough fissile uranium was present in the cooling pond in enough density to form a critical mass.

In other words, a nuclear fission chain reaction could start in a pond that lies outside parts of the building designed to contain radioactive materials.


hippocampus - Mar 17, 2011 7:59:01 am PDT #28823 of 30001
not your mom's socks.

BoingBoing folks are saying the NYT paywall can be referrer-spoofed. I'm sure that's short-lived, but wow.


javachik - Mar 17, 2011 8:01:29 am PDT #28824 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

I believe in paying something for good, disinterested, investigative journalism; I just think $15 is too much. I did get an email with the pricing structure and with the free 20, etc, it's not so bad.