Wait, Chase got hacked? I have a credit card with them and haven't gotten any notification.
Me either. There's this letter on their website:
I know, world in peril and we have to work together. This is my last office romance, I'll tell you that.
Buffy ,'End of Days'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
lisah - Apr 04, 2011 9:59:02 am PDT #1620 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
flea - Apr 04, 2011 10:01:11 am PDT #1621 of 30001
information libertarian
My evil pine nuts were from Earth Fare, where I tend to expect better standards than evil Chinese pine nuts! I will be going with walnuts for the forseeable future for my mild nutty needs; I find sunflower seeds too strong. I should note that the Pine Mouth is better today that yesterday and sweet things tend to make it worse than non-sweet things. Also mr. flea at some pine nuts (but fewer than I did) and did not get it.
stories of how to make shoes not hurtMoleskin ahead of time. After the fact of blisters I think you are SOL. Also, I never walk long distances in shoes that aren't well worn in (and preferably Dansko stapled clogs).
Re: American culture, there was a hilarious thing in the Times recently by a woman who had just gotten back from the Peace Corps in West Africa and went to a Manhattan Post Office. The conversation went like this:
Her: "Hi, how are you?"
Post Office Person: "Fine."
Her: "How have all the members of your family been?"
Post Office Person: "What the fuck? Do you want to buy some stamps or what?"
meara - Apr 04, 2011 10:01:45 am PDT #1622 of 30001
I didn't know there were crisis pregnancy centers that were OK? Huh. I just associate them with the whole "You are pregnant and if you abort you are going to HELL!" thing.
OTOH, those women need maternity clothes too, I suppose? But yeah, that's a little awkward, Jess.
Maria - Apr 04, 2011 10:12:19 am PDT #1623 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Wait, Chase got hacked? I have a credit card with them and haven't gotten any notification.
Technically, a marketing company (Epsilon) that a number of corporations use got hacked, and email addresses were stolen. There was no account information taken.
I got the notification from Chase when I logged into my online account. Best Buy sent me an email.
Tom Scola - Apr 04, 2011 10:18:11 am PDT #1624 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Modified cannabinoid THC offers pain relief without the buzz
It appears that 5-desoxy-THC is a very specific painkiller. It blocks reflex responses to pain, but doesn't inhibit higher-level processing of painful sensations; on the plus side, it doesn't have the psychoactive side effects of the THC from which it was derived.
shrift - Apr 04, 2011 10:46:24 am PDT #1625 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I think the Italians are hoarding their pine nuts, because the only ones I can find in the grocery store these days are from China.
Daisy Jane - Apr 04, 2011 10:50:10 am PDT #1626 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
If anybody was planning on a trip to Dallas, might I suggest Nov-Feb? [link]
bon bon - Apr 04, 2011 11:13:43 am PDT #1627 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Is that why costco used to have pine nuts for $15 a lb and then they didn't for awhile and now it's $25, sigh?
That post office story makes me laugh. I am sympathetic to how americans fail t see the value in other cultures if only because travel tends to help that and international travel to distinctly different cultures is prohibitively expensive here. We'd have way more passport holders if a bunch of countries were short train hops away.
Burrell - Apr 04, 2011 11:20:46 am PDT #1628 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh Tom, happy belated birthday to you!
Daisy Jane - Apr 04, 2011 11:28:35 am PDT #1629 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
That post office story makes me laugh. I am sympathetic to how americans fail t see the value in other cultures if only because travel tends to help that and international travel to distinctly different cultures is prohibitively expensive here.
Not just because of the cost of a plane ticket either. We don't have the kind of..I don't know...combo of safety net/job security/something else that makes selling all your stuff to travel Asia for a few months as my British friend is doing.