Dawn: Is that supposed to scare me? Spike: Little tremble wouldn't hurt.

'The Killer In Me'


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.


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.


le nubian - Apr 04, 2011 11:30:07 am PDT #1630 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

tommyrot,

I am sending that link to my class. We just had a class discussion about individualist vs. collective orientations.

thanks. quite timely.


§ ita § - Apr 04, 2011 11:35:20 am PDT #1631 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

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.

Lots of countries don't have that. But they also don't have any conviction that they're the big dog in the yard.

I think that's a huge part of it--the luxury to not have to care, because you can probably get what you wanted anyway.


Daisy Jane - Apr 04, 2011 11:37:14 am PDT #1632 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

I just mean that makes traveling easier.


msbelle - Apr 04, 2011 11:37:35 am PDT #1633 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Thanks for all the thoughts on the sausage last night. I tossed it. Today I have run a million errands. I am finally getting things off my list that my parents have been nagging about. It feels great to tell them, "Yes, I did get that done." Still no job and no resumes sent out today.