oh, and the banana wikipedia page put me through changes. I was not prepared for the bigass purple banana, or the green banana with seeds as large as pomegranate seeds.
WTF fruit.
Buffy: So how'd she get away with the bad mojo stuff? Anya: Giles sold it to her. Giles: Well, I didn't know it was her. I mean, how could I? If it's any consolation, I may have overcharged her.
'Sleeper'
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.
le nubian - Aug 26, 2011 8:45:12 am PDT #22398 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jesse - Aug 26, 2011 9:01:33 am PDT #22399 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
WTF fruit.
INDEED.
Kathy A - Aug 26, 2011 9:10:06 am PDT #22400 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I was watching a PBS rerun of a Michael Pollan show called "The Botany of Desire" yesterday. The whole show was fascinating (loved the history lesson on the orchid mania in 17th century Holland), and the part about apples was really interesting; it dealt with how for most of recorded time, apples were used for hard cider. It was only with the development of large orchard farms using grafted plants for sweeter fruit that edible apples became popular. Problem is that the grafting technique leads to a monoculture and all of the problems therein--pests, fungi, etc.--and the necessary spraying of chemicals to combat said problems.
Jessica - Aug 26, 2011 9:16:11 am PDT #22401 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh well, I wasn't really planning to go anywhere this weekend anyway - [link]
MTA service including subways, buses, and railroads will begin to shut down at noon tomorrow, so please prepare to evacuate immediately.
(I'm not in an evacuation zone, thank goodness. Just housebound due to lack of transit.)
(Also, how can EVERYONE be out of flashlights already? Weren't the drug stores prepared for everyone leaving their hurricane shopping until the last minute?)
Kathy A - Aug 26, 2011 9:22:17 am PDT #22402 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Is New York thoroughly de-Duracelled?
Jessica - Aug 26, 2011 9:26:26 am PDT #22403 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Midtown seems to be. No flashlights or D batteries near me or DH. Knowing my neighborhood, there will probably be a guy selling them off a table right outside the subway though.
sarameg - Aug 26, 2011 9:33:55 am PDT #22404 of 30001
I have LED flashlights that take AAA. Those were in good supply last night.
Fred Pete - Aug 26, 2011 9:38:37 am PDT #22405 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
According to Hubs (who gets to do hurricane prep because he was in a training class that ended at 1:00 and I'm at work until 4:00), supplies are still available in the farther western parts of the DC metro area.
Jesse - Aug 26, 2011 9:46:50 am PDT #22406 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Knowing my neighborhood, there will probably be a guy selling them off a table right outside the subway though.
I was going to say -- there's always a guy!
sumi - Aug 26, 2011 9:56:14 am PDT #22407 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
I googled Pineapple Plant. WTF - it totally does look photoshopped. Who knew?