spray them with parasitic, mind-controlling fungus.
WHERE DO I GET SOME? I have plans. And a list.
Wesley: We were fighting on opposite sides, but it was the same war. Fred: but you hated her…didn't you? Wesley: It's not always about holding hands.
'Shells'
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.
Atropa - Sep 08, 2011 7:51:04 pm PDT #25061 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Maria - Sep 08, 2011 7:51:46 pm PDT #25062 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
Kat, so much coping~ma headed your way.
If there was a way to "like" David's post, I would. Right the fuck on.
Cass - Sep 08, 2011 9:18:15 pm PDT #25063 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
If there is a silver lining in the whole no power, that means so much less light pollution if you have a telescope and want to see the explody supernova. Why don't I have a telescope and dark skies, whyyyyyyyyyy? It's a supernova.
Strix - Sep 08, 2011 9:23:27 pm PDT #25064 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Can anyone e-me Rio's IRL name?
I had it ages ago, and last when I was looking ar Rookie I came up with a few ideas, even before I heard Rio was working there (and good for her!)
Profile addy is good, if anyone feels free to extend it.
(Yes, subject like COULD be Eat A Muffin, Whitey!)
And now I am to be so I can wake up earlier and write some more before social obligation arrive for weekend.
Love and luck to all who needs it!
billytea - Sep 08, 2011 9:31:08 pm PDT #25065 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
WHERE DO I GET SOME? I have plans. And a list.
The tropics, mostly, though Cordyceps is found worldwide. Incidentally, there's one species, popular in Chinese medicine, that parasitises caterpillars in Tibet. The fungus' fruiting body sprouts from the mummified caterpillar (as is its wont). Its Chinese name means "Winter worm, summer grass".
billytea - Sep 08, 2011 9:31:57 pm PDT #25066 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Can I get some of that shit and spray it on Rick Perry and Michelle Bachmann?
The next Republican debate would be just like Thunderdome! Two fungus-puppets enter! One fungus-puppet leaves!
Atropa - Sep 08, 2011 10:57:38 pm PDT #25067 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
The tropics, mostly, though Cordyceps is found worldwide.
Wait wait wait. One of the mind-control fungi is Cordyceps? I only know of it because it's got amazing immune-system boosting properties.
billytea - Sep 08, 2011 11:29:33 pm PDT #25068 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Wait wait wait. One of the mind-control fungi is Cordyceps? I only know of it because it's got amazing immune-system boosting properties.
Sort of the other way around. Cordyceps is a genus of about 400 different species of parasitic fungus, many of which control their victims' behaviour. The medicinal variety is one of these species, C. sinensis. (Other species have also been researched for possible health benefits.)
Ginger - Sep 09, 2011 1:09:45 am PDT #25069 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I was reading in New Scientist that one method used to control plagues of locusts is to spray them with parasitic, mind-controlling fungus.
Can I get some of that shit and spray it on Rick Perry and Michelle Bachmann?
Wouldn't there have to be a mind to control?
Calli - Sep 09, 2011 1:16:55 am PDT #25070 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Kat, I'm sorry about the vomit and stuff. I'm typing this in the morning (on the east coast, anyway), and I hope everything has eased up by now for you.
Kathy, I have a Fit and I love it. Driving rentals while it sat at the body shop for two weeks really reinforced that. It averages 32-35 mpg with my usual city/highway mix of driving (I drive stick shift, which is usually gets a tad better mileage than automatic, depending on how you use it). While it looks teeny on the outside, it lives up to its name on the inside. I've driven quite comfortably with my own size 2X body in the driver's seat and a 6'2" man riding shotgun. As a gardener, I love that I can easily put down the back seats to carry bags of soil and flats of plants. When we were cleaning out Dad's apartment I managed to cram just about as much in my Fit as my sister did in her Chevy Suburban.
That said, I did get cut off a lot less when renting the Impala. From the outside the Fit looks wee. If I were moving to the Detroit metro area traffic wars or similar I'd look for something larger. (I never rent subcompacts while visiting family up there.)