Xander/Giles ,'Never Leave Me'
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.
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!
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".
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!
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.
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.)
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?
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.)
My friend has done road trips in her Fit with two adults, at least one baby, and two greyhounds. It really is bigger on the inside.
Apparently there are enough people planning to drive through the floods to get to the Penn State game tomorrow that the newspapers are recommending which routes will most likely not be under water. [link]
(And I'm not sure where they're planning to go once they get here, since 2,500 football parking spaces are currently flooded.)
The next Republican debate would be just like Thunderdome! Two fungus-puppets enter! One fungus-puppet leaves!
Does one have to leave? Can they both not get out?