And for extra dork points: that was taken after the evening's live-action vampire role-playing game.
Two steaming cups of chocolate goodness. Courtesy of whomever I swiped it from out of the cupboard.
Ben ,'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.
Atropa - Sep 09, 2011 10:50:37 am PDT #25135 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
P.M. Marc - Sep 09, 2011 11:02:05 am PDT #25136 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiig hair! BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG!
Paul wants to look at Outbacks. Man, that's a pricy car.
javachik - Sep 09, 2011 11:05:28 am PDT #25137 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
I don't know how much cheaper the Foresters are, Plei, but I am among several happy Forester owners on the board.
Consuela - Sep 09, 2011 11:06:13 am PDT #25138 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Wow, lookit that hair, Jilli!
I love my Outback Sport, but it doesn't get great mileage.
smonster - Sep 09, 2011 11:07:33 am PDT #25139 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Magnificent, Jilli.
Maria, I'd like to echo what Erin (I think it was Erin) said about PPE when doing flood cleanup. Make sure you wear a mask that can handle mold.
That's all I got. ~ma to them as needs it, how they needs it. Office is a ghost town and I'm barely awake.
Ginger - Sep 09, 2011 11:08:11 am PDT #25140 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
To be fair, at Brown's Ferry they were checking for air leaks using smoke from a candle, which was an accepted technique. They screwed up badly, but the candle was only part of the problem.
The 2003 blackout, which affected some 50 million people, was the result of one failed transmission line and both human and computer error in monitoring the grid in FirstEnergy's control room.
The electricity grid is a patchwork of lines built by hundreds of companies over a century, carrying more power longer distances than it was ever intended to. There's a lot of work being done on a smart grid, but to be really effective, the whole damn country needs rewired.
Toddson - Sep 09, 2011 11:11:39 am PDT #25141 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I just find it ... ironic ... that a high-tech nuclear power plant should be set on fire by a workman with a candle. (If Homer Simpson were responsible, there would have been donuts involved.)
flea - Sep 09, 2011 11:11:46 am PDT #25142 of 30001
information libertarian
The water system has similar issues. Lots of cities are past 100 years old on large sections of the water and sewer lines, and even cast iron doesn't last forever.
SuziQ - Sep 09, 2011 11:13:58 am PDT #25143 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I have a 7 month old asleep on my shoulder and K-Bug is on the floor playing legos and coloring with the 3 year old. My work is done for the week and there is a busy weekend ahead. I think I'll bask in the current moment for a while.
Jessica - Sep 09, 2011 11:14:40 am PDT #25144 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My school-age child has just learned how to use the blue Angry Birds. I'm so proud!