Mal: Gotta say, doctor, your talent for alienatin' folk is near miraculous. Simon: Yes, I'm very proud.

'Safe'


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.


Cashmere - Apr 15, 2011 2:30:04 am PDT #3402 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Gin houses would hang a plaque shaped like a tom cat on the outside wall. A patron or passerby would drop a penny in the cat's mouth and a bartender inside would dispense a shot of Old Tom Gin through a tube that led outside between the cat's paws.

Front paws or back paws?


Jesse - Apr 15, 2011 3:13:50 am PDT #3403 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yikes.


Jessica - Apr 15, 2011 3:35:12 am PDT #3404 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I thought the sugar thing in the NYT was interesting, but not really all that convincing.

It seemed emblematic of the kind of science journalism that assumes that because something contradicts the existing scientific consensus, it must be true, because an article on research confirming the existing scientific consensus would be boring. But in reality, this kind of thing where a theory pops up in every new generation of researchers but it's always just the one guy thinking he's a genius for proving everyone else wrong? It's almost never that easy.

(See also: 12 year-old math genius "overturning" Einstein's theories of relativity. It turns out this kid has some major gaps in his basic understanding of cosmology, which is totally understandable because he's 12 but it's not helping anyone to put him on the news and tell him over and over again that he's smarter than Einstein. Can't we acknowledge that this kid is a genius without forgetting that he's also a teenager and that teenagers are by definition stupid about the limits of their own knowledge?)


sumi - Apr 15, 2011 4:40:58 am PDT #3405 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

David: Onigiri - usual spelling of that lovely treat. Unless of course, your food vender was making up their own names.

This is due to that weird British dude who decided that the Japanese sound was more like an "r" than an "l". (Thus, my Aunt Reiko's name sounds more like "Leiko".)

My brother is aces at making onigiri - due to his decade of making the same for my niece. I still have issues making even the most basic shapes.


sumi - Apr 15, 2011 4:42:24 am PDT #3406 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

Completely forgot: Check out the pretty spotted lamb.


DavidS - Apr 15, 2011 5:05:02 am PDT #3407 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Onigiri - usual spelling of that lovely treat. Unless of course, your food vender was making up their own names.

He was, though I'm glad to know the proper name.


Consuela - Apr 15, 2011 5:06:23 am PDT #3408 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Cute lamb, sumi!

I'm really tempted by the Esther Williams suits, especially the classic sheath. I'm very unsure about the sizing, though. Hmm.


lisah - Apr 15, 2011 5:07:43 am PDT #3409 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

I'm really tempted by the Esther Williams suits, especially the classic sheath.

I have one and have borrowed another and love them. They don't provide a ton of chest support though so they are definitely more lounging on the beach than serious swimming suits.


Tom Scola - Apr 15, 2011 5:17:03 am PDT #3410 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

The Guardian has a same-sex kissing liveblog today.


DavidS - Apr 15, 2011 5:27:00 am PDT #3411 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

HBO is developing Neil Gaiman's American Gods into a series.