Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.

'Underneath'


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.


Lee - Apr 15, 2011 1:08:25 pm PDT #3461 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Thanks!


-t - Apr 15, 2011 1:11:50 pm PDT #3462 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Unrelated to anything y'all are talking about I'm pretty pleased with my minor repair mojo today. I reinforced the window screen with the catdoor in it and swapped it with the plexiglass model, and remembered how to fix a leaking drip irrigation hose. And some finches showed up on the bird feeder, so yay.


Zenkitty - Apr 15, 2011 1:12:59 pm PDT #3463 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I really didn't mind being called/considered an atheist until Dawkins came along.


Jesse - Apr 15, 2011 1:15:41 pm PDT #3464 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

My day was super annoying, only partly of my own making. One minor thing: I got a document that I drafted eons ago, which has since gone through various layers of editing in another department. I gave it right back to them today for a final look-over, and it turns out to be full of serial commas, which that department doesn't believe in. So I had to go through and take them out. Dude, none of you people noticed that before? I thought it was the final approved version! @@

Anyway, now I'm home with wine. And a long weekend! WOO HOOOOOO. My first Patriots Day off since high school!

And I keep from going berserk re: sexism by avoiding asshats, which I realize is not much of an activist stance.


Strega - Apr 15, 2011 1:28:27 pm PDT #3465 of 30001

that is proof that women have the power in sex relationships.

I can't find where it's described that way. I'm sure it has been by someone, because jerks abound, but I don't see that in Dawkin's post, and the psych study he links to makes the same points you do about possible reasons for the disparity in how men and women view casual sex. In the clarification after the initial dust-up, the women who raised the issue said they weren't objecting to the "challenge" itself or its point; they did have issues with how it was presented. (It looks like all the videos were replaced after thing settled down so I can't trace back to specifics.) Digging into the Krauss thing... I can't find as much, but yes, he does sound like a deluded ass.

And Dawkins can be an ass too. But if I admire a person, that doesn't mean I respect all of their views, and support everything they've done. (Luckily this is not an issue with Scott Adams, who has always been terrible.) Given that I personally tend to admire people on the "outspoken jerk" end of the spectrum, it's pretty likely that they're going to say things even I have problems with.

There's a tipping point where the bad stuff overhwelms the good, but... when you say "revered" I feel like you're taking their status to mean that the attendees and organizers support their opinions on all things. I don't think that's the case, even if the "you must either worship X or loathe it beyond all reason" attitude is something the internet is excellent at fostering. Dawkins gets plenty of criticism from within the skeptic community, and while I'm not familiar with Krauss, I know several other speakers listed have also been polarizing at times.

On the larger question... for me to be enraged about something, I first have to be surprised by it. And I rarely find it surprising when groups of people behave abominably. I don't really recommend sharing that attitude, though.


P.M. Marc - Apr 15, 2011 1:30:57 pm PDT #3466 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

I really didn't mind being called/considered an atheist until Dawkins came along.

Why does it bother you now? Dawkins, despite his fairly-typical 70 year old highly science educated white guy's cringe-worthy foot-in-mouth gender statements has done a hell of a lot for getting atheists out of the closet and into the public eye. He's a brillant, often hilarious speaker and writer. And this will (language NSFW) never fail to bring me up on a down day [link] (Richard Dawkins reads his hate mail)

Plus he totally fell in love with his wife for her spicy brains.


erin_obscure - Apr 15, 2011 1:31:11 pm PDT #3467 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

any ladies take yaz or the generic equivalent? i have 4 months (unopened) of the generic and it's no good for me. finally got to the gyn and a new prescription for name brand only, no generic substitution. free to a good home, i hate throwing things away.


Jesse - Apr 15, 2011 1:33:42 pm PDT #3468 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

On the larger question... for me to be enraged about something, I first have to be surprised by it. And I rarely find it surprising when groups of people behave abominably. I don't really recommend sharing that attitude, though.

Oh yeah, then there's that. I'm kind of resigned to most kinds of asshattery.


erin_obscure - Apr 15, 2011 1:36:29 pm PDT #3469 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

oh, and Sarameg, one the suits you linked to is currently onsale at my local costco for $19.99. at least i'm pretty sure it's the same one, i seriously considered it but i can't deal with straps that don't cross in the back.


Kathy A - Apr 15, 2011 1:41:36 pm PDT #3470 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Speaking of swimming, I was finally able to get into the pool today for the first time in nearly three weeks. It took me 67 minutes to swim my mile, and I was exhausted afterwards, but it felt so damn good! I'm hoping I'll get up early enough to go again in the morning (if not, the afternoon for sure), and then again on Sunday morning. I then popped over to Best Buy (for printer ink and the new Harry Potter dvd) and the grocery store to fill up my fridge.

When I got home, my cat was obviously relieved that I hadn't left her for another twelve days--she was all Velcro Kitty yesterday and still a bit clingy this morning.