Evidently, free will is all in your mind.
Sorry, Captain. I'm real sorry. I shoulda kept better care of her. Usually she lets me know when something's wrong. Maybe she did, I just wasn't paying attention...
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
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.
Theodosia - May 27, 2011 3:21:10 pm PDT #9959 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Jessica - May 27, 2011 3:22:29 pm PDT #9960 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Evidently, free will is all in your mind.
Duuuuuuuude.
Burrell - May 27, 2011 3:24:54 pm PDT #9961 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
That seems interesting, tommyrot, I need to read up on it.
My very vague, not-a-scientist understanding was that there appears to be a particular neurochemical associated with willful actions. In other words, release of the neurochemical triggers the perception that one has chosen a certain action. And that decisions reached by the brain in the absence of that neurochemical are perceived as involuntary.
§ ita § - May 27, 2011 3:26:26 pm PDT #9962 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have introduced my sister to the term ladyboner. I feel like my job as an elder sister might be complete.
I came home and my network router was reset (password gone and everything) and my TiVo wasn't getting a cable signal. I've locked down the network again, and rebooting the TiVo took forever, but it seems to be seeing the world again. I have no idea what happened. EMP in my apartment?
No plans for the long weekend. Hope to rest. Can't miss much more work.
The guy in the comic store looked like one of my cousins. Like, a creepy amount like a creepyish cousin. One cousin who liked to cuddle too much, and once deliberately let me walk in on him in flagrante delicto. About which I'm still traumatised. Anyway, people need to not look like him.
Ordering in sushi.
Burrell - May 27, 2011 3:33:56 pm PDT #9963 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I want to order sushi too, ita. Maybe we'll be dinner twins.
§ ita § - May 27, 2011 3:36:50 pm PDT #9964 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm testing O Sushi on Santa Monica. They seemed fair enough, but they are making me get $20 minimum. Hmmph. Extra tuna roll from nowhere.
I want at least one roll where some of it is hot. I hope I picked well. It's depressing when most of the rolls just say "on a california roll". Whatever happened to the restaurants that were too tooty to sell california rolls?
sarameg - May 27, 2011 3:38:03 pm PDT #9965 of 30001
Thank GOD this week is over. And I have a 3 day weekend. So needed.
I need to get some more knit sundresses to lounge around in. Preferably that won't show cat hair. I like shorts and tank, but I'm inspired my my neighbor Sarah, who I always see out gardening in casual sundresses (and she's not a froofroo sort.) And damned comfortable in this weather.
I was planning on just getting a summer short robe for mornings, but this would work better.
Got leaf crap to sweep up tomorrow. Looks like a blizzard out there.
Pix - May 27, 2011 3:40:41 pm PDT #9966 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
Tom Scola! If a certain LAista were to need a place to crash in the NYC area August 1st, any chance I could borrow your couch?
Tom Scola - May 27, 2011 3:41:57 pm PDT #9967 of 30001
hwæt
WOOO!
Connie Neil - May 27, 2011 3:44:20 pm PDT #9968 of 30001
brillig
EMP in my apartment?
Well, there was a rift, see, and some creatures from another universe showed up, but they were followed by the team that corrals such critters. The fight got a little out of hand, though, and some fluids got flung, and the EMP was all that would remove all traces of the proceedings. They're really sorry about your TIVO, but it was better than monster goo on the couch, right?