Burrell, have you tried the mix of almond and coconut? It's yummy.
I am drinking rumchata, thanks to a trip to the brand new opened-yesterday BevMo, and Cash's suggestions. NOM
Hmm. It's sounds like the finest party I can imagine getting paid to go to.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
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meara - Sep 29, 2012 8:44:42 pm PDT #20839 of 30001
billytea - Sep 29, 2012 9:24:58 pm PDT #20840 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
A quote from my FB FL today, "For those of you who braved the crowd at the Creation Museum today..."My dentist had a creationist magazine in the foyer yesterday. It strikes me as not overly professional, but it's their business I suppose. It is also the magazine I gave to Ryan while we waited, because he can't read it, and giraffes! Which raises another question (to which I don't know the answer, of why a creationist mag has a clear piece of evidence in favour of evolution on the cover. Partly through the fossil evidence of a shorter-necked lineage, but that's not the most entertaining reason. Way back when we were fish, we developed a nervous system. Go us! It included nerves which, given the relative locations of the various organs, travelled efficiently from the brain, past the heart, to the gills.
Fast forward through history, and our ancestors developed a neck and lost their gills. The left recurrent laryngeal nerve was repurposed to work the larynx; it retained its old route, however, and now although it travels from the brain to the neck, it still has to travel into the thorax, loop around the aorta and double back to the upper throat. A long history of gradual changes never allowed it to jump over to the other side of the heart. That's an odd design in most creatures; but for the giraffe, it becomes quite ludicrous. This nerve now travels a distance of up to five metres, most of it entirely redundant (costing unneeded resources and increasing the risk of nerve damage), to innervate a structure located only a short distance from its starting point.
The point is that both creationism and the theory of evolution posit that creatures will be for the most part very well suited to their environment. However, evolution also predicts that some adaptations will be inefficient, being constrained by their evolutionary path. The giraffe's laryngeal nerve is consistent with the one, but makes no sense under the other.
So I don't know why the giraffe was on this magazine, and what story goes with it. "We got it wrong", perhaps; more likely "Long necks is hard! And we don't understand redundancy, gradual selection or evolutionary time-scales." But I like to think it was "God built in a kill switch when designing giraffes as a safeguard against them going rogue".
In any case, Ryan liked the giraffe pictures. So there's that.
Cass - Sep 29, 2012 10:25:42 pm PDT #20841 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
But I like to think it was "God built in a kill switch when designing giraffes as a safeguard against them going rogue".
That's totally how evolution works!
smonster - Sep 30, 2012 6:03:51 am PDT #20842 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Well, I've never heard of a rogue giraffe, so I guess it works!!
Ended up canceling all plans, watching an episode of Freaks and Gerks at D's house, and going to bed early. I didn't sleep well, as usual. That plus benadryl means I'm fighting the urge to crawl into bed and snooze, but I still have to go finish my side job, meet with that friend to get a check, and do some other stuff before the game.
Burrell, that sounds wonderful.
omnis_audis - Sep 30, 2012 7:53:44 am PDT #20843 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Smonster, I hope the ant bites are not having any long term effect. It just proves how much a rockstar you are, that in the face of adversity and adreniline, you kept a calm head, and did the ot water thing.
BT, you crack me up. Also, if zombies ever come to life, please becareful. Your brain seems especially spicey.
ION- the flooring guys are here to finish installing the laminate that they started on July 7th! Not that I'm counting or anything. He was all "wow, it took a long time to fix the floor". Um. Yeah. Tell me about it. The store didn't tell me what time, just that it would be Sunday. I've been up since 7:30. They arrived about 9:30. He apologized, for not being here at 8:30. And then tells me he has a boxing match and has to leave around noon. And might not finish the job, but will be back tomorrow to do the quarter round, or whatever is left. ::sigh:: yes. But I have to work tomorrow. And this is why I haven't scheduled Closet World to come in yet. As soon as this is all done, and I am all moved in, it will be a memory and a great story. In the meantime. I'm just tired of it all.
smonster - Sep 30, 2012 8:07:30 am PDT #20844 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
omnis, how tedious!! As a contractor, I try to be as respectful and clean and efficient as possible, but I know having people in your space and things disrupted is a super PITA.
Side job done, check received!! He was very complimentary of my work, which means a lot to me as he is a valued mentor in my life as well as a friend. He actually paid me more than I asked, since it took longer than I thought.
Now market and home and other things, then the game. I fear for the Saints, against Green Bay. OY.
omnis_audis - Sep 30, 2012 8:47:08 am PDT #20845 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Smonster, that's great! Always cool when folks pay in a timely manner. And super cool he upped the fee.
Here is where my housework is a chessgame was a failure. I was going to start hanging things on a couple of the living room walls while the flooring guys were working in the bedroom. However, I forgot I needed to pull stuff out of the bedroom. And where did they go? Yes, blocking the walls I was going to hang art. Oh well.
askye - Sep 30, 2012 10:30:27 am PDT #20846 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
Sorry this is still such an ordeal omnis.
I'm cooking, I haven't felt like cooking in a long time but I made some simple things when mom was here. (The grocery store has cut up meat, veggies, starch, and sides you can buy so we did variations of that. Not so much cooking as heating and stirring stuff).
I went to the farmer's market and picked up some stuff and then the grocery store (it was cold and rainy so a lot of vendors didn't show) and now I'm making Experimental Beef Stew.
Currently it's browned beef, sauted fennel and garlic and mushrooms, simmering in beef broth and some hard cider with various seasonings. Then I'm going to add sweet potato and swiss chard. Hopefully it will be good.
smonster - Sep 30, 2012 10:40:04 am PDT #20847 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Jesus god, I just put the check through the washer. Totally disintegrated. ::facepalm::
omnis_audis - Sep 30, 2012 10:55:07 am PDT #20848 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Jesus god, I just put the check through the washer. Totally disintegrated. ::facepalm::I am so sorry, but, I did laugh as I read this. Not a mean laugh, but a "isn't it funny how life works" kinda laugh. You did say the side job was a good friend? Call them and tell them. Get a new check cut. Hand them the pulp. And try and laugh it off.