I think "bos" or something close was Latin for "cow" and that's what started it.
This money, it is too much. You should have some small refund.
Niska ,'War Stories'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
javachik - Oct 19, 2011 2:19:55 pm PDT #2262 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Hil R. - Oct 19, 2011 2:20:22 pm PDT #2263 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I hear that the mixed race student association at Berkeley does it as an icebreaker called "What Are You?" Because that's the weird question they have to deal with on a regular basis. Of course, it's different when you're among people that have the same issue. Insider/outsider etc.
I get asked that all the time. (Although, now that I think about it, I can't remember anybody asking me that since I moved to Pennsylvania. Are people here just way more polite? Everywhere else I've lived, people asked me stuff like that a lot.)
§ ita § - Oct 19, 2011 2:20:59 pm PDT #2264 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I hadn't heard of Carol Channing until I got to university, so I had a late Carol start.
Amy - Oct 19, 2011 2:22:17 pm PDT #2265 of 30001
Because books.
I knew about Carol Channing as a kid, because of Free to Be, You and Me! And probably some crappy variety shows, if not Hollywood Squares or something.
Anne W. - Oct 19, 2011 2:22:50 pm PDT #2266 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I think that's how I was aware of her. That, and possibly the Muppet Show?
le nubian - Oct 19, 2011 2:23:15 pm PDT #2267 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Google+ to allow nyms.
well, they have had a lot of criticism and people leaving Google+ in droves so they had to do something.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 19, 2011 2:23:38 pm PDT #2268 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
She also seemed to appear on random things singing "Hello Dolly" all the time. And I think she might have been on the Muppets.
Pix - Oct 19, 2011 2:28:50 pm PDT #2269 of 30001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
In the fun facts department...
In case you didn’t already know that IQ is not (at all) set in stone, this is a good article about a recent study: [link] Check out the difference--we aren’t talking a couple of points.
This is very much related to research done for years by researchers such as Carol Dweck about growth mindset. I don’t know about all of you, but learning that IQ isn’t fixed was a revelatory (and humbling) discovery for me when I first read about it. Dweck wrote a great book about fixed versus growth mindset ( [link] ), but this article about how not to talk to kids is a great snapshot: [link]
Can you tell I was in an education class all day today? When I saw that NPR story, it made me want to share again. Sorry if I’ve linked to the Dweck stuff before.
Consuela - Oct 19, 2011 2:29:41 pm PDT #2270 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Google+ to allow nyms. Hmm. I wondered if they'd hold out forever.
I admit I'm surprised. They'd dug their heels in so hard it made it look like they would never change their minds.
Allyson - Oct 19, 2011 2:31:17 pm PDT #2271 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Mom: OH HAI! Your brother and SIL are losing their house and moving in with us. Also, they found some polyps in my uterus so I had surgery last week, but they made an error. There were no polyps so they accidentally cut my cervix, instead. What's going on in California?
Me...
We are the 99%