Don't kill anyone if you don't have to. We're here to make a deal.

Mal ,'Serenity'


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.


§ 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%


Scrappy - Oct 19, 2011 2:32:18 pm PDT #2272 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Yikes, Allyson.


Amy - Oct 19, 2011 2:33:03 pm PDT #2273 of 30001
Because books.

Oh god, Allyson. That's awful.