I know somebody who refers to the girls as Truth and Beauty.
Medications can do strange things to taste -- I recall hearing about metallic taste as a side effect of drugs.
I'll nurse you back to health. I'll wear the nurse outfit!
"BuffyBot" ,'Dirty Girls'
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.
Theodosia - Mar 29, 2012 5:02:34 pm PDT #28715 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"
Calli - Mar 29, 2012 5:04:57 pm PDT #28716 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Huh. The first time I heard about beastiality, I had an opinion about it in under 5 seconds.
Zenkitty - Mar 29, 2012 5:05:07 pm PDT #28717 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Hm. No, the only drug I've taken is the usual: Advil. And less of it than usual, too, thanks to Mirena.
It's just weird.
Amy - Mar 29, 2012 5:07:50 pm PDT #28718 of 30001
Because books.
I'm not a big namer. I've never named a car. I had to be prodded to name the laptop and my first MP3 player. I don't always see the reason to name cats, since they don't come if you call them.
Okay, Mayim Bialik in this Old Navy commercial is just weird.
Dana - Mar 29, 2012 5:10:05 pm PDT #28719 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I read something recently (possibly the NYT? Or NPR?) that said they've actually determined that it's not just pine nuts from China, it may also be the ones from Italy, and there's no way they've discovered to predict it. Which kind of sucks.
Dana - Mar 29, 2012 5:11:49 pm PDT #28720 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Ah, here it is.
Speculation has long raged as to whether the culprit is a Chinese variety of pine nut, Pinus armandii. It wasn't traditionally eaten in Europe and the United States, where most cases of pine nut mouth have cropped up, but has made its way into the global market in recent years.
Still, there's no firm evidence that P. armandii is the culprit. So scientists at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration tried to solve the mystery by running pine nuts through a gas chromatograph, and testing nut DNA, a la CSI. They used 45 samples, including 17 that had been associated with cases of pine nut mouth.
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Adding to the mystery is the fact that it's still unclear if it's the nuts or the people that are causing the problem. The scientists say it could be both.
Zenkitty - Mar 29, 2012 5:13:21 pm PDT #28721 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I don't always see the reason to name cats, since they don't come if you call them.
Mine do! Leo also knows the difference between being called "Leo" and being called "Leonardo".
Amy - Mar 29, 2012 5:14:55 pm PDT #28722 of 30001
Because books.
Mine do!
Seriously? That's cool.
Maybe I should stop calling Switch "Bad Kitty" all the time.
sarameg - Mar 29, 2012 5:15:25 pm PDT #28723 of 30001
MFNlaw can attest to the fact that Loki and Pumpkin know their names. Hell, even Devi, Queen of Indifference. Whether they'll follow your orders is another thing.
JenP - Mar 29, 2012 5:21:17 pm PDT #28724 of 30001
I named my two cars. I don't name my electronics, except every time I get a new laptop and the set up asks me to name it, I name it HAL, because I am so original. Time and again.
I do have "That's a keeper," inscribed on the back of my Nano (which has no name), because it's what my friend (who was, among other things, a karaoke host) would say to someone after a particularly good-for-them song. It was sweet, as was he, and he died suddenly, and I like having it there; I miss him. And it's a music thing, and he was a music dude, so it just seemed right.
I named my basil plants Little Dudes. Does that count?