All I know about Jesuits is that the priest in The Exorcist was one.
This isn't a come-on. I'm in a very serious relationship with a landscape architect.
Oliver ,'Conviction (1)'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
Amy - Apr 19, 2012 6:24:30 pm PDT #1753 of 30001
Because books.
meara - Apr 19, 2012 6:29:21 pm PDT #1754 of 30001
Hah--there was a long running joke at Georgetown that one spring break someone checked all the recycling to see how much booze the different dorms were drinking...and the Jesuit Residence won!
Steph L. - Apr 19, 2012 6:31:52 pm PDT #1755 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
and the Jesuit Residence won!
That's hilarious!
Connie Neil - Apr 19, 2012 6:35:17 pm PDT #1756 of 30001
brillig
The name of billy's link told me all I needed to know about not clicking on it. It has the word giant in it. Not a good adjective with the critters in question.
Jesuits always seem like they're the shady priests in movies and such.
Kat - Apr 19, 2012 6:41:45 pm PDT #1757 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Also worth noting that the Jesuits also aren't real big on the vow of obedience, either.
Yet they have a special one about obedience directly to the Pope that is different than most other orders.
During the Reformation, they were often considered the Pope's Army.
Also, one of the guys behind the Gunpowder Plot, Garnet, I think, was a Jesuit.
The order that educated me was Sisters of Notre Dame. Not the French version, but the German.
billytea - Apr 19, 2012 6:48:58 pm PDT #1758 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.
The name of billy's link told me all I needed to know about not clicking on it. It has the word giant in it. Not a good adjective with the critters in question.
The spider in question is a golden orb spider, or Nephila. They can be big buggers, with a body length over 5 cm. There was a prehistoric version 165 milliion years ago, Nephila jurassica, which reached 24 cm long (and is the largest spider we know of).
They are venomous and their bite causes a reaction, but it's not powerful enough to be particularly dangerous. A black widow spider poses a greater threat. Unless you're a snake, apparently.
Connie Neil - Apr 19, 2012 7:23:28 pm PDT #1759 of 30001
brillig
I remember that scarf they made out of golden orb silk. Stunningly beautiful.
Atropa - Apr 19, 2012 8:17:56 pm PDT #1760 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
SO not clicking Billytea's link. No.
I would love to visit Australia. Just with no spiders.
billytea - Apr 19, 2012 8:21:33 pm PDT #1761 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.
I would love to visit Australia. Just with no spiders.
I recommend southern Australia. (Incidentally: Sydney has the genuinely venomous funnelweb spider, but in all the visits I have made to Sydney in my forty-plus years, I have never seen one outside a zoo, not even once.)
Burrell - Apr 19, 2012 9:05:07 pm PDT #1762 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
The spider in question is a golden orb spider, or Nephila.
Really? Because I was going to go with Acromantula.