Olivia just correctly explained to me what a biome is.
Your kids are quite awesome.
I'm sorry for the awful news, Sean.
What? I'm not allowed to hit people? Wesley: Not people capable of genocide. Angel: Those are exactly the types of people I should be allowed to hit!
'Just Rewards (2)'
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.
billytea - Sep 08, 2012 6:21:38 am PDT #21430 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.
§ ita § - Sep 08, 2012 6:47:46 am PDT #21431 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You never met Joey's roommate Brooke, back in olden days?
Nope. It's not like I've never heard of white people with albinism. I've just never met any, or noticed them on the street. Give that the majority of people I meet/see are white, it seems odd, if the stats are equivalent.
And Asians with albinism--that's more than never seen or met--I've never heard of any, or seen pictures of them.
Googling seems to indicate the highest prevalence is sub-Saharan Africans and their descendants, but also mentions peaks in Pakistani and Japanese groups, which isn't anything I've encountered in person or online.
amych - Sep 08, 2012 6:50:35 am PDT #21432 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I went to college with a Japanese dude with albinism, but I can't think of anyone else since then.
Beverly - Sep 08, 2012 9:19:00 am PDT #21433 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Sean, I'm so sorry about your grandmother. All strength and courage to your friend, his family, and those who love him.
Lee - Sep 08, 2012 9:55:55 am PDT #21434 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I started today out productively, and have been to the hair salon and the farmer's market and cost plus, where I bought my first two Halloween decorations. Something tells me I may be going overboard with that, now that I have a whole house to play with.
Now though, I seem to be going back to bed. Ooops
Consuela - Sep 08, 2012 10:03:17 am PDT #21435 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So I'm in Chicago, and I got to go climbing this morning with an old XF pal, and the rest of the visit is solid family, including visiting the 140 acre farm in Wisconsin my brother just bought... It even has an apple orchard! Ridiculous!
So I can't visit with any Chicagoistas, but I wanted to wave hello and note how lovely the weather is...
DebetEsse - Sep 08, 2012 10:04:04 am PDT #21436 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
My condolences, Sean.
I am the opposite of Lee, as I've been relatively unproductive (caught up on TDS and Colbert, finished The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, started a new knitting project), and now I need to shower, do laundry, and write the paper that's due tomorrow.
Pix - Sep 08, 2012 10:09:22 am PDT #21437 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
I am Lee. I am strongly considering a nap before resuming momentum for the day.
JZ - Sep 08, 2012 10:27:15 am PDT #21438 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
So far today: Dishes, counters, recycling, water the plants, revise eBay listings, and about to take Matilda and Emmett out on a photo-taking expedition for Emmett's art elective.
JZ - Sep 08, 2012 10:29:20 am PDT #21439 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
And Sean, I am so very sorry for your loss. Much love to you and all your family. And I'm thinking all good thoughts for your friend and his wife and children.
Next time you end up in the Bay Area, hugs and hairpats and comfort food await you.