I've been the only human in a barn full of cows.
OK, that wasn't that exciting.
Inara: I think she looks adorable. Mal: Yeah, but I never said it.
'Shindig'
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.
tommyrot - Oct 03, 2012 12:37:06 pm PDT #24279 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 03, 2012 12:42:32 pm PDT #24280 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I've been the lone white guy in the audience at a screening of the Shaft remake. But it wasn't anything unusual; in Memphis I was generally in the minority except at hockey games.
tommyrot - Oct 03, 2012 12:45:08 pm PDT #24281 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
ION, Researchers working on dilithium-powered fusion impulse engines
Hear that, Star Trek? Technology is catching up! The University of Alabama's Aerophysics Research Center, NASA, Boeing, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory are all getting together to develop an "impulse engine" that's powered in part by "dilithium crystals."
Here's how the scientists describe their own research:
"Star Trek fans love it, especially when we call the concept an impulse drive, which is what it is. The fusion fuel we're focusing on is deuterium [a stable isotope of hydrogen] and Li6 [a stable isotope of the metal lithium] in a crystal structure. That's basically dilithium crystals we're using."
We would be remiss, of course, if we didn't point out that in reality (that is, in Star Trek), dilithium is not quite the same as lithium-6 (which would be, uh, hexalithium?), and also, dilithium regulates the matter/antimatter reaction in the warp drive, not the impulse drive. So good, we've gotten all of our hrrumphing out of the way, let's move on.
Scientists are also working on a demo of a device to warp space-time, hopefully leading eventually to warp drive. We just need some transparent aluminium and we're set!
JZ - Oct 03, 2012 12:50:36 pm PDT #24282 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.
tommyrot - Oct 03, 2012 12:54:01 pm PDT #24283 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Just for tommyrot
Cool beans!
le nubian - Oct 03, 2012 1:15:32 pm PDT #24284 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I've been the white person at a Brand Nubian concert.
I would not have thought such a concert would have so few White people in attendance!
tommyrot - Oct 03, 2012 1:34:42 pm PDT #24285 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Sluttiest and Weirdest Store-Bought Halloween Costumes for 2012
The Powerpuff Girls are especially freaky.
eta: Some of the Tim Burton costumes are kinda' cool.
Atropa - Oct 03, 2012 1:44:29 pm PDT #24286 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
eta: Some of the Tim Burton costumes are kinda' cool.
I have very mixed feelings about the "sexy girl" Beetlejuice costume. VERY MIXED.
Consuela - Oct 03, 2012 1:46:02 pm PDT #24287 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
You ever spend a lot of time and energy pulling something together, and badgering people for information--just to realize that nobody actually cares if you have updated all that information in a much cleaner and more accurate database?
Sigh.
§ ita § - Oct 03, 2012 1:54:25 pm PDT #24288 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Julie, which article did you read that refers to the Planned Parenthood fake abortion scam?