I realize this is petty of me since I have power and internet and no storm bearing down on me but I'm really cranky that I can't watch TV because my digital converter doesn't want to work. hrmph
Doesn't winter seem more like archiving season?
Willow ,'Lessons'
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.
aurelia - Oct 29, 2012 5:17:10 pm PDT #27676 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
billytea - Oct 29, 2012 5:23:50 pm PDT #27677 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.
Stay safe, everyone.
I think it may be time to consider chaining John Travolta to a rock in the hope of appeasing it.
I think we can all agree that that time was prior to the making of Battlefield Earth.
Since Billytea is presumably sleeping right now, I feel compelled to step up and point out that there are 16 species of penguin.
Seventeen. (Emperor, king, gentoo, adelie, African, Magellanic, Humboldt's, Galapagos, rockhopper, macaroni, royal, snares, chinstrap, little, yellow-eyed, fiordland, erect-crested.)
Amy - Oct 29, 2012 5:31:18 pm PDT #27678 of 30001
Because books.
On Twitter the io9 feed said their server was down, so maybe it's all the Gawker sites?
meara - Oct 29, 2012 5:33:36 pm PDT #27679 of 30001
Ok, 16, 17, the important thing is she tried to step up in Billytea's absence.
Holy crap, I just saw video of the explosion shown in the photo. Damn. This is seriously scary looking!
Strix - Oct 29, 2012 5:45:25 pm PDT #27680 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Shit, guys, a tree just fell on my stepson's folks' house in Allentown, PA and they've got a live power-line situation too.
DO NOT WANT.
sj - Oct 29, 2012 5:46:11 pm PDT #27681 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yikes, Strix! Much ~ma to them.
DavidS - Oct 29, 2012 5:46:33 pm PDT #27682 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Holy shit. Rio just posted this.
ComEd explosion takes out power grid.
Explosion at about 3 minutes in.
Stephanie - Oct 29, 2012 5:47:32 pm PDT #27683 of 30001
Trust my rage
My friend in PA (Bryn Mawr) just posted that there is a large transformer fire burning near them.
sarameg - Oct 29, 2012 5:47:33 pm PDT #27684 of 30001
I've consumed at least a bottle of white wine with neighbors. Still dripping inside, but ALL of our houses are, in that spot. I tried sweeping out the water and reseting the tarp, but no love.
Seems to be calming a bit, but I dunno. Clearly, still have power. But then, during Irene, it went out at 7 am under sunny skies.
lisah, may you have twinnage fun!
Strix - Oct 29, 2012 5:50:50 pm PDT #27685 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh, my god, that explosion was INSANE. Jesus.