Wow. That's a lot of cables.
Buffy: He ran away, right? Giles: Sort of, more. turned and swept out majestically, I suppose. Said I didn't concern him. Buffy: So a mythic triumph over a completely indifferent foe? Giles: Well, I'm not dead or unconscious, so I say bravo for me.
'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
Liese S. - Oct 29, 2012 7:39:37 pm PDT #27701 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Ginger - Oct 29, 2012 7:53:43 pm PDT #27702 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Also, ignore any hysteria about the Alert at Oyster Creek nuclear plant in New Jersey. The plant was in a refueling outage, and it looks like it's basically a tech spec alert. The water level in the building that houses the water intake reached the technical specifications that require an Alert be declared, but it's water from the storm surge and should go down in a couple of hours. That's part of the cooling system for the spent fuel pool, but so far there doesn't seem to be any damage. There are alternate ways to supply cooling.
Liese S. - Oct 29, 2012 8:28:50 pm PDT #27703 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Thanks, Ginger, I don't know what I'd do without you and your valuable perspective.
Dana, ABQ: It's an interesting town. It has a lot going for it, but I know people who hate it. It's a reasonably liberal area for the west, but that's compared to places like my rural Arizona where they're still not really sold on this whole United States thing. You'd have at least one really great Senator, though.
Quality of life stuff definitely depends on where you live; there's a pretty big disparity. It's a good sized town, so there are cultural things and stuff like the great botanical garden and aquarium and natural history museum.
The airport is really easy to navigate. Public transportation is pretty poor, although it's improving with things like the Rail Runner, which goes up to Santa Fe. Library system is pretty good. And there's a hot air balloon festival!
DavidS - Oct 29, 2012 8:31:05 pm PDT #27704 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Looks like the eye of the storm wants to go to Columbus, Ohio next.
bon bon - Oct 29, 2012 8:34:43 pm PDT #27705 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I was gonna say hot air balloons with an exclamation point and then I reached the end of Liese's post.
Tom Scola - Oct 30, 2012 1:59:06 am PDT #27706 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
My Internet’s back this morning. I’m feeling very lucky right now. Especially since I don’t rely on the subway to get to work. The subway is going to be shut down for a long time.
Hil R. - Oct 30, 2012 2:00:40 am PDT #27707 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Pretty much every school and business and government office in my area is closed today. Except my university, which is holding regular classes.
Sparky1 - Oct 30, 2012 2:07:33 am PDT #27708 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
WE have power now, although it was out for a few hours last night, and we had to deal with some water in the basement. Thus we are tired, but okay. Hoping the power holds! There is still quite a bit of rain coming down, but, as I said to my DH this morning, it seems really quiet out there right now after listening to the winds really howling last night.
Trudy Booth - Oct 30, 2012 2:08:28 am PDT #27709 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
We're high enough up that our only real concern was power and we kept it. Hope everyone else is hanging in there.
Shir - Oct 30, 2012 2:11:55 am PDT #27710 of 30001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Guys, I only now had the time to come here and read a bit, and DEAR LORD WTF OMG STAY SAFE~ma to you in Sandy's way. This is seriously terrifying.