Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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.
Neatorama sez:
Igor Scalisi Palminteri purchased a few images and figures of saints from street markets in his native Palermo. With a bit of acrylic paint and presumably some modeling clay, he turned them into serene and contemplative superheroes. You can find Superman, Catwoman, Spider-Man and more at the link.
Warning: possible time suck!
You type a sentence and it finds a picture (via google) that matches each word. So you end up with a "sentence" made up of pictures.
I love how much Liese is enjoying her telescope.
It is so great! It's kinda the "don't be bored, be interested" thing that I'm constantly telling my kids. But it really was the ideal extravagant gift, because I had the interest, but I never ever would have bought it for myself, and we wouldn't have afforded it out of our regular gifts budget. But from something like the SO's unexpected side job, it was a sacrifice for him, but something I've gotten a lot of joy from using. And he loves it too, so bonus.
Yay Griffith Observatory! We just opened a new show in the planetarium up there.
Oo, which show? I'd love to take the kids and tell them I know one of the people who put it together.
I've worked on all of the shows in the Planetarium. The latest one is called Time's Up.
Yay Griffith Observatory! We just opened a new show in the planetarium up there.
Nice! I shall check it out.
Groovy, ND.
Warning: possible time suck!
Definite time suck.
We are making actual progress on home repairs today. Yay!
Dag, our CIO just smacked down a pesky wanna-be vendor and I lucked in on being in the distribution list. She does not mess around. The company is casting a pretty wide net, and keeps poking at us every couple weeks to say "You gonna buy? Buy now? Huh?" and on yesterday's attempt, included the CIO. Her reply is reasonably long, perhaps more than they've earned, but she does actually tell them a) this is annoying b) you don't want her annoyed.
I love the language "please don't feel ... you need to escalate to me".
Thanks for the legwork on that quote. Would that half the people who put it up did that much due diligence.
-t, I swear someone just mentioned that story/concept around/to me within the last couple weeks.
we have officially reached the point of no electronic day of OMG I'M SO BORED ENTERTAIN ME!! but I will not give in. I am sitting at the kitchen table with work.
Now I want to track that story down. I think I heard about it as an excerpt on the radio a couple of years ago, can't remember the title or author or character's names...a challenge.
Way to stick to your guns, msbelle!