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!
Bunnies frighten me.
Anya ,'Help'
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.
-t - Jun 06, 2012 9:34:30 am PDT #8568 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Burrell - Jun 06, 2012 9:34:44 am PDT #8569 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I agree msbelle, kids should be able to entertain themselves, although I'm lucky to have built-in playmates at my house.
§ ita § - Jun 06, 2012 9:42:18 am PDT #8570 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just read the chapter of Eagleman's work with that quote and he describes the resulting principle that at the time when you die your third death, you probably don't want to leave right then, because someone who remembered you is just about to show up.
And he also describes miserable people who are remembered for reasons they don't value, and who are desperate to move on.
Jesse - Jun 06, 2012 9:47:24 am PDT #8571 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So, in reading about Miley Cyrus and the littler Hemsworth getting engaged, I learned that the bigger Hems is married to a 35 year old! Which...gives me hope?
But really, today I just want to marry Jay Smooth. Can we make that happen at all?
Consuela - Jun 06, 2012 9:57:31 am PDT #8572 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
But really, today I just want to marry Jay Smooth. Can we make that happen at all?
He's SO AWESOME. I love Jay Smooth. And I love the way his cat appears & disappears during his videos!
Maria - Jun 06, 2012 10:05:00 am PDT #8573 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
This is your dose of awesome for the day: [link]
Tom Scola - Jun 06, 2012 10:18:20 am PDT #8574 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Sophia Brooks - Jun 06, 2012 10:23:21 am PDT #8575 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Wow, that is awesome. I wan't paying much attention to the beginning, and while he was singing, I was like- he is a little flat. Then I realized he never had lessons or anything!
Also, Hamlet makes me want a mini-pig in the worst way! I love how he DIVES into the oatmeal.
§ ita § - Jun 06, 2012 10:29:44 am PDT #8576 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Why did the loud chewer over the cube wall from me get replaced by another loud chewer? If I can't see you eat, I should not know so many details of your consumption.
Kalshane - Jun 06, 2012 10:42:42 am PDT #8577 of 30001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I swear someone just mentioned that story/concept around/to me within the last couple weeks.
ita, I want to say there was something about it on Andrew Sullivan's blog recently. I believe it was discussion of a native American belief that you die a second time when the last person that knew you dies.