There's an Armand Hammer Museum here in LA. I'm immature enough that it still makes me smile.
Tara: Do you have any books on robots? Giles: Oh, yes, dozens. There's a lot of research to be done in order to--no, I'm lying. Haven't got squat. I just like watching Xander squirm.
'Get It Done'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
Kat - Jul 03, 2013 4:20:17 pm PDT #28144 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
sarameg - Jul 03, 2013 4:35:08 pm PDT #28145 of 30001
Currently playing Thunder, Fireworks, Oh wait, 'Copter? Saw someone carrying their golden retriever (just a year old) home. Poor pup was utterly terrified by the (illegal) firecrackers and flat out refused to walk 5 blocks from their house.
Noisy out there. Pool opened at 6:30, got my swim.
There's an Armand Hammer Museum here in LA. I'm immature enough that it still makes me smile.
I had to resort to reading that aloud to get it. Sigh. Braindead.
Cass - Jul 03, 2013 5:11:09 pm PDT #28146 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Have most people never heard of Armand Hammer?
He was an amazing collector. I asked for one of those huge coffee table books on him when I was an early teen. The World of Armand Hammer. Fascinated.
I don't think I've been to the museum though. Now I think I need to go. Or I want to. Which is close enough.
Zenkitty - Jul 03, 2013 5:19:21 pm PDT #28147 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Her adventure only lasted about ten minutes and nothing bad happened, so it was only briefly scary, and then it was funny. Mom loved to drive.
The cheeping smoke alarm will keep me awake. How come they never start cheeping in the daytime?
I've no idea who Armand Hammer is.
Lee - Jul 03, 2013 5:27:07 pm PDT #28148 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Hey, Giles and Spike are both on Warehouse 13!
Fun times!
Jesse - Jul 03, 2013 5:30:34 pm PDT #28149 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I've no idea who Armand Hammer is.
He was some kind of industrialist, JD Rockefeller-style, and the great?grandfather of Armie.
Connie Neil - Jul 03, 2013 5:41:00 pm PDT #28150 of 30001
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People always asked Armand if he owned Arm & Hammer Baking Soda. He didn't, but he eventually bought it so people would stop making a big deal about it.
ION, the skirt I bought online arrived today, and it fits beautifully. Yay! I foresee an expansion of the wardrobe in my future. And maybe t-shirts that will fit over Hubby's belly.
Steph L. - Jul 03, 2013 5:50:40 pm PDT #28151 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
ION, the skirt I bought online arrived today, and it fits beautifully. Yay!
Was that from Woman Within?
Cass - Jul 03, 2013 5:51:29 pm PDT #28152 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
People always asked Armand if he owned Arm & Hammer Baking Soda
He was named after the logo for the Socialist Labor Party. Whose logo is also the image in the center of Arm & Hammer's logo.
§ ita § - Jul 03, 2013 6:05:06 pm PDT #28153 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Have most people never heard of Armand Hammer?
As UnAmerican in residence, if I know it, Jesus fuck, everyone should--I knew there were at least three of them and a fuck of a fortune--enough to not mouth off stupid shit in public anyway, and enough to check the precise extent of the naming scheme. I am disappointed that he doesn't have a daughter named Armandine (or Armand--I'm down with that too) to be honest.
THE INTERNET PUTS FACTS AT OUR FINGERTIPS, but so many availed opportunities to talk rubbish anyway.
Someone also asked me why see The Heat if Sandra Bullock's character loosen's up and Melissa's gains more respect for authority. Well, I wouldn't bet on the latter, but even so, since when is there being information in the trailer a reason not to see it? Technically there's some crime to be solved, and he has no idea what that is, but the idea of getting a general emotional arc has ruined the movie for him.
Life must be boring to the omniscient / narrow-minded.
I just watched Varsity Blues--I feel a season or two of FNL prepped me adequately--and at least one guy is in both of them. I think it's great that the movie's hobbit moment belongs to the hugest guy on the cast. Especially since I think he should have died, really.