Interestingly, the apparent reason for the change is that the current name is too hard to pronounce in China.
Fondly remembers stories of the Chevy "No Va".
Kaylee: You're nice, too. Mal: No, I'm not. I'm a mean old man.
'Serenity'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
EpicTangent - Feb 25, 2014 12:57:07 pm PST #20884 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Dana - Feb 25, 2014 1:03:34 pm PST #20885 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Tomorrow's high will be 25 degrees colder than today's. And the high will be reached in the early hours of the morning, and then keep plummeting. Ah, weather, you bitch.
Sheryl - Feb 25, 2014 1:05:36 pm PST #20886 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Wacky weather here. Snowed for a few hours this morning, then it was sunny most of the afternoon. More snow tonight. Whee.
Strix - Feb 25, 2014 1:30:55 pm PST #20887 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Steph, baked egg in avocado, with bacon: [link]
Consuela - Feb 25, 2014 2:04:21 pm PST #20888 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
It's going to rain here, tomorrow! Yay!
Well, mostly yay. Except I'm going to dinner with my prospective employer (and prospective coworkers) at a fancy restaurant, and I would rather not arrive dripping. AND it will mean skipping book club, fooey.
ION, we had a fire drill at the office I'm working at today, and I stood outside downwind of a few smokers for ten minutes. And the smell got into my sweater, and four hours later I feel like I'm in a bar. It's amazing how sensitized I've become over the years, as the public acceptance of smoking has declined.
Jessica - Feb 25, 2014 2:49:30 pm PST #20889 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Ok, the blogger addresses the fact that warm avocado, on its face, does not sound appealing. But I think I could be convinced.
Connie Neil - Feb 25, 2014 3:11:15 pm PST #20890 of 30000
brillig
Just had a lovely Avengers/MCU discussion over the cubicle walls. Ah, nerds. We agreed that you can trust the comics canon information on Wikipedia because the nerds keep it honest.
-t - Feb 25, 2014 4:18:44 pm PST #20891 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have been told that you can bake avocado like a potato and it tastes different from the raw but still good. Haven't tried it yet, though. Possibly it is a thing best done with not-quite-ripe avocados? I forget.
I am not going to have that (by which I mean Strix's link) for dinner only because the only avocado I have (a) has been in the freezer and (2) is earmarked for avocado and bacon deviled eggs. I should totally make both for the same meal at some point!
Amy - Feb 25, 2014 4:54:52 pm PST #20892 of 30000
Because books.
I had crab nachos tonight with the most delicious crab guacamole, so I'm all happily avacado'd this evening.
-t - Feb 25, 2014 5:06:53 pm PST #20893 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That sounds like a world of yum. I had fettucine alfredo; can't complain.