We die horribly and painfully, you go to hell and I spend eternity in the arms of baby Jesus.

Gunn ,'Not Fade Away'


Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


-t - Feb 02, 2015 4:48:17 am PST #17977 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Can't imagine that there is, aurelia.

What kind of critter will tell us if we are in for 6 more weeks of Hoth? Do Ravens also come to say that Winter is Going?


msbelle - Feb 02, 2015 4:54:48 am PST #17978 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I know my cold weather is not real cold weather. Still cold to me. Also my office was 52 when I got in. Up to 57 now.


WindSparrow - Feb 02, 2015 4:55:25 am PST #17979 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

My question is if we're going to get 6 more weeks of winter. Punxsutawney Phil says yes, Jimmy the Groundhog (just outside of Madison in Sun Prairie, WI) says no. I say Jimmy is a big, fat liar. It's too sunny out today for him to not have seen his shadow this morning.

What I'm afraid of is that what Jimmy really means is, "of course it's not gonna be SIX weeks, it's gonna be TEN weeks". What I find more telling about the timing of Spring coming, is when Sammie starts shedding. She usually starts shedding in the middle of February. Last year she didn't start until March. I'll keep you posted.


aurelia - Feb 02, 2015 5:15:41 am PST #17980 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Tommyrot, I as far as I know all trains and busses are running. I'm just not feeling a need to prove my hardiness today. I did that in the last blizzard.


-t - Feb 02, 2015 5:17:16 am PST #17981 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Does anyone keep track of how fuzzy the caterpillars were last, um, fall is it? I heard that was actually more accurate than you might think. I'm not sure what species that is, though.


DavidS - Feb 02, 2015 5:19:35 am PST #17982 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Hey Hivemind, calling Academics and Editors. Just got a request from my friend:

I need a really good citation generator that can manage conference proceedings as well as traditional pubs. Any ideas?

probably MLA or APA. I can grab something. I just need something fairly automatic. Or a new brain.

Any ideas? I guess the conference proceedings are non-standard but necessary?


tommyrot - Feb 02, 2015 5:19:52 am PST #17983 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I'm just not feeling a need to prove my hardiness today. I did that in the last blizzard.

Heh.

Me neither--I just didn't know how much snow there was.

In retrospect I should have walked half a block to the CTA station and then transferred to Metra in Evanston.


aurelia - Feb 02, 2015 5:37:16 am PST #17984 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

-t, Farmers Almanac and NOAA agree that caterpillars are great at indicating the weather. Last year's weather anyway. [link] [link]


flea - Feb 02, 2015 5:52:41 am PST #17985 of 30000
information libertarian

David, Zotero?


Steph L. - Feb 02, 2015 5:57:15 am PST #17986 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Oh, Zotero is open-source. Nice.