Watching NOVA on lightning sprites (ionosphere flashes above strong lightning strike, first definitively documented in 1989) SO FUCKING AWESOME. We're only just beginning to figure them out! There are more things on heaven and earth, Horatio...
Can't any one of your damn little Scooby club at least try to remember that I hate you all?
Spike ,'Get It Done'
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.
sarameg - Jun 18, 2014 4:43:35 pm PDT #255 of 30000
Ginger - Jun 18, 2014 4:49:40 pm PDT #256 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Women who you would never believe would drink the Kool-Aid refused to reveal anything about PEO.
Kate P. - Jun 18, 2014 5:00:17 pm PDT #257 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Huh, now I'm wondering if that was the org. my grandma belonged to. I'd never heard of it until my dad and his siblings mentioned it at her funeral. They were always so curious as to what it stood for, and she absolutely refused to say. I can't remember the initials they mentioned, but that could have been it! Will have to ask my dad.
sarameg - Jun 18, 2014 5:09:34 pm PDT #258 of 30000
Since I'm refusing to move, here, have a purring pumpkin: [link]
Burrell - Jun 18, 2014 5:30:48 pm PDT #259 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I have never heard of the PEO before. Learn something new every day.
Dinner update: both kids refused to try either rice or spicy peanut sauce, both of which were delicious. Imma have rice and peanut sauce for lunch tomorrow--it was that good!
DavidS - Jun 18, 2014 5:36:54 pm PDT #260 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Huh. They sound likeable:
Today, P.E.O. has grown from that tiny membership of seven to almost a quarter of a million members in chapters in the United States and Canada. The P.E.O. Sisterhood is passionate about its mission: promoting educational opportunities for women.
Ginger - Jun 18, 2014 5:41:49 pm PDT #261 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I've known women who had PEO scholarships.
Amy - Jun 18, 2014 5:45:52 pm PDT #262 of 30000
Because books.
I've never heard of PEO. Which is not surprising, I guess.
Hil R. - Jun 18, 2014 5:55:26 pm PDT #263 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'd never heard of PEO, either.
Connie Neil - Jun 18, 2014 6:04:08 pm PDT #264 of 30000
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The P.E.O. Sisterhood is passionate about its mission: promoting educational opportunities for women.
The dean of a university that is lackadaisical about making sure women have equal academic opportunities wakes abruptly. Someone's in his bedroom, a masked woman. "The Sisterhood has been watching, Dean. You've slashed the budget for scholarships outside of the athletic department again."
"Martha? Honey, is that you?"
The woman disappeared into the shadows, leaving only those ominous letters on the wall: P.E.O.