Wow, meara! This trip keeps on sounding amazing!
Joyce: You don't think it's too obvious? I think I look like I have a cat on my head. Buffy: But a very well groomed cat. Joyce: Well that's a comfort.
'Bring On The Night'
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 - Sep 15, 2014 3:26:10 am PDT #6188 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jesse - Sep 15, 2014 3:50:24 am PDT #6189 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
meara, I'm pretty sure I blame you for the fact that I was searching last-minute travel deals over the weekend. Still not going anywhere.
Although it was surprisingly disorienting to get ready in my mother's place this morning! I kept having to remind myself that my commute is still the same.
shrift, I would have imagined that in a group of writers in Chicago, many would have interviewed at Playboy, no?
-t - Sep 15, 2014 4:37:03 am PDT #6190 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You might need an extra minute because you're upstairs?
My blisters from Friday have already been reabsorbed (or whatever happens to blisters that don't pop (not tea sorbet, autocorrect, although that does sound delicious)). I think I will not try running until tomorrow, but with good thick socks I'll go for a couple of walks, see how that goes.
DebetEsse - Sep 15, 2014 4:41:10 am PDT #6191 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I am up early enough, and the Abrupt Autumn has made it cool enough that I should go run. It's been a while, so this is not gonna be fun.
Calli - Sep 15, 2014 4:43:12 am PDT #6192 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I was going to go for a nice, long walk, but I've been pinned down by a cat. Oh well. The sidewalk will still be there in an hour.
tommyrot - Sep 15, 2014 5:14:31 am PDT #6193 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.
Oh my gods. If you like science used for absurd purposes (don't we all?), you'll love this.
Our Ancestors Wore Babies Into Battle
According to MIT graduate student Tomer Ullman, humanity's early ancestors harnessed the "natural adrenaline boost" brought on by the sound of wailing babies by strapping infants to their bodies and wearing them into battle.
Ullman's hilarious presentation on the competitive advantage of "extreme infant distress vocalization" (aka "crying") was named the winner of last year's Festival of Bad Ad Hoc Hypotheses (BAH!)
Zenkitty - Sep 15, 2014 6:10:01 am PDT #6194 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I tell you what, crying babies make me go berserk, so maybe he's onto something.
brenda m - Sep 15, 2014 6:31:04 am PDT #6195 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yes, but everyone stabbing themselves in the ear doesn't seem terribly effective, militarily.
sarameg - Sep 15, 2014 6:38:24 am PDT #6196 of 30000
There's a baby in the neighborhood that is driving a few of my neighbors absolutely nuts. (And presumably exhausting the parents, too.) It's weird, because while I've remarked on it, I can tune it out.
-t - Sep 15, 2014 6:41:45 am PDT #6197 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yes, but everyone stabbing themselves in the ear doesn't seem terribly effective, militarily.
If you can get your enemies to stab themselves in the ear and avoid it yourself, you win. Right?