River: They weren't cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see the sky and they remember what they are. Mal: Is it bad that what she said made perfect sense to me?

'Safe'


Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served  

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.


Beverly - Aug 21, 2018 7:48:22 am PDT #28603 of 30002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

I have my last supply chain mgmt class today

Which I read as 'uppity chain mail class' and wondered, ...why? what? why?

It's too early for a nap, right?

Border collies are indeed awesome. Not as pets, though. Someone once said the best toy for a border collie is a farm. And also, most dogs need jobs, border collies need a career.


Jesse - Aug 21, 2018 7:59:09 am PDT #28604 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

OMG, that dog!!


Toddson - Aug 21, 2018 8:09:26 am PDT #28605 of 30002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I posted this in Literary, but I wanted to make sure as many people as possible saw it. N.K. Jemisin's Hugo Award acceptance speech.


-t - Aug 21, 2018 8:20:21 am PDT #28606 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I would rather be in an uppity chain mail class! That sounds fascinating!

Aw, that dog is great!


Dana - Aug 21, 2018 9:20:57 am PDT #28607 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Cohen made a plea deal.

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Shir - Aug 21, 2018 9:38:09 am PDT #28608 of 30002
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Wow, that's...wow. At least...it's an interesting learning opportunity? Yeah, that's all I've got.

To some extant, yes. I did get an index to large parts of the collection, but it was not done by a professional and there are some gaps. So this week I studied semi-successfully the Persian calendar (it does not correspond well with the handwriting in some of the letters), and I know the biography of the person, so when I hunted down today someone from Manuscript department who reads (but does not understand) Judeo-Persian and it helped me to identify a few documents. It's literally a big puzzle game - the index is numbered, but sadly the items are not. Also sadly, it is a depressing puzzle game - a Zionist Rabbi who got to Israel in the 1950s and could not get any work to support his family. It broke his heart and he died within four years.


Laura - Aug 21, 2018 9:46:44 am PDT #28609 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.

Cohen made a plea deal.

May it cause the orange one considerable harm.


EpicTangent - Aug 21, 2018 9:53:16 am PDT #28610 of 30002
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Sounded like an exciting puzzle until you got to that last line, Shir. How sad.


Sparky1 - Aug 21, 2018 10:11:03 am PDT #28611 of 30002
Librarian Warlord

May it cause the orange one considerable harm.

Some reports seems to be saying it won't include cooperation. It's also a federal charge, so orange one can pardon him tomorrow if he chooses to do so.


Theodosia - Aug 21, 2018 10:13:27 am PDT #28612 of 30002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Speaking of other languages -- do you know what surprised me recently learning about other alphabets? That some don't have an upper/lower case! I mean, I just kind of assumed would be a rock-bottom standard paradigm for a language, and instead it's almost as if the Roman/Greek/Cyrillic alphabets are kind of an exception to almost all other writing systems.