I miss Oz. He'd get it. He wouldn't say anything, but he'd get it.

Xander ,'Get It Done'


Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial  

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.


Jessica - Dec 06, 2006 12:08:41 pm PST #4817 of 10007
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Ewwwwwwwwww, freepers!


Topic!Cindy - Dec 06, 2006 12:13:03 pm PST #4818 of 10007
What is even happening?

That makes Vietnam worse in a sense, but you've got a good point. From a strategic standpoint a disaster in the Middle East trumps a disaster in Southeast Asia.

In 2006 it does. But during the Vietnam era, so close after WW II , and Korea, with China closed, and the cold war with the USSR, I'm not so sure that was the case, then.


brenda m - Dec 06, 2006 12:13:23 pm PST #4819 of 10007
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

Okay, to make up for exposing you to that:

Top 11 Best Geek Gifts

11. One year of "no computer questions" from everyone in your family
10. Private show by the remaining cast of Monty Python
9. Simultaneous devolution of all intelligent design proponents into chimpanzees
8. The Sword of a Thousand Truths
7. A "Nuke the RIAA from orbit" button (The type you press, not the type you wear)
6. Charles Babbage's brain in a jar of formaldehyde.
5. Life-sized, fully-functional Bender
4. Star Wars Holiday Special where Jar-Jar gets trampled to death by Santa's eight tiny Wookiees
3. Ten terabyte video iPod nano with expandable screen
2. Guided tour of Area 51
1. Customized Google logo on your birthday

There are several of these going on my list, I tell you what.


Gudanov - Dec 06, 2006 12:13:24 pm PST #4820 of 10007
Coding and Sleeping

artificially manufacturing a child

Combining an egg and a sperm and having the baby develop in a womb is so not artificially manufacturing a child. Making a robotic infant with self-replicating nanobots that will grow the body structure over time and inserting an advanced neural net of molecular computers running a FreeBSD based OS with extensive self-learning algorithms in your garage is artificially manufacturing a child.


Topic!Cindy - Dec 06, 2006 12:14:45 pm PST #4821 of 10007
What is even happening?

Have we learned nothing from the Cylons?


Jessica - Dec 06, 2006 12:14:45 pm PST #4822 of 10007
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Making a robotic infant with self-replicating nanobots that will grow the body structure over time and inserting an advanced neural net of molecular computers running a FreeBSD based OS with extensive self-learning algorithms in your garage is artificially manufacturing a child.

....not that there's anything wrong with that.


brenda m - Dec 06, 2006 12:14:53 pm PST #4823 of 10007
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

I thought Gud was spending an awful lot of time in the garage recently...


Connie Neil - Dec 06, 2006 12:15:44 pm PST #4824 of 10007
brillig

She took a baby from a potential mom and dad. bottomline

And stuck it in her own womb!

Sheesh.


Aims - Dec 06, 2006 12:17:29 pm PST #4825 of 10007
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Go to your womb!


megan walker - Dec 06, 2006 12:20:33 pm PST #4826 of 10007
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

The 50 Greatest TV Commercials of the 80s.

Slowly but surely making my way through these. This commentary cracked me up:

12. Teddy Ruxpin’s Friend Grubby
Yup, animatronic animal toys were all the rage in the ’80s, creating an entire generation of kids with unbelievably fucked-up nightmares.

13. Snuggle fabric softener
What does it say about us as a society that we’re obviously completely obsessed with talking, evil-looking stuffed animals? This one should have found its way into a horror movie.