I did.
"would be very cheap (and it is not dangerous for Russians, somehow)"
You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love till it kills you both.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
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.
brenda m - Jun 28, 2007 12:06:58 pm PDT #5305 of 10001
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
Trudy Booth - Jun 28, 2007 12:07:33 pm PDT #5306 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Can I ask why?
Heh. I suggest your brother not eat her cooking, Brenda...
tommyrot - Jun 28, 2007 12:11:39 pm PDT #5307 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
A story especially for the Birthday Boy:
Domestic cats have common ancestor
Inside the cells of your pet cat lies a history book, a story that stretches back to when humans first settled into civilizations and discovered agriculture.
Using DNA from modern house cats, researchers have traced the origin of domestic cats to a specific time and region that coincided with the settlement of humans in the Middle East known as the Fertile Crescent.
The finding, to be published in Friday's edition of the journal Science, adds clarity to the evolutionary history of cats, a domestic animal unique in its persistent similarity to its wild ancestor. This ancestor was a particular species of wildcat native that still lives in the same region, which is now Israel.
"The evidence tells us that cats from throughout the entire world have a single common ancestor," said study author Carlos Driscoll.
Scientists have long debated whether cats were independently domesticated at several regions and points in time, or whether they were first kept as pets in one civilization before being spread around the world. The identification of a single ancestral species for modern house cats supports the single-origin theory.
...Earlier theories speculated that Egyptians were responsible for cat domestication, roughly 4,000 years ago, based on the animal's appearance in art and tombs of the era.
Dating the origin of domestic cats earlier and placing this process in the Middle East suggests that cats played a role in the lives of the first farmers.
"Mankind settled down into agricultural villages for the first time about 12,000 years ago, developing many domestic cereals and plants," said Stephen O'Brien, another of the study's authors. "That's about the time and exact same place that cats walked out of woods and did something unusual: act friendly."
brenda m - Jun 28, 2007 12:37:56 pm PDT #5308 of 10001
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
They're all just so strange. "Hey, we're all going on a family vacation, and if you come with us you'll be killed. Probably. Oh, and did we mention we're buying a summer home?"
Allyson - Jun 28, 2007 12:44:52 pm PDT #5309 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
My crazy is supercrazy. I just wrote to my city councilman about the situation.
beekaytee - Jun 28, 2007 12:47:16 pm PDT #5310 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
I'm listening to Molly Ivin's Political Animals I have Known. Too bad Molly isn't around to take Ann to the wood shed.
DavidS - Jun 28, 2007 12:57:15 pm PDT #5311 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My crazy is supercrazy. I just wrote to my city councilman about the situation.
It's on!
tommyrot - Jun 28, 2007 1:00:20 pm PDT #5312 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Can any of the lawerly types say if there's a breach of contract issue for Allyson's apartment? Even if it's not spelled out in the lease, wouldn't there be a verbal contract or maybe implied in the contract that tenants would have reasonable use of the common areas, and that the building person has essentially altered the terms of the contract?
Theodosia - Jun 28, 2007 1:05:44 pm PDT #5313 of 10001
'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"
The difference between Ann Coulter and Leni Riefenstahl is that Leni was talented and actually kind of nice*.
* If you were the right kind of person.
Jesse - Jun 28, 2007 1:06:19 pm PDT #5314 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
"It's a common area! You can't go in there!" I'm just stuck on that part.
So, I'm the last person in my office, as far as I can tell.... It felt super Friday-ish all day here today, and a ton of people are about to be on vacation, and I wish I didn't have to come in and work my ass off tomorrow! And possibly Saturday as well! Stupid short deadlines.