I kind of want a burrito, but I don't really want to drive the distance to get it.
If an omnipotent and omniscient deity could give me a burrito, that would be great.
Bester: Mal. Whaddya need two mechanics for? Mal: I really don't.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
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.
Dana - Jan 18, 2008 7:10:46 am PST #4029 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Toddson - Jan 18, 2008 7:12:13 am PST #4030 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
In re limitations on the divine - as far as I know, most of the contemporary major religions - Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism - don't. I know that in antiquity (Roman, Greek, Egyptian) a number of deities were linked to specific functions and places. The Greeks had a lot of site-specific minor deities who were linked to a spring or shrine.
tommyrot - Jan 18, 2008 7:42:49 am PST #4031 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.
Awesomest paper airplane evah! Origami spaceplane to launch from space station
Researchers from the University of Tokyo have teamed up with members of the Japan Origami Airplane Association to develop a paper aircraft capable of surviving the flight from the International Space Station to the Earth’s surface.
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A large spacecraft such as the Space Shuttle can reach speeds of up to Mach 20 (over 15,200 mph) when it re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere, and friction with the air heats the outer surface to extreme temperatures. The much lighter origami aircraft, which the researchers claim will come down more slowly, is not expected to burn up on re-entry.
shrift - Jan 18, 2008 7:45:24 am PST #4032 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I kind of want a burrito, but I don't really want to drive the distance to get it.
I ended up with BK, because it's cold and I didn't want to go outside, and also french fries NOM NOM NOM.
Cashmere - Jan 18, 2008 7:46:40 am PST #4033 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I ended up with BK, because it's cold and I didn't want to go outside, and also french fries NOM NOM NOM.
Why eat fries when you can have CHEESY TOTS?
Allyson - Jan 18, 2008 7:49:43 am PST #4034 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
I have my phone!!!
You know what I've learned? I'm always disturbed when people read Vampire People and just HATE me as a person. I know I should get over it/learn to process it differently. Everytime I stumble across someone who just thinks I'm a complete asshole, I'm always so weirded out.
Kat - Jan 18, 2008 7:52:50 am PST #4035 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Allyson, I left yesterday not remembering you were phoneless! Der. I called but got a weird non-messagey messagey thing.
I had fries with my omlette at breakfast today.
Jesse - Jan 18, 2008 7:54:32 am PST #4036 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I know I should get over it/learn to process it differently.
You could try to process it like I do, which is: holy crap, people who don't know you are buying and reading your book!
I'm already thinking about having fries with my dinner.
Jars - Jan 18, 2008 7:55:23 am PST #4037 of 10001
Thanks for the input guys! I swear if it turns into a paper, I'll credit the Buffistas.
We were discussing it in work as there was a paper where the idea was that megalithic tombs were places where deities lived (sort of), and they couldn't leave there. And we were thinking about other examples where that may be the case, or not.
And of course that tangents into defining divinity and its boundaries and whether archaeologists can legitimately have a position on that.
tommyrot - Jan 18, 2008 8:01:42 am PST #4038 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.
The horror... The horror....
1973 Sears Fall/Winter catalog
I love the caption for this page: [link]
Six harlequins were skinned for this, and the fire chief is still looking for his hat. This was a popular outfit for women who wanted to lie motionless on the floor of an Italian restaurant and observe people.