I had sparkling shiraz last night and LOVED it! It wasn't too sweet at all.
oy am I tired today though.
And I wonder, what possible catastrophe came crashing down from heaven and brought this dashing stranger to tears?
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
lisah - Jan 23, 2008 5:14:22 am PST #4883 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Cashmere - Jan 23, 2008 5:19:03 am PST #4884 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Did anyone else watch "Life After People" on the History Channel? I've started The World Without Us and was interested in seeing what they'd do, but I was disappointed. And someone was way overdosing on the Dramatic Music.
We watched the first part. Way too overly dramatic. The fire thing bothered me because they made it seem like humans fight the nasty forest fires when, in fact, they're a perfectly natural part of the ecological process. Overzealous human fire supression is what causes the BIG, GIANT problematic fires by leading to a build up of undergrowth.
§ ita § - Jan 23, 2008 5:19:58 am PST #4885 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've started The World Without Us and was interested in seeing what they'd do, but I was disappointed.
Darn! I read that book last year, and TiVoed Life After People for that very reason. Doesn't compare well?
I spent a couple weeks chasing down a piece of info (essentially a yes or a no), and finally reassured my boss the answer was no, and then one of the guys whose word I was taking just told my boss the answer was yes.
Way to go to undercut me, dude. Not pleased. Even beyond the looking bad in front of the boss, it indicates there might be a whole bunch of yesses hiding out there somewhere. And now I have to go yes hunting.
Tom Scola - Jan 23, 2008 5:21:15 am PST #4886 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Heath Ledger autopsy is inconclusive: [link]
Dana - Jan 23, 2008 5:21:50 am PST #4887 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Wow, that was fast.
Liese S. - Jan 23, 2008 5:24:41 am PST #4888 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
High tech clothing that wicks moisture away from my body.
Srsly. Love. Best part? High tech part wool socks that wick moisture away from my feet, plus...stay warm when wet! Awesome.
I watched the beginning of "Life After People" then fell asleep. The bit at Chernobyl was interesting, though.
§ ita § - Jan 23, 2008 5:38:19 am PST #4889 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wow, that was fast.
That's the magic of inconclusive, I guess. Now we just wait and see.
Emily - Jan 23, 2008 5:43:40 am PST #4890 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Doesn't compare well?
Nope. I was hoping for more "here's how manmade stuff decays" too, in hopes of showing it to my architecture class, but no. Lots of it was sentences like, "But man's defeat of the environment is tenuous" and "Nature reasserts its hold." One thing I really liked about the book is how he goes into detail about how things work right now and how they'll fail, and it kind of skipped that stuff. Not entirely -- they did show some detail on corrosion of stone and metal, but not as much as I'd like.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 23, 2008 5:44:41 am PST #4891 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Aargh! I am having a horrid day at work, after a rather horrid day working at the theatre yesterday. And I am being all cranky and mean and hostile to people, which I hate doing. And I just want a large, large drink.
sarameg - Jan 23, 2008 5:49:10 am PST #4892 of 10001
I'm flinching everytime my inbox indicates I have a new message.