Of course I'm flying today. I'm always flying. Hopefully by this evening it'll be fixed?
Elliot: I thought I said discreet. Gwen: What, do you see nipple?
'Just Rewards (2)'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
meara - Nov 19, 2009 6:32:28 am PST #20198 of 30001
Dana - Nov 19, 2009 6:35:26 am PST #20199 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm not sure why an hour delay is newsworthy no matter what she does during it.
But there were children in the airport, and she had somewhere to be. Unlike every other single person, who was flying for the fun of it.
The system is already back up, meara, so hopefully the worst of it will be sorted out by this evening.
Jessica - Nov 19, 2009 6:41:41 am PST #20200 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My god, her flight was an hour late, and she only had her cell phone to distract her? Woes!
STUCK IN AN AIRPORT WITH ONLY THE INTERWEBS TO DISTRACT HER FOR A FULL HOUR!!! OH, THE HUMANITY!!!
tommyrot - Nov 19, 2009 6:44:41 am PST #20201 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Does this qualify as "not a good idea"?
d'Armond Speers: Dad Spoke Only Klingon To Son For Three Years
d'Armond Speers, a Minnesota man, spoke only Klingon to his son for the first three years of his child's life, the Minnesota Daily reports.
Speers says that he spent the first few years of his son's life speaking to him in the invented language of the alien race featured in the series "Star Trek" in order to better understand how children learn languages. Meanwhile, Speers' wife continued to address the child in English.
He told the Minnesota Daily,
I was interested in the question of whether my son, going through his first language acquisition process, would acquire it like any human language. [...] He was definitely starting to learn it.
Speers reports he "still gets nostalgic when he recalls singing the Klingon lullaby 'May the Empire Endure'" with his son.
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Eventually, Speers gave up on Klingon communication, saying that his son "stopped listening to me when I spoke in Klingon" and "it was clear that he didn't enjoy it, and I didn't want to make it into a problem."
His son, now in high school, doesn't speak a word of Klingon, according to the Minnesota Daily.
§ ita § - Nov 19, 2009 6:46:33 am PST #20202 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Maybe he stopped listening to him because the vocabulary in Klingon made it too hard to say anything interesting to a two year old.
Jessica - Nov 19, 2009 6:46:57 am PST #20203 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Okay, flight and hotel are booked. Onto the car.
I'm thinking Priceline b/c the listed rates for a weekly rental have more than doubled in the past 4 days. How low can I go, people who have used Priceline before?
Vortex - Nov 19, 2009 6:49:07 am PST #20204 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I just noticed that one of my potential students lives in Niceville, Florida. NICEVILLE?
Gudanov - Nov 19, 2009 6:51:19 am PST #20205 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Sounds nice.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 19, 2009 6:51:53 am PST #20206 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I just noticed that one of my potential students lives in Niceville, Florida. NICEVILLE?
Oh, they're all assholes there.
Fred Pete - Nov 19, 2009 6:52:07 am PST #20207 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Just down the road from Eglin Air Force Base, Vortex. On the Panhandle.
But then, I know someone who was born there.