Hello everyone! I hope you guys had excellent Thanksgivings!
Mine was pretty good - had it with the friends who are like family. The teenaged boy of the family is the starting center of his high school football team and his team is playing in the 7A state championship game today. So much excitement to be had. I went with the family to see the team off and now I'm dogsitting. (But the game is on tv - channel 8 at 4 pm for Chicago area folks - his team is the Wheaton Warrenville South team - and by a strange fate they are playing their traditional rivals - Glenbard (Something) - possibly West. (Wheaton was the team that Red Granger played on when he was in high school and Glen Ellyn was the traditional rival even way back then.)
Passion doesn't wreck me more than most any Buffy episode. Sad Giles is my kryptonite.
AND it has the Flaming Baseball Bat of Vengeance! When I watch Passion, I always rewind (what's the proper DVD term?) and watch the Flaming Baseball Bat of Vengeance scene about 5 times.
Trufax.
Oh, Giles whomping on Angelus is golden. DB was wobbly as Angel to start out, but by the time the soul loss got going he was really easy to root against. And vengeance looks good on Giles.
I still prefer Giles with a chainsaw, but it loses points for being in a less-than-stellar episode... still a great moment though.
I'm doing my first laundry in the building, and I hate it already! Drying takes almost an hour! And I would do a second load, but I'm out of quarters. Next time I'll try the laundromat down the street.
I wish I had a root and a laundry in my building.
I just had to look up the circumference of the earth when I realized I had no idea how big it was in miles.
Raise your hand if you know approximately the earth's circumference? (And whitefont your answer if you're feeling sassy)
This is a brief survey on What Is Generally Known, so no points for looking it up.
It's got its convenience, for sure, but only one of each machine and no bill changer is a bummer.
I have no idea about the circumference of the earth, BTW.
Without looking it up, I think the Earth's circumference is about
26,000
miles.
Scola's in the ballpark.
I was reading something about human size relative to the curvature of the earth and suddenly realized I had no idea what the answer was.
And it seemed like that's something that everybody should know. Just a general idea.
The exact answer:
24859.82 miles (or 4008 km)
