A local artist made a felted Xmas tree for charity. It's amazing and the detail is mindboggling: [link] [link]
See, Vera? Dress yourself up; you get taken out somewhere fun.
Jayne ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Sue - Dec 02, 2009 10:32:22 am PST #22491 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Cass - Dec 02, 2009 11:20:51 am PST #22492 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
That's awful. Dumb NY Senate.
Homemade lightning!
WANT!! Jilli, think of the Fourth of July party!
I had a texting cuss off earlier. I used "goat fucker."
Tom Scola - Dec 02, 2009 11:32:27 am PST #22493 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Dear lord, the Brooklyn real estate site I read just had the mother of all Godwins: [link]
tommyrot - Dec 02, 2009 12:35:02 pm PST #22494 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.
What's going on in Chicago:
Chicago canal to be poisoned to kill invasive carp
Tonight, federal and Illinois officials will begin poisoning a section of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in the hope of killing the invasive carp that may have moved north of an electric barrier designed to keep them out of Lake Michigan.
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Should carp reach the lake, scientists fear the voracious fish could wipe out native species by hoarding available food sources.
DavidS - Dec 02, 2009 12:39:20 pm PST #22495 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
They've got a similar issue in Northern California where non-native trout that were introduced into certain mountain lakes have been fucking up the ecosystem. So they're thinking about poisoning the trout. Kind of an ecological reset button, but "poisoning the lake" just doesn't sound good.
tommyrot - Dec 02, 2009 12:41:29 pm PST #22496 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.
But still, "invasive carp" sounds more lame than "invasive trout."
flea - Dec 02, 2009 12:49:29 pm PST #22497 of 30001
information libertarian
Does anybody have SE driving experience (Ginger?) and can give me a sense of which is better? Google maps routes me to Chillicothe OH via Charlotte and Charleston WVa, and say it will take 10 hours (UGH). But from Cincinnati home it sends me via Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Atlanta, and says 8.5 hours. (It's 2 from Cinti to Chillicothe.) It kinda doesn't add up to me, somehow. Cursed mountains, and damn you Chillicothe OH for being in the middle of nowhere.
Atropa - Dec 02, 2009 1:01:54 pm PST #22498 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
WANT!! Jilli, think of the Fourth of July party!
Yessssss. Tesla coil, I needs one.
Zenkitty - Dec 02, 2009 1:09:20 pm PST #22499 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
flea, where are you coming from? What's on the other end of the trip from Ohio?
Burrell - Dec 02, 2009 1:17:04 pm PST #22500 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ooo, I want the koi boots too!