I think the only people who will be getting dead-tree cards from me this holiday will be my friends from work. I haven't seen them since I left New Jersey. Almost a year ago! Wow. No, wait, I saw some of them in Atlanta in April for the yearly meeting. (But we didn't even get drunk, much less talk about sex.) I want to keep in touch, and it takes an effort, because I'm really bad at that.
We'll be in our bunk.
Wash ,'War Stories'
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.
Zenkitty - Dec 07, 2009 4:05:48 pm PST #23541 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
sumi - Dec 07, 2009 4:06:06 pm PST #23542 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
I got a call from somebody who lives six blocks east of here that they had seen a cat like Ivan in their yard and on their porch.
I was in the indoor pants so I changed clothes and raced over there - no cat, no answer at the door. I think I will phone tomorrow and offer to bring them an original of the poster so that they can see a clearer picture of Mr. Ivan.
Now, I'm sweaty and tired and hungry.
I'm going to order a burger.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 07, 2009 4:09:19 pm PST #23543 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Oh, sumi, how disappointing. I am so worried about you and Mr. Ivan. If I lost my Miss Bobo I would be inconsolable.
Calli - Dec 07, 2009 4:11:08 pm PST #23544 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm sorry, sumi. I hope the cat your neighbors found is Mr. Ivan, and that you can meet up with them, and him, soon.
Ginger - Dec 07, 2009 4:17:44 pm PST #23545 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I have new windows, and now, when they are closed, I can't get internet. So I have to open my window. But it is cold, and all my head is going out the window, even with the drapes closed and a pillow stuffed in the opening. Any ideas? Should I try taping plastic over the whole thing?
I googled, and apparently this is a rather large problem. The signal is blocked by the low-e coating on the window. Some people are enclosing the modem in clear plastic and putting it outside the window. Otherwise, your best bet may be shrink film [link]
shrift - Dec 07, 2009 4:27:28 pm PST #23546 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Did anyone else just go to a Roy Orbison Wrapped in Cling-Film place?
Sophia Brooks - Dec 07, 2009 4:33:13 pm PST #23547 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Wow- thank you ginger! It never occurred to me to google- the problem seemed so weird. I wish I could fit the #@^%!! receiver between the window and the screen, but I can;t.
tommyrot - Dec 07, 2009 4:34:05 pm PST #23548 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.
Möbius Bagel: interlocking, endless, doughy rings of math
On the website of sculptor and mathematician George Hart, there are step-by-step instructions for how to craft a Möbius strip from a single bagel. I like his thoughts at the very end of the instruction process:
"It is much more fun to put cream cheese on these bagels than on an ordinary bagel. In additional to the intellectual stimulation, you get more cream cheese, because there is slightly more surface area."
Hil R. - Dec 07, 2009 5:14:32 pm PST #23549 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Mobius bagel is neat.
Steph L. - Dec 07, 2009 5:23:58 pm PST #23550 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Mobius bagel is neat.
I wonder if you could make a Klein bagel?
Maybe I need a Klein bottle for Christmas!