As Willow goes, so goes my nation.

Oz ,'Selfless'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


DavidS - Feb 24, 2010 8:31:18 am PST #10444 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I am sitting under a blow dryer at a salon for the first time in my life. Does this make me a steel magnolia?

If you're sitting under it, then it's just a dryer. A blow dryer is hand held. You're only a steel magnolia if your hair is in rollers, and there's backcombing later.


Lee - Feb 24, 2010 8:32:54 am PST #10445 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Lee, whatcha gonna buy with your play dough?

The consensus seems to be shoes!


tommyrot - Feb 24, 2010 8:33:03 am PST #10446 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.

Admiral Ackbar for Ole Miss Mascot

Yesterday, students at the University of Mississippi voted to update their image with a new mascot. The previous mascot Colonel Reb, who resembles a antebellum plantation owner, hasn’t been seen at a game since 2003, due to his Confederate symbolism. Who, or what, will the new mascot be? The athletic teams at Ole Miss are the Rebels, so the logical symbol would be Admiral Ackbar, the highest ranking member of the Rebel Alliance in the Star Wars universe. Only time will tell if the students and administration at Ole Miss will embrace the campaign.

The actual website for the campaign: www.notatrap.org

Welcome to Notatrap.org. We here at Notatrap are in full support of Admiral Ackbar for the new Mascot for the Ole Miss Rebels. Who wants a Colonel when you could have an Admiral?

Apparently they won. eta: OK, they just won the vote to develop a new mascot.


Kathy A - Feb 24, 2010 8:41:28 am PST #10447 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I liked when both Colbert and the Daily Show used Ackbar footage for their stories on the Repubs being invited by the White House to Thursday's health-care meeting.


Steph L. - Feb 24, 2010 8:45:47 am PST #10448 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

The Changing World of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

That's not that weird, unless it's fiction.


tommyrot - Feb 24, 2010 8:46:09 am PST #10449 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.

Family dog a hero after sticking by lost 3-year-old girl through freezing weather

Cops in Arizona are crediting a family dog with saving the life of a lost little girl.

Three-year-old Victoria Bensch wandered away from her family home in Cordes Lakes, Ariz. on Thursday and got lost in the mountains surrounding the valley.

Search parties spent the night looking for the girl as temperatures dipped below 30 degrees.

She was finally spotted 15 hours after she vanished by a helicopter pilot on Friday.

Next to her was Blue, the family's Queensland heeler.

"The dog kept her alert, warm and gave her companionship throughout a very cold night," Dwight D'Evelyn, spokesman for the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office, told The Arizona Republic.

...

The dog was protective of the child when they first approached, but when the girl smiled, the dog relaxed.

"I think once the dog realized we were there to help them out, he was very excited," Uhl said.

"He ran around while the medic tended to the little girl, and when it was time to go, he jumped right into the helicopter and was ready to go."

She was taken to Phoenix Children's Hospital and treated for frostbite, but doctors said she was healthy despite the ordeal.

"We have to give a lot of credit to Blue," the girl's aunt told the Republic.

"He pretty much stayed with her all night."


lisah - Feb 24, 2010 9:05:01 am PST #10450 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

awww heroic dog story!

My dog peed on his bed at 6 this morning. A different kind of hero, I guess.


§ ita § - Feb 24, 2010 9:23:59 am PST #10451 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

My god, these are the most comfortable heels ever. They're precisely as comfortable as flats, at least so far in the day. Most of my heels, there's some difference, once the height is over 3/4". These are a good two inches and there's nothing wonky about them for my delicate princess-and-the-pea feet.


juliana - Feb 24, 2010 9:28:51 am PST #10452 of 30001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Awww, yay puppy!

ita, what kind of heels are those?

YAY PERKINS. I agree - is shoe time!


Lee - Feb 24, 2010 9:30:31 am PST #10453 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

is shoe time!

my god, these are the most comfortable heels ever.

What brand?