Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.

Lilah ,'Destiny'


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.


Jesse - Feb 09, 2010 12:03:04 pm PST #7402 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Although I don't know if it'd be possible to ride that one without appearing goofy.

Without clicking through, but having seen both unicycles and Segways, I'm going to say no, it's not possible.


tommyrot - Feb 09, 2010 12:03:25 pm PST #7403 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.

Snow is starting again.

Come to Chicago! We have snow here! But maxing out at only 10-12 inches!


Sue - Feb 09, 2010 12:04:49 pm PST #7404 of 30001
hip deep in pie

I am not commenting on the weather for fear of jinxing myself.


Hil R. - Feb 09, 2010 12:11:48 pm PST #7405 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Come to Chicago! We have snow here! But maxing out at only 10-12 inches!

If the school in Chicago decides to hire me despite my horrible interview this morning, sure!


Hil R. - Feb 09, 2010 12:16:05 pm PST #7406 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Although, I've been watching Little House on the Prairie today, and that informs me that the midwest has blizzards that kill people, old mines that little girls fall into, and something called "mountain fever" that looks exactly like Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever except that it spreads from person to person and causes people to set up completely noneffective quarantines.

Also, The Clown That Raped Sylvia. Not that they showed that one today, just that, once you've seen that episode, you can't ever unsee it.


Ginger - Feb 09, 2010 12:19:08 pm PST #7407 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Deregulation of the electricity industry is a slow-moving disaster. Connecticut has deregulated the generation side of electricity, and a number of independent power producers have sprung up to build plants like the one where the explosion was. Those plants don't have anything like the regulatory oversight of traditional utilities, and they don't have the years of experience. They offer lower rates to high-demand industrial plants, which are the cheapest customers to serve, leaving the traditional utilities with residential customers. Your residential rates have been subsidized by more profitable customers for years.


tommyrot - Feb 09, 2010 12:20:31 pm PST #7408 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.

Deregulation of the electricity industry is a slow-moving disaster.

Plus when California deregulated, Enron set up fake brownouts so they could jack up their prices.


DavidS - Feb 09, 2010 12:23:26 pm PST #7409 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Plus when California deregulated, Enron set up fake brownouts so they could jack up their prices.

Yeah, I'm still kinda punch-in-the-face angry about that one.


Lee - Feb 09, 2010 12:25:51 pm PST #7410 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I've moved from doing my self-evaluation to writing reviews for other people.

I'm probably not allowed to say "I like V. On sunny days, he rides a really cool motorcycle, and on rainy days he drives a very shiny muscle car", am I?


megan walker - Feb 09, 2010 12:27:43 pm PST #7411 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Plus when California deregulated, Enron set up fake brownouts so they could jack up their prices.

Did they fail? Because utilities are so much cheaper here than the East Coast.