But you don't light your lighter while doing it. That would cause a pretty big boom, too.
No, you do that when you need a flamethrower to light the nest of tent caterpillars on fire.
... what? That's how my dad takes care of yard pests.
We're in love. We're ... lovers. We're lesbian, gay-type lovers.
Willow ,'Potential'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
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.
Atropa - Sep 03, 2010 9:58:31 am PDT #21960 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Ginger - Sep 03, 2010 9:58:41 am PDT #21961 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The body sock thing kinda freaks me out, but I am going to be talking to mac's therapist about all that stuff.
It looks like it has a similar effect to Temple Grandin's squeeze box she invented because being under pressure calmed her autistic hyper-reaction to stimuli.
I'm mainly only freaked out by being in small spaces with other people. MRIs are blessedly solo adventures.
amyth - Sep 03, 2010 9:59:01 am PDT #21962 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Happy Birthday, Liese!
This weekend, I'm hanging out with my friends C. and J., their baby, and C.'s entire family (U.S. contingent): her parents, sister, aunt and uncle who are all down from NY, and her brother and SiL, who are here from Portland.
sarameg - Sep 03, 2010 10:00:32 am PDT #21963 of 30001
No, you do that when you need a flamethrower to light the nest of tent caterpillars on fire.
My father's method was to light a turpentine-soaked rag atop a tall metal pole.
Those nests go up like whoa.
Calli - Sep 03, 2010 10:02:17 am PDT #21964 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Please tell C's parents I said "hello," amyth. They're good folks.
Atropa - Sep 03, 2010 10:02:25 am PDT #21965 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Those nests go up like whoa.
They do! It's kind of fun to watch.
Wait. This is why no one will ever let me have a kitchen torch, isn't it?
Scrappy - Sep 03, 2010 10:03:42 am PDT #21966 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Got no problem with small spaces. I discovered with skating that I get really freaked out by going backwards. And it held me back on a lot of basic turns. I could make myself do it, but not quickly or well, even when I was getting really good on tricky forward footwork. I just go into instant panic mode.
Amy - Sep 03, 2010 10:05:05 am PDT #21967 of 30001
Because books.
No, you do that when you need a flamethrower to light the nest of tent caterpillars on fire.
Stephen once torched a hornet's nest in our front yard that way. He was so proud of himself. I was just happy he didn't burn down the yard, or the house.
It looks like it has a similar effect to Temple Grandin's squeeze box she invented because being under pressure calmed her autistic hyper-reaction to stimuli.
It makes so much sense. Newborns like swaddling for the same reason -- after all those months curled up in the womb, being exposed and out in the open has to be pretty overwhelming.
Jessica - Sep 03, 2010 10:12:09 am PDT #21968 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The best way to kill spiders is having your husband squish it with a shoe and then flush it down the toilet while you hide in another room.
tommyrot - Sep 03, 2010 10:15:59 am PDT #21969 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.
So you know that comic that has the "Clean all the things" thing called Hyperbole and a Half? Here is a good one that many Buffistas might relate to:
The four levels of social entrapment