Jesse, did you get the baby elephant link I sent to the Tumblr?
Zoe: My man would never fall for that. Wash: Most of my head wishes I had.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Dec 29, 2010 10:08:42 am PST #13464 of 30001
hwæt
Jesse - Dec 29, 2010 10:10:01 am PST #13465 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Recently? I did not! I would like that, though.
lisah - Dec 29, 2010 10:10:34 am PST #13466 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
I have to do my self evaluation. Bleh. On the plus side, we had to do job descriptions this year and I can cut and paste a lot from that. But am too lazy! (Am not putting that in my self eval)
Tom Scola - Dec 29, 2010 10:16:29 am PST #13467 of 30001
hwæt
I can't get to tumblr from work, but this is it: [link]
Jesse - Dec 29, 2010 10:19:32 am PST #13468 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ha! Thanks.
You know who's a good time? Mimi Smartypants:
Have you heard of this “alignment” schema? Chaotic good, neutral evil, etc? I hear this referenced sometimes, most recently in this great graphic about The Wire. (Oh! Just looking at that makes me so nostalgic for the show. I know I can watch it again but nothing will compare to the first time.)
Anyway, every time this formula comes up I idly wonder about its origins, but I never remember to Google it or anything. In the back of my head I had assumed it was invented by some philosopher, and my brain usually went to either Nietzsche or Spinoza because (a) it made a certain amount of intellectual sense, and (b) I have not studied or read either of those guys in depth.
You know where this is going, of course, but you cannot imagine my outrage when I finally get around to Wikipedia and find out that it comes from GODDAMN DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS, and I cannot believe I devoted brainpower to feeling inferior about not being aware of a philosophical algorithm that seemed so widespread. If I had been thinking clearly, the very fact of its being widespread and pop-culture-applicable might have tipped me off that maybe the source text was not SPINOZA, for crying out loud. Maybe I really am as dumb as I look.
tommyrot - Dec 29, 2010 10:20:54 am PST #13469 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.
Oh dear.
What possible secrets could Fluffy's memory disc contain? Probably some choice thoughts on its owner's choice of light-up apparel.
Jesse - Dec 29, 2010 10:23:21 am PST #13470 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, Jess, this is so random, but are you related to Amy [your old last name] of Powhatan, VA?
Jessica - Dec 29, 2010 10:28:00 am PST #13471 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'd have to ask my Dad or grandmother to be sure, but I don't think so - I've never heard of a Virginia branch of that side of the family.
Tom Scola - Dec 29, 2010 10:29:51 am PST #13472 of 30001
hwæt
If you google the name, and go to Jesse's employer's website, you can see a picture of her -- there is a strong resemblance.
tommyrot - Dec 29, 2010 10:35:14 am PST #13473 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.
An article about one of the coolest airplanes ever built:
Meet the XB-70 Valkyrie, Almost the World’s First Nuclear Aircraft
The Valkyrie was a plane decades ahead of its time, pushing the aeronautical engineering of the early 1960s well beyond what had been thought possible. It was even slated to become the world’s first nuclear-powered bomber.
I've seen the one remaining Valkyrie at the Air Force museum at Dayton, Ohio.