Two by two, hands of blue. Two by two, hands of blue.

River ,'Ariel'


Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork  

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.


Scrappy - Jul 05, 2011 8:11:38 pm PDT #15442 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

What's hooping?


Pix - Jul 05, 2011 8:30:01 pm PDT #15443 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.

I can't butterfly, Kat, but I'm a good swimmer otherwise. I was thinking maybe alternating freestyle with breast stroke to start. I am tying to get in shape, basically, but I'm really out of shape at the moment.


beth b - Jul 05, 2011 8:31:28 pm PDT #15444 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

What's hooping?

hula hooping


Pix - Jul 05, 2011 9:41:30 pm PDT #15445 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.

Having returned from the gym, there was no swimming. Pool heater broken (and yet still crowded), so I did weights instead. Hoo boy am I out of shape.


sumi - Jul 06, 2011 4:41:28 am PDT #15446 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

Woo hoo, new puppy!

So glad somebody else asked what hooping was. . . (I was imagining somebody running for three days whilst rolling a hoop not hula hooping.)

re: pool heater - I thought that people who swim for fitness or competitive swimmers generally prefer the water cooler? (At least - when I worked in the PE dept, the pool temp was raised for the non-team folks and lowered for the team.)


tommyrot - Jul 06, 2011 4:56:58 am PDT #15447 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.

'Giant wombat' skeleton found in Australia's Queensland

Scientists in Australia have found the skeleton of a "giant wombat" which lived some two million years ago.

The plant-eating marsupial would have been the size of a four-wheel drive car and weighed three tonnes, experts say.

Its bones were found on a farm in north-eastern Australia's Queensland state.

...

Prof Mike Archer, a professor of biological science at the University of New South Wales, described the discovery as extraordinary.

"We found the most gigantic marsupial ever known," he told the BBC.

"These were very huge animals but with pouches. If one tried to visualise what this thing looked like, you'd have to sort of think of a gigantic wombat on steroids."

ION, this is funny and cool: Historic LOLs After Dark: Bill Nye’s Biggest Fan

Especially appropriate for women who like science.


Steph L. - Jul 06, 2011 5:00:39 am PDT #15448 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I was imagining somebody running for three days whilst rolling a hoop not hula hooping.

I still can't picture someone running while hula hooping, though. Not for any distance, let alone 3 days.


Consuela - Jul 06, 2011 5:00:57 am PDT #15449 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Giant wombat!!

I am obligated to link to Digger; the best comic ever about a kickass wombat.


smonster - Jul 06, 2011 5:01:10 am PDT #15450 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Here's a glance at several aspects of the current hooping phenomenon: [link] (slightly NSFW for skimpy clothing and brief discussion of sex)

Love the pictures of Grace playing in the sprinkler.


Sue - Jul 06, 2011 5:04:14 am PDT #15451 of 30001
hip deep in pie

Identify your fountain drink. [link]