Anya: We should drop a piano on her. It always works for that creepy cartoon rabbit when he's running from that nice man with the speech impediment. Giles: Yes, or perhaps we could paint a convincing fake tunnel on the side of a mountain.

'Touched'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

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.


Liese S. - Dec 23, 2011 5:59:34 am PST #12785 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Ooh! Did I tell you guys about the flashlight fish at the Gatlinburg aquarium? There was this display clearly for kids, where you had to crawl into this tunnel, which of course we did. And there were the flashlight fish, who have glowy bacteria like that in sacs below their eyes, but have a little lid so they can turn it on and off to confuse predators. It was so awesome. And of course it was displayed so that no adults would believe what their kids said they saw, ever.


flea - Dec 23, 2011 6:06:28 am PST #12786 of 30001
information libertarian

Liese! Do you know a piano teacher in Cincinnati? For adults, for now. Kids maybe later. mr. flea has been working through the Alfred's Adult All-in-One book, but I think he also needs a teacher. He played drums in marching band but never learned to read music. It's very interesting; I can read music a little but I rely on my ear a lot, but he has very little "by ear" instinct.


Hil R. - Dec 23, 2011 7:00:41 am PST #12787 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I've got a stomach bug, too. I hope this is better by Sunday -- it took a lot of finagling to convince my family to go to a vegan Chinese restaurant on Christmas, and I don't want to have to just eat soup and rice.


flea - Dec 23, 2011 7:36:50 am PST #12788 of 30001
information libertarian

Well, rats. I applied for a librarian job at the art museum that was advertized in early November. I never heard a peep after the "we got your application" form email from HR. Today the art museum library advertized two part-time, no-benefit, non-librarian jobs, neither of which I am that qualified for (I was pretty qualified for the way the original librarian posting was written.) I guess they changed their minds about what they needed/could afford. (One of the jobs is a library assistant job requiring only a BA for which they would prefer original cataloging experience. Good luck with that.)


tommyrot - Dec 23, 2011 7:42:17 am PST #12789 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.

Doggie!

Pet dog from 30,000 years ago

This is the skull of someone's pet dog from more than 30,000 years ago. Found in Czech Republic by archaeologist Mietje Germonpré of Belgium's Museum of Natural History and colleagues, it's one of three canid crania they discovered from the era. The skulls support other recent research suggesting that dogs were domesticated 15,000 years earlier than previously thought. This news is one of Archaeology magazine's "Top 10 Discoveries of 2011."


Allyson - Dec 23, 2011 7:43:47 am PST #12790 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Ooh! I know this one! Hemoglobin! Right?

Righteo. Because it's made of iron, which is where it gets the red coloring (like in rust).

And all the iron in the whole universe came from the core of stars (not our sun, it's too small to support an iron core) that exploded in a supernova extravaganza, spread out through the universe, formed Earth, and now you have stardust pumping through your veins.

I love Sagan.


Amy - Dec 23, 2011 7:44:52 am PST #12791 of 30001
Because books.

now you have stardust pumping through your veins

I knew there was a reason I feel sparkly sometimes.


meara - Dec 23, 2011 7:52:40 am PST #12792 of 30001

Oh flea, that sucks! Stupid employers and their cheaposity!

now you have stardust pumping through your veins

Sweet.

Anyone wanna motivate me? I have three things to do, and then I have to make the transmittal sheets and take them to fedex. And do my timesheet. And put on my out of office. This could all be done by noon (well, maybe not the "take to fedex"). But I am procrastinating like WHOAH. Why, self, why??


Allyson - Dec 23, 2011 7:54:14 am PST #12793 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

My nephew made a gingerbread house. Then he put a gummi bear on a spit in the backyard of the gingerbread house.

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tommyrot - Dec 23, 2011 8:26:08 am PST #12794 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.

Am now playing Screaming Jay Hawkins' "Constipation Blues" on my speakers. Am wondering how long before my boss says something....