Gunfire and police helicopters were a staple when I lived in Detroit. Occasional helicopter here, not so much bullets.
This is so nice. Having everyone together for my birthday. Of course, you could smash in all my toes with a hammer and it will still be the bestest Buffy Birthday Bash in a big long while.
Buffy ,'Potential'
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.
§ ita § - Jan 29, 2012 12:42:01 am PST #18912 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
flea - Jan 29, 2012 3:11:11 am PST #18913 of 30001
information libertarian
Good lord, on that list of cities, Cincinnati is only slightly larger than Anchorage AK. Of course, I bet the Cincinnati metro area is rather bigger than the Anchorage metro area. But seriously.
Calli - Jan 29, 2012 3:36:48 am PST #18914 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Meara-ing:
Yay rescued golden re-pit bull!
The Beemer sounds very nice.
I like that dark wood, Lee.
I had no idea New Orleans had such a high murder rate, although Nora's analysis sounds plausible.
So, I'm sitting here drinking my coffee and smelling a cassolet slowly bake. Duck fat, man. I am such a convert to the church of cooking with duck fat. The cassolet smells amazing!
billytea - Jan 29, 2012 3:40:27 am PST #18915 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
The City of Mount Isa in Queensland (population 22,000) covers an area greater than Switzerland. [link]
I occasionally think they designated this whole area a city just to mess with the Swiss.
Theodosia - Jan 29, 2012 3:52:09 am PST #18916 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Here's another Wikipedia chart that shows Somerville at #17 density: [link]
Just behind West Hollywood and ahead of East Orange. Some of the higher-ranked ones are statistical anomalies, like the giganto-apartment complex (Guttenberg, NJ) that incorporated itself.
billytea - Jan 29, 2012 4:37:42 am PST #18917 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I love the Australian Open. That is all.
Jessica - Jan 29, 2012 4:42:05 am PST #18918 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I knew Brooklyn was crowded, but 35k people per square mile is a LOT of people.
(This may be why I rolled my eyes at Obama's SOTU initiative to provide funding for enough clean energy for 3 million homes. Yay, slightly less than a third of one city...)
Sheryl - Jan 29, 2012 5:18:09 am PST #18919 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Gonna take the car to Jiffy Lube this afternoon. Hasn't been 3000 miles since the last time, but it has been 6 months.(Yeah, I don't do a lot of long-distance driving)
Frankenbuddha - Jan 29, 2012 5:19:43 am PST #18920 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
So I finally was able to make it to a doctor, and wish I had been able to sooner. Turns out I didn't get the same old, same old diagnosis, but that I had an infection in a joint that spread up the leg. At least that's the conclusion they reached, but since going on the antibiotics there's a noticeable reduction in swelling and the mobility of my knee has improved a lot. There's also a lot less pain, but since they also prescribed Vicodin I'm not sure how much to trust that, though I'm sticking to the minimum dose to be safer. I think I may be able to make it to work tomorrow!
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 29, 2012 5:25:49 am PST #18921 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yay Frank! Always good to get a diagnosis of something acute that treatment can provide immediate relief for.