ita, I don't think I get it. You want a picture thread? Or all threads to sometimes have pictures? Or?

I don't feel any special need for pictures here. But I suppose I haven't tried it and might get to liking it.

I just caught up on last night's Colbert Report, and I think the end of the interview with James Franco is one of the most adorable geek out moments EVAH

It IS, Lee!

ita, Melissa Harris Perry had a piece on what the Harlem Shake is, what it really isn't, its history, who first put it on video (P Diddy in the 90s), and so on. [link]

I hope your cold clears up quickly.

All this plane talk is making me nostalgic. Stupid inner ears.

Was it here that people were talking about Ainsley from West Wing/chick who was on CSI Miami? Man, her face. Not good.

Yes and yes.

Why didn't we enable pictures here in the first place? Was there a technical reason, or just cultural? Because I do love a reaction-gif, but am not sure how I'd feel about them here.

I had a lovely balloon flight, and a really impressively soft landing. Just before we descended, the pilot said, "You know the money that you paid me for this flight? This is where I EARN it." And he did.

This was in the desert outside Phoenix, just after dawn, so it was as spectacular as you could want.

The text only pages are certainly more subtle in the work environment but I'm not opposed to a Buffistas Illustrated thread. ita, is this about not wanting to post links to images or how mobile devices deal with the links or something else?

an experimental aircraft called the Breezy

I've always wanted to ride in a plane like that. And in a Piper Cub. Smalles plane I flew in was a Cessna 152 (a two-seater).

My favorite small plane ride was in a Beaver. (The Beaver is a bush plane.) We rode in one equipped with floats to a remote fishing cabin on a lake in Ontario.

Hear's a Beaver: [link] The one we flew in was built during WWII. They are still extensively used in Canada and Alaska.

Well, we got the offer and it's a low-ball one, but our realtor is somewhat confident that there is room to bring them up to what is acceptable for us, especially since the season is just beginning and the house has only been on the market 6 days. Sigh.

Also, I am going to a "Digital Humanities Salon" at the university today with the express goal of networking, and remember how I am not good at that? I totally sucked at it at the lecture I went to Tuesday night, although in my defense, I had an anxious and clingy 6 year old holding my hand the whole time. Sigh.

A balloon ride is on my list.

The method we have used for linking to pictures on Flickr or Facebook or blogs or whatever has worked ok for me.