abi @ 333:
*big grin*
Just moving and working your body in a disciplined way is great fun, and the process of learning is very rewarding. And then the way it can engage your mind as well. It doesn't hurt that you get a bit of a workout in the process, too.
ajay @ 7:
Right, so make sure I don't eat beans the night before a flight. Got it.
janetl @ 14:
Oooh, fancy test equipment.
meredith @ 32:
The last time I was flying out from LAX it was still pretty obnoxious, but that was a year ago. I try to avoid that airport as much as possible, too. The smaller, local airport is much nicer.
LAX was also the airport where I got to watch a TSA goon gleefully throw people's luggage onto the X-ray machine, then slam it onto the floor at the other end, in full view of everyone. After all, what can you do about it?
They still make you take off your shoes at the airport. Your shoes. I know it's a clichéd thing to say, but I'm really glad that wannabe didn't try hiding explosives in his underwear. I have never seen them being proactive about searching, only reactive to threats already past. I can't imagine that a lot of the airports in other countries are particularly happy about having to block off a portion of their terminal so they can implement the US's inane liquids restriction either.
And I see on preview that I was already beaten to the US Marshals reference, so I'll just say instead that I wouldn't doubt that a glasses arm could be just as dangerous as a ballpoint pen, but I have no actual idea why they're confiscating glasses either.
Dealing with the TSA even on a take off your shoes and wait in line approach is annoying and degrading. I wouldn't be surprised if that's half the point. And then the US wonders why people don't think so highly of coming here for something like, say, the Olympics any more.
I think the fact that the US has not appropriated the best screening methods from countries that deal with actual terrorists regularly speaks volumes as to how seriously they really take this whole issue. Not that I'm saying they should, as I don't think we have a huge terrorist threat lurking in every shadow either. Just let me fly with my carry-on and let me wear my shoes!
As an aside on those TSA-approved locks: what person in their right mind thinks that a lock with an easily-accessible master key is any kind of security against anyone, TSA or not?
abi @ 307:
That sounds pretty nasty. Much better would be to find baked goods inside one's computer instead.
Paul Duncanson @ 308:
I know I'm a bit late, but my first post-wisdom-teeth extraction meal was noodle soup, with jello for dessert. Other than that, the soups recommended here all look good.
John A Arkansawyer @ 255:
Sorry to hear about your burglary woes. Thankfully, yours was as incompetent as the one who broke into my car a few years back. (Seriously, take the cigarette lighter but leave the radio? And their sunglasses?)
Also, in response to your earlier post: indicator candies.
Erik Nelson @ 183:
I just had a listen to the appropriate episode to refresh my memory, and it's "go stick your head in a pig". Share and enjoy.
P J Evans @ 151:
Read the mouseover for the "(also)" link. Those things are absolutely beautiful.
I also just read all of the Laundry stories for the first time this weekend (except for the one on Tor.com which convinced me they were something to look into), so it was definitely funny too.
My main way for getting papers done was to wait until the deadline loomed, then do everything in a blind panic. (Spilling Dr. Pepper on the keyboard at three in the morning is not recommended, in case you were wondering.) I haven't had to do anything thesis-sized, though, so that probably won't work for you.
It's absolutely amazing how not wanting to do the work you're supposed to be doing sublimates into thinking that cleaning the cat box right now is a great idea.
Very late to the thread here, but I hope everything turns out well.
abi @ 810:
I just checked, and it turns out that theorangecarrotconspiracyisalie.com is available.
abi @ 748:
I could already see the beginnings of larger shopping centers when I was in England. Supermarkets were coming into their own, and I know there were some rather large ASDAs being set up outside of London. (Aren't they owned by Walmart these days?) I think Tesco's getting in on the act too, from what I've heard.
The closest mall to us was in Kingston upon Thames, but the way things were set up there seemed to strike the right balance. There is parking there, good bus service, and it's quite near residential areas as well. The main shopping area is completely pedestrian, with more stores in the surrounding area, and there was an open-air market in one of the side-streets there every week.
Of course, I haven't been back in about eight years, so I don't know how much this has changed.
nerdycellist @ 750:
I once saw a rather lackluster video along flying reptile fetish lines. (This might have been what you found, but I'm not somewhere I particularly want to do that search.) It was oddly humorous and kind of sad at the same time, and it also involved a very sorry-looking hand puppet.
Serge @ 757:
Coming soon toSci-FiSyFy, Mechahamster vs. Giant Cavy.
Jacque @ 736:
In the store here I've seen the standard white, as well as orange, green, and purple cauliflowers. The orange ones tend to look orange or yellowish-orange.
Doing a search for orange cauliflower leads to pictures, as well as websites claiming that they have some sort of nutritional advantage over the standard, white variety.
Xopher @ 719:
It's always a whole lot nicer to know than to be left wondering. I hope everything works out well for you.
abi @ 727:
This is one of the reasons that Los Angeles is not one of my favorite cities. Lots of other big cities I've been to—and even the not-so-big ones—have been people-oriented. Commercial and residential are mixed together, or even in the same building. They're walkable, and there is good public transport. Los Angeles, in my experience, not so much.
(If I'm missing some area of LA that's really awesome and actually works as a people-oriented city, please do correct me.)
Lee @ 691:
Oh my. I hope that editor gets a big, fat bonus.
TexAnne @ 693:
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geekosaur @ 686:
No, since, according to Christian theology, demons are demons, not gods.
I vaguely remember the wall coming down on the news when I was little. I didn't understand it at all, of course, but it was still Big Stuff. I also remember, a few years after that, our school hadn't sprung for the new French textbooks yet, so there were still references to East and West Germany.
To a more open and free world.
Cheers!
The British only have one problem regarding the name Ford Prefect, namely that Ford stopped making them in 1961 (according to Wikipedia). Americans are doubly caught off guard because it's rare to have the same car model names (or the same car models at all) on both sides of the pond. It was, apparently, available in Canada, though.
The only reason I ever knew was because it was explained in the foreword to the version of HHGTTG that I have. I'd guess that these days, Ford Mondeo might be a better mistaken choice.
Angiportus @ 558 and Bruce Cohen @ 571:
Perfect for reading about a quick fling.
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