It's not the Iraqis we should have been worrying about, but the Belgians.
They've got Ballistic Mussels.
Gag@14: Thanks, that's great.
Jon Evans@2: Your link is broken. I'd really like to read the article though.
Mary@14: I got married in Pima County Courthouse. My husband was the only groom waiting in line who wasn't wearing Western wear, and I'm pretty sure I was the only bride wearing black.
Barbara Walker's The woman's dictionary of symbols and sacred objects. Out in space somewhere for Germanic religion.
That's really disappointing. I've always been such a fan of her knitting stuff.
Anticorium@27: Think of Lindt milk chocolate and Kinder Surprise chocolate. Like that.
“Your manuscript is both good and original; but the good parts are not original and the original parts are not good.â€
DaveL@50: Yeah. The moment someone says "I don't think it's going to go off", it's best to physically restrain that person from going over to poke it.
I think Theodore Gray, who is obviously into making things go boom, has the best words on safety here and here.
More hamstery goodness in the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2034072,00.html
Avram@163: Definitely creepy and anti-Semitic. I really, really wish I hadn't looked at that from work now...
Lee@65: I would make one significant distinction between the popular conception of prison rape of males and non-prison rape of females.
Prison rape is considered to be funny.
The rape of women, even if it happens to drunk skimpily-dressed 'bad' women, is not considered comedy material in the same way that prison rape is. When a high-profile court case ends with a man being sent to prison, the same "You sure got a pretty mouth, boy" jokes start flying all over the political spectrum. When Kent Hovind was sentenced, people whom I know would never-ever-not-in-a-thousand-years make jokes about the rape of women were giggling over the idea of him bent over a bunk.
I always liked this column of hers: Don't Mourn, Organize
These last two years have been that dead rotten chicken.
Now I want to establish "National Forget How To Google Month."
Lawrence, try joining a knitting community, where every month is "National Forget How To Google Month"!
"I warn you not to be ordinary - I warn you not to be young - I warn you not to fall ill - I warn you not to get old."
You do have a point there, Charlie. Never mind, bad idea there.
But Atlanta Nights is a wonderful novel! I mean, a Traditional Publisher accepted it, so it must be good!
Also, how about the "Tories" for the Merry Drones of Tor?
I like poofreading in the British sense even more.
I once saw an ad on a local site where a gentleman was offering his professional services as an "experienced coypueditor".
http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=coypu&btnG=Search+Images
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