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"All You Zombies". :-)
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QUIBBLEMUCH’S LAW OF CLONE INEFFICIENCY: Any time you'd save having extra hands is more than lost to having to battle them to the death over who is 'real'.
QUIBBLEMUCH’S LAW OF TEMPORAL MANIPULATION FOR TASK STREAMLINING: Any time you'd save by manipulating time is more than lost having to try to fix timelines after you accidentally kill your own grandpa as a child.
ADDENDUM: It gets exponentially worse when you develop both--then you accidentally kill your clone's grandpa as a boy and he creates other time-clones who hunt you down for revenge. Total cluster.
Hmmm, so you're saying that to stabilize the timeline, just before your deathbed, you travel back in time and ensure that you become everyone's grandpa or grandma. If you're everyone's grandparent, no one can kill you or they'll erase themself from existence.
"All You Zombies". :-)
* pours one out for Dolores O'Riordan *
If I could do that on my deathbed, I'd count it a life well lived...
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Best headline I've seen since "Rain Causing Wet Streets":
TIM COMMERFORD on RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE's rumored breakup: "I don't know. I'm the bass player."
I want to make a bard who's battle cry is that.
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In case you were ever curious, an escaped baby duck has a surprising vertical leap, runs only slightly slower than a gazelle, and has the escape artist skills of Houdini.
As always, panic and adrenaline will wake you up better than several cups of coffee.
What are you supposed to yell when a baby duck jumps at your head?
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What are you supposed to yell when a baby duck jumps at your head?
Fowl!
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“Are they booing me?”
“Uh, no. They’re saying BOO-urns, Boo-urns.”
“Are you saying boo or Boo-urns?”
“BOOOO!”
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It is possible to sing the lyrics to Gilbert and Sullivan's "When You're Lying Awake with a Dismal Headache" to the tune of "Barbie Girl". Enjoy.
It is also possible to sing the words to 'Jabberwocky' to the tune of 'Amazing Grace'.
And "The Raven" to the tune of "Truly Scrumptious" from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
It helps if you imagine Willow from Buffy singing it.
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And 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' can be sung to the 'Gilligan's Island Theme Song' but only if you want to REALLY annoy everyone. A lot. And end up marooned on an island.
Not that I'm speaking from experience.
I DIDN'T NEED FRIENDS ANYWAY!
*sobs quietly; hums 'a three hour tour...'*
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Singing 'Fat Bottomed Girls' to the tune of 'Streets of London' is one of my favourites.
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See this scar here, right under my hairline? Got that when someone tried to argue you could sing any Emily Dickinson poem to 'The Yellow Rose of Texas'.
Man's gotta have a code. And gotta enforce that code, even if it disrupts a new graduate student/faculty introduction tea event.
See this scar here, right under my hairline? Got that when someone tried to argue you could sing any Emily Dickinson poem to 'The Yellow Rose of Texas'.
Man's gotta have a code. And gotta enforce that code, even if it disrupts a new graduate student/faculty introduction tea event.
"Because I could not stop for Death / He kindly stopped for me" is my favorite to sing this way.
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I have rarely been happy about my lack of musical ability, but the past few posts have made me perversely grateful that my brain balks at imagining what most of those would sound like. :/
"Because I could not stop for Death / He kindly stopped for me" is my favorite to sing this way.See this scar here, right under my hairline? Got that when someone tried to argue you could sing any Emily Dickinson poem to 'The Yellow Rose of Texas'.
Man's gotta have a code. And gotta enforce that code, even if it disrupts a new graduate student/faculty introduction tea event.
That said, this^ I can imagine, because I've heard this test case! Since sharing is caring, I pulled that one in my first year poetry course. Fortunately (for me at least), my prof tolerated it, and I got away without a scar. :p
"The Yellow Rose of Texas" also features in "The Mixed-Up Medley" by Betty and the Bobs, which is a pretty neat trick even in the short version which is the easiest to find online. I was lucky enough to hear them perform it live, a very long time ago, and was immensely jealous. I would probably be tempted to slip into the "right" tunes all over the place, if I were to attempt such a thing.
Singing 'Fat Bottomed Girls' to the tune of 'Streets of London' is one of my favourites.
That is one of my favorite songs...
I assume you're talking about the former rather than the latter (if so, me too)
It's the first track on my morning run playlist.
It's the first track on my morning run playlist.
Clearly I must go jogging with you.
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If ever needed a red herring/time waster to get my party to remain in one place, I would have them find a suspicious flask covered in inscriptions in different languages, tiny print, oriented in a strange patchwork on the surface. The flask would detect as non-magical. As they started to painstakingly translate the various inscriptions, I would read some of the more esoteric passages from a Doctor Bronner's "all one" soap bottle.
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Squirrels are like mice and rats in that they will eat bits of stale bagels, stale whole grain cheerios, stale all bran cereal, and stale raw oats that have been lurking for 2-3 years in the depths of your (my) fridge/freezer.
Squirrels are apparently like small human children in that they will happily devour and fight over (with much squeaking) sugary food, in this case 2-3 year-old stale raisin bran* from the fridge, especially the bits covered in sugar. They seem to convert it internally directly into rocket fuel.
* OK, I can't imagine little kids fighting over raisin bran.
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When I was in college I took an ecology class where we were assigned to feed squirrels various foods for some reason (I really think the grad student teaching the class had run out of ideas). My assigned food was candy corn.
Ever had a squirrel crawl inside your shirt looking for more candy corn after you've run out? Can't say as I recommend the experience.
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We were trying to lure crows into our back yard, so we put out little blobs of leftover raw ground beef.
It is terrifying to watch a squirrel run off with a giant chunk of raw meat in its maw.
Vampire squirrels.
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Late teens through early twenties Me knew that horrors would await Old Me in my later life, but she had no clue how deviously evil and psychologically devastating they'd be.
Old Me found herself surprisingly delighted over purchasing a set of really good heat-resistant silicone spatulas. I can cook with them without them melting! I can scoop out the bottoms of tall jars!!
This week, OM was literally exuberant being able to buy several new t-shirts and underwear -- not sexy, not stylish, just basic comfy clothes. They're soft! They were on super sale!! I bought enough to get free shipping!!! And even a pair of shorts!?!? Young Me loathed shorts and hated being forced to wear them in phys-ed classes; she'd rather sweat to dehydration levels than be caught in shorts elsewhere. But now, they're still unflatteringly dorky-looking on my beanpole frame, but eh, who cares.
The horrors, the horrors!!!
** spoiler omitted **
Wait, you're just now watching it?!
But, yes, the gut-wrenchimg plot twists. We didn't call it "Addictica" for nothing.| 3 people marked this as a favorite. |
Late teens through early twenties Me knew that horrors would await Old Me in my later life, but she had no clue how deviously evil and psychologically devastating they'd be.
Old Me found herself surprisingly delighted over purchasing a set of really good heat-resistant silicone spatulas. I can cook with them without them melting! I can scoop out the bottoms of tall jars!!
This week, OM was literally exuberant being able to buy several new t-shirts and underwear -- not sexy, not stylish, just basic comfy clothes. They're soft! They were on super sale!! I bought enough to get free shipping!!! And even a pair of shorts!?!? Young Me loathed shorts and hated being forced to wear them in phys-ed classes; she'd rather sweat to dehydration levels than be caught in shorts elsewhere. But now, they're still unflatteringly dorky-looking on my beanpole frame, but eh, who cares.
The horrors, the horrors!!!
See also: my wife, in transports of delight after buying a pair of crocs with a furry, insulated lining.
See also: me, buying turtleneck sweaters like I'm trying to outfit the whole crew of an 1800s whaler.
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** spoiler omitted **
Wait, you're just now watching it?!
But, yes, the gut-wrenchimg plot twists. We didn't call it "Addictica" for nothing.
Didn't have the cable package with whatever station carried the show. Don't have cable TV at all now, but the show is free on Amazon Prime.
It's a serious blow to my "nerd cred", I know.
Fifty-nine-year-old me likes the newer show as much as twelve-year-old me liked the original.
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And even a pair of shorts!?!? Young Me loathed shorts and hated being forced to wear them in phys-ed classes; she'd rather sweat to dehydration levels than be caught in shorts elsewhere.
This has been a Thing for me for my whole life as well. I have HATED going outside in shorts pretty much since I hit my teens. It was jeans all-year every-year ever since, even in Arizona 120F+ heat.
** spoiler omitted **
Freehold only recognizes one BSG.
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And even a pair of shorts!?!? Young Me loathed shorts and hated being forced to wear them in phys-ed classes; she'd rather sweat to dehydration levels than be caught in shorts elsewhere.This has been a Thing for me for my whole life as well. I have HATED going outside in shorts pretty much since I hit my teens. It was jeans all-year every-year ever since, even in Arizona 120F+ heat.
I prefer jeans unless I am going swimming.
Lately I spend most of my time wearing flannel pants, a t-shirt, and an "emperor Palatine" robe. When I go out I switch to long pants in the winter, and usually shorts in the summer, although like others here I used to hate wearing shorts. Or white socks, which now don't bother me at all.
I didn’t wear shorts much when I was a kid, there was so much brush and sticker brush to plow through. There were roads of course, but who sticks to those? Not me.
It’s more open where I live now, so it’s shorts all summer long. I can’t wear shorts at work though.
Happy News Year Eve to everyone!
Here in SW Florida, our current momma & poppa bald eagle couple laid a pair of eggs, and the first of them hatched just this morning (local streaming eagle cam).
If anyone needs a little eyebleach, the cam is up and running this year with two fuzzy baby eaglets, though you may have to be patient if there's a parent sitting on top.
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Excellent. Finally some good wholesome viewing on the internet. Not a weirdo to be seen.