"The president of Georgia confirmed Wednesday that his country seized a shipment of highly enriched uranium, and blamed Russia for creating the instability that allows nuclear smugglers to operate in the region. In an interview with The Associated Press, President Mikhail Saakashvili declined to divulge details of the seizure but said the uranium was intercepted last month coming into his country in the Caucasus region of southeast Europe."
- I like big Botts
from Bookmarklet
I'm grateful that countries like Georgia are stopping all of the contraband nuclear material so we don't have to worry about it any more.
- I like big Botts
“What is it about cilantro that makes it so unpleasant for people in cultures that don’t much use it? Some people may be genetically predisposed to dislike cilantro, according to often-cited studies by Charles J. Wysocki of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia. But cilantrophobe genetics remain little known and aren’t under systematic investigation. Meanwhile, history, chemistry and neurology have been adding some valuable pieces to the puzzle...”
- Anthony Citrano
from Bookmarklet
Can you tell us more about this presentation, or is it top-secret?
- Katy S
The conference itself is off the record, but I'm on a panel with a representative from the NY Times and a self-publisher. The panel is about the future of the publishing industry.
- I like big Botts
Easter with my family was interesting. Had a discussion about how half of the women in my family have ended up with men 10+ years younger than them. My little brothers got into a scuffle over eggs. Dad kept asking where my bowl was, while everyone else screamed at me all day to go to the Dr. because of my slightly enlarged goiter.
Spidra, yeah, I need to get a blood test down to check to see if my thyroid is overactive, but damn, my Adam's Apple has always been larger than normal. It also didn't help that my grandmother apparently started taking snorts of shine by 2PM.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Joe, yes that type of bowl, as well as questioning where my sack was, and telling me if I had dope I'd have friends. o_O
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Totally, forgot one huge piece, the fucking Pyrex dish exploded when they pulled the Ham out.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
I don't know, I avoid him, I prefer to hang out with my aunt. Me and my father don't see each other much, since I almost killed him with a punch to the heart a few years ago.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Joe, no, he still thinks I was cracked out when it happened, I was trying to sleep after a 36 hour period of being awake, and my little brothers wouldn't leave me alone so I laid in front of my bedroom door, and he decided to push it in and pull me up off the floor, at which point in my weary state I punched him in the chest, he has a titanium valve and a weak spot in his heart, he was...
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- Jimminy, CoG of FF
LOL Christopher, I've thought about it, but I avoid sharing my voice like the plague.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Joe, extremely, but I'm a one punch, maybe two, pony, I tend to black out when I get into a fight.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Joe, generally the person I almost kill is myself, I've been in to many dumb, sometimes random, potentially fatal situations.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
I already told you about everything, except for the college year, and my childhood. You guys know pretty much my life story for the past 3-4 years, through this post and others, I've scattered around on this site.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
This is just the beginning. I'm excited because I finally finished a painting after several years of messing around, starting and not finishing things and making tiny, insignificant stuff. It's very good to have the oil paints back out again. ...
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
from Posterous
Thanks. It is from a photo that Harold took a while back. I'll start doing some paintings of stuff that I can see around me right now when I get a little more time to go out and sketch and photograph more source material for myself. That will happen soon. Now, along with a sketch every day, I'll have a new painting each week (after the wedding weekend).
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
Hm. This is funny. I'm analyzing my painting's colors right now, because I love playing with colors. According to the tool on this page (http://www.colblindor.com/color-n...), one of my main colors (#1EA6D8) is actually named "Summer Sky". Great Success!
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
Thanks, everyone. I already have plans for my next painting. Something completely different from this one. I'll have to see if I can actually get it done in a week. It depends. Finishing up on getting ready for the wedding is keeping us pretty busy.
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
Give me a couple of months. By then, I'll have enough new paintings to make a decent portfolio, and perhaps within a year or so I can get into a show again.
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
If audio is provided by Flash, the browser can't tell which tab is playing the sound (even in Chrome since it's still a single plugin process across all tabs). However, it would be possible to control this for <audio> and <video>.
- tony chang
Some of you may not understand this, but I grew up watching the Space Shuttle launches from my home near Orlando. I saw the Challenger explosion. I heard the twin sonic booms when the shuttle landed. In January I got a chance to see the shuttle up close, like reach up and touch close. I turned the corner, and there it was. I almost cried.
I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when the Challenger exploded (playing hooky from school and playing Archon on my Commodore 64).
- Akiva
FYI, this was from the friends and family tour. You have to know someone who has the security clearance to get in and they take you around. This isn't on the pay tour. They've done this like once or twice a year for the last few years.
- Ryan Massie
My long distance memory of Challenger. I was in Germany at the time so it was in the 6PM hour. Was watching Cosby on my VCR, turned it back to AFN (Armed Forces Network was the only channel) and they were carrying the ABC News special coverage live. Shocking to say the least and still clear as day.
- Eric
I've only seen a shuttle launch kind of up close when I was 15. Descriptions don't really work. That said it's a crazy old contraption and we need to build a new version. Totally understand the emotional response.
- Hayes Haugen
I live in Ft. Myers, Fl and have seen many launches from a distance, night launches are so cool to photograph. I saw one launch up close. I did cry. Took me by surprise. We were standing on a bridge and I couldn't get over how you could FEEL the rumble in your whole body. It was amazing.
- Laserone
Oh this is beyond awesome. :D I would never get this lucky on Chat Roulette though. I know me. I'd get a guy bashing his hairy arsehole up against the camera lens...
- Hookuh Tinypants
I had been wanting to see this all day in the office, but couldn't on the work computer! LOOOOOOOOOVE IT! <3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333
- Martha
British police arrested a businessman they suspected of sending an email to a local planning council opposing a gypsy's plan to keep a mobile home in an area overlooking the site of the Battle of Hastings. The letter writer said he opposed the "do as you likey" attitude, and police felt that was racist because it rhymes with "pikey" a derogatory term for low-class people. They arrested the man, who was not named by the press, for suspicion of "committing a racial or religious-aggravated offense." They later determined he had not sent the email, one of his employees had. That man was then arrested but the charges against him were later dropped.
- Alex Scrivener
"Complicated corporate tax rules will let Aol write off the full purchase price of Bebo if they declare it worthless and abandon the asset. With Aol’s effective tax rate of around 45%, that’s $380 million and change in their pocket in taxes that they’d be able to avoid. "A sale of Bebo would almost certainly be less attractive. If someone were to pay them $100 million for the service, which is optimistic, Aol could still offset the remaining $750 million as a tax loss. But it could only apply against long term capital gains, and Aol doesn’t have any to offset against. They’d have to carry that loss forward and hope for future gains to offset it against."
- Alex Scrivener