The Off Topic Topic

[garbon]

Good God, barely past noon.  Why the hell did I not take the day off??

I'm glad I took today to work from home. It has been mad slow.

[Sheilbh]

There's been a fire in the Glasgow School of Art
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/may/23/glasgow-school-art-fire-charles-rennie-mackintosh-live

One of the most beautiful buildings in the country

This has some pictures of the building:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/glasgow-school-of-art-is-on-fire

[CountDeMoney]

Good God, barely past noon.  Why the hell did I not take the day off??

You obviously forgot to look out for yourself, tard.
Eveybody else did.

[MadImmortalMan]

I usually vote in a grocery store. 

[derspiess]

Good God, barely past noon.  Why the hell did I not take the day off??

You obviously forgot to look out for yourself, tard.
Eveybody else did.

Someone's not checking his privilege

[MadImmortalMan]

In Postojna Cave, one of a large group of Chinese tourists asked the guide if it was the biggest cave in the world.

She replied, no. This cave is 23 kilometers. The largest cave is Mammoth cave in the USA at 300 kilometers.

Go Kentucky! 


It was cool to see how much of the thing got blackened by partisans setting fire to Nazi aircraft fuel. Still, I wonder---put a dent in the Luftwaffe for a week at the cost of putting a dent in your country forever...tough choice. Especially without hindsight.

Also, is it a cultural thing in China to just push and crowd people? There seems to be no sense of personal space sometimes. I assume these particular people were from Hong Kong due to their extreme pride in getting in line for the English speaking tour. I literally had little old ladies bouncing off of me. I thought they would fall down.

[Admiral Yi]

My polling station is a junior high.

[mongers]

Nice little audio-visual presentation marking 100 years of The Leica camera:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27516384

[Sheilbh]

There's been a fire in the Glasgow School of Art
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/may/23/glasgow-school-art-fire-charles-rennie-mackintosh-live

One of the most beautiful buildings in the country

This has some pictures of the building:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/glasgow-school-of-art-is-on-fire

Apparently the library's been lost

All designed by Rennie Mackintosh. For context this is to the UK a bit like if Falling Water burned down

[Ideologue]

They've scanned all their shit, right?

[garbon]

if Falling Water burned down

I think I'd be okay with that.

[Sheilbh]

They've scanned all their shit, right?

I think all the students are worried they've lost their work. Not sure about the catalogue. I imagine the collection in the gallery of work by current and former students is gone

The real tragedy will be that space though - all the chairs, that magazine rack

[Capetan Mihali]

   Having spent so much time hanging out at, then studying in, then working for libraries, I cringe anytime I hear about a library burning down.

[Ideologue]

The real tragedy will be that space though - all the chairs, that magazine rack

Wait, what?

[Sheilbh]

Wait, what?

What?