The Off Topic Topic

[LaCroix]

my flight out of dc tomorrow was canceled

happy birthday! 

[garbon]

I was outside today and sweating in the sun. I'm not sure why I didn't come to Palm Springs sooner.

[Josquius]

Finding a thesis project sux0rz.

[Eddie Teach]

Do your thesis on Samuel Adams.

[Josquius]

Do your thesis on Samuel Adams.

Not quite relevant to my subject.

I've got a good idea of something to do if I were to do a pure academic thesis at uni but I'm wanting/needing a company placement one yet there are no listings or anything.

[Grey Fox]

You mean they won't be able to write checks, or won't be able to withdraw any money at all?

They won't be able to do anything.  I turned off their cards, disabled bill payment & shut down their ATM machines. 

FDIC should start cutting checks tomorrow to pay out the insured accounts, but the account-holders will have to make do with credit cards or accounts at other banks (lesson here is to diversify) until their checks arrive.

I'm thankfull this will probably never happen to me.

[Admiral Yi]

NPR did a long series of reports on the Climate Change conference during my drive from Iowa to Georgia, and couple of side stories on Denmark.  Denmark always ranks at or near the top of lists of happy countries, and according to the Danish sociologist they interviewed the reason for the happiness is the large number of relationships they have with equals.

He also mentioned that the downside is that it is very hard for immigrants to break into what is in effect a large extended family.  I was reminded of this story while reading Slag's Swedish immigrants suck thread.

[Neil]

I'm thankfull this will probably never happen to me.

The odds of any of the Big Five going down is pretty remote, even CIBC.

[Grey Fox]

I'm thankfull this will probably never happen to me.

The odds of any of the Big Five going down is pretty remote, even CIBC.

And my money isn't even into one of those.

[HisMajestyBOB]

So I got a look at the DVDs the school ordered:

Simpsons season 1-5, the Harry Potter movies, and a few other good movies, RomCom and comedies, action  flicks like The Mummy - Good

Paths of Glory, Nosferatu, a collection of Academy Award winning Shakespeare movies (like Lawrence Olivier's Hamlet) - Okay... I can't see the students being slightly interested in them, but I'll watch them.

Silence of the Lambs - WTF? 


I also showed them half of The Last Samurai yesterday. They like it, although they particularly liked the scene with the Japanese Emperor, given how they laughed at his appearance and mocked is pronunciation of "thank you" 

[Eddie Teach]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ3oHpup-pk

flea market jingle

[Grey Fox]

Internet at home!!!!

[Josephus]

Internet at home!!!!

Whatcha doin' here, man? There's far too much porn you've missed out on.

[HVC]

Internet at home!!!!

Welcome back to the 90's

[Grey Fox]

Thank you, thank you.

@Jo, waterbreak