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[Method of Madness]

The random thoughts thread was reaching 100 pages, so here's the new one.

[Grognard]

I wish I could get my Muse published.
3-4 solid stories floating around in my skull.

[BeoPuppy]

I'm waiting. Did you start yet?

[GarandMarine]

I wish I could get my Muse published.
3-4 solid stories floating around in my skull.

Well. You have some time at the moment. Get thee writing.

[Zebediah]

Oh, boy. My son just asked me what steampunk is. 

[GarandMarine]

Allow me to suggest the following song as an educational tool.

Then taking him to the appropriate fine shops and have him pick out an appropriate pair of fighting trousers.

Do not however show him this link: http://www.steamgirl.com/ NSFW and lovely in it.

[Thrillho]

I love that song. If only anything else he did was remotely as good.

[ChaoSera]

I hate topics that are all in small letters.

[jwhouk]

Then I guess you're not going to start an e. e. cummings appreciation thread?

[Welu]

My partner and I came up with a kickass title for our next short film that will only make sense to local people. Mainstream market, what's that? 

[Jimor]

Then I guess you're not going to start an e. e. cummings appreciation thread?

One thing that puzzled me during my bookstore days was how publishers were VERY inconsistent on their typography of his name. Several books had E. E. Cummings on the spine and title page, and I can't remember exactly why, but other indications seemed to suggest that it wasn't simply out of ignorance, but circumstantial depending on context of how his name was used in that instance.

[94ssd]

I've been watching Prime Minister's Questions (from the UK and Australia) and it's way more interesting than anything that happens in the U.S. Congress. Only once in a short while does a Congressman give an animated speech, and disputes between parties play out in long, boring speeches or in press conferences. But in Parliamentary systems there's a built in procedure for yelling right at each other. It's brilliant.

EDIT: Jamaica may be the winner though. You come outside and say that!

[GarandMarine]

Someone please tell me this is true

[Akima]

I hate topics that are all in small letters.

StUdLyCaPs are far worse.

[lepetitfromage]

GM- It does.

It sounds pretty amazing.

[cesium133]

I've been watching Prime Minister's Questions (from the UK and Australia) and it's way more interesting than anything that happens in the U.S. Congress. Only once in a short while does a Congressman give an animated speech, and disputes between parties play out in long, boring speeches or in press conferences. But in Parliamentary systems there's a built in procedure for yelling right at each other. It's brilliant.

EDIT: Jamaica may be the winner though. You come outside and say that!

The U.S. Congress could always go back to the old way of settling disputes.

edit -- The one from 1858 is pretty funny. (I guess except for the postscript that most of the people involved in the fight died in the Civil War.)

[ChaoSera]

I hate topics that are all in small letters.

StUdLyCaPs are far worse.

I know. May made the topic in my post look like that. Because she's mean. 

[94ssd]

I've been watching Prime Minister's Questions (from the UK and Australia) and it's way more interesting than anything that happens in the U.S. Congress. Only once in a short while does a Congressman give an animated speech, and disputes between parties play out in long, boring speeches or in press conferences. But in Parliamentary systems there's a built in procedure for yelling right at each other. It's brilliant.

EDIT: Jamaica may be the winner though. You come outside and say that!

The U.S. Congress could always go back to the old way of settling disputes.

edit -- The one from 1858 is pretty funny. (I guess except for the postscript that most of the people involved in the fight died in the Civil War.)

I learned from that article that a few months ago The Ukrainian Parliament broke out into a schoolyard brawl because of the Crimea issue.

Scotland's is actually interesting because the independence referendum is an issue of such gravitas.

[J]

Allow me to suggest the following song as an educational tool.

Then taking him to the appropriate fine shops and have him pick out an appropriate pair of fighting trousers.

Do not however show him this link: http://www.steamgirl.com/ NSFW and lovely in it.

[Patrick]

I wish I could get my Muse published.

I know this has nothing to do with what you're talking about, but fuck the band Muse, they are stupid.

[Loki]

Are there any documented cases of Hitler using a comparison to himself in a debate?

[jwhouk]

Now THAT is an interesting way to Godwin a thread.

[Masterpiece]

My favorite pastime is going to a large electronics and household appliances retailer with my best mate and playing "The design of everyday things"

[BeoPuppy]

Rufus is awesome.

[Welu]

The name Rufus reminded me of the dog I still have bookmarked even though there's no way I can adopt him.

[Is it cold in here?]

Why isn't electrical conduit sold with pull strings already threaded?

[94ssd]

"Nonplussed" has become one of my favorite words as of late, ever since I discovered it isn't modern slang.

[GarandMarine]

Much has been said about my ferocious distaste for small children and the parents of same. I believe I have located the source of that grating bias, I fly regularly. Thus I have other people's children inflicted by on me frequently.

I'm not saying new parents shouldn't fly... But I am saying I'd pay extra for infant free flight guarantees.

[Method of Madness]

Oh, that would be wonderful.

[Masterpiece]

I went through some of my old posts here and found this.



Why.

[Method of Madness]

Why not?

[Masterpiece]

It's weird.

Random Thought: I hate making Spritesheets.
edit: But I'm finally finished.

(click to show/hide)

[Method of Madness]

It's weird.

That doesn't answer my question

[bryntheskits]

Was reading Cracked for some reason, saw Fae in one of the little drawings in the background of an illistration.



I chuckled.

[Metope]

About infant free flights, there's at least one Asian airline that separates families with small children from the rest of the passengers, which is such a great idea. On the flight home from Scotland last week I had a little boy behind me who kept kicking the back of my seat, and a baby in front of me who cried all the time. I know they can't help it, but aaaarghh

[Barmymoo]

Babies can't help crying, but their parents can do things about it - feeding a baby on a flight is a good way to get them calm. Small children can help kicking the back of seats and if their parents aren't stopping them, they're crap parents.

[nekowafer]

I feel like genitalia should be described like navels. Like you have an innie, and outie, or something in between. And your gender is a different thing entirely. Like navels; guys can be innies or outies and no one judges them for it. And when you want to date someone with a certain type you just say you like innies. Or guys with innies. Or whatever.

[Metope]

I think the kid behind me was that awkward inbetween size where his legs weren't long enough for the seat, so his knees were positioned before the end of the seat, making his legs stretched out so that his feet touched the seat in front of him (my seat). I dunno if that makes sense, but he didn't seem to be kicking on purpose, so I didn't get too mad about it. Still annoying though, at least it wasn't a long flight.

[GarandMarine]

Babies can't help crying, but their parents can do things about it - feeding a baby on a flight is a good way to get them calm. Small children can help kicking the back of seats and if their parents aren't stopping them, they're crap parents.

A lot of infant crying on flights is due to pressure changes, parents (and everyone for that matter) should perform or induce a Valsalva maneuver.

[Barmymoo]

I don't know how you'd get a baby to do that, but the sucking of nursing helps according to what I've read.

[GarandMarine]

It's very simple, you hold the nose shut and incline the head forward gently. They should induce on their own from there.

[Is it cold in here?]

Shouldn't "psychitis" be a word, like "psychosis"?

[Method of Madness]

No...why should it be?

[LTK]

itis: Suffix meaning inflammation. For example, colitis is literally colon inflammation or figuratively inflammation of the colon. The ending -itis is one of the building blocks derived from Greek (in this case) or Latin used to construct medical terms.

-osis
a suffix occurring in nouns that denote actions, conditions, or states ( hypnosis; leukocytosis; osmosis  ), especially disorders or abnormal states ( chlorosis; neurofibromatosis; tuberculosis  ).

The psyche cannot be inflamed.

[Is it cold in here?]

Mine can be.

[Masterpiece]

Random Thought: Sometimes I hear music slower than usual. In these moments I feel like my brain has faster CPU cycles than usual.

[Loki]

Oooor you are in someone else's dream. Just saying.

[Masterpiece]

Wha

[Loki]

In the movie Inception, it is a plot device that protagonists travel into a dream amd when they need to get out, music will play. It is, however, slower than usual, since time passes slowly in the dream.

[Method of Madness]

Wha