Soooooo......

[Ghoulish Delight]

You're still the king.

[Alex]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3376/3413815334_80d5ca9f0a.jpg

[€uroMeinke]

I need to protect my brand

[JWBear]

You worked it better.

[lashbear]

Love the hairy chest.


...ETA: on Him, not her. Although.........

[RStar]

I need to protect my brand

I need to protect my eyes.....

[Prudence]

The other day a friend met me at my place so we could go out and distract me. She had her bird with her. The cats - who I thought would go after it - were terrified of a REAL bird IN THE HOUSE!!!! Sputnik was the most curious, but then she did the bottlebrush tail and hid behind a cabinet to give us the single-eye surveillance. I have never actually seen a short-haired cat bottlebrush their tail like that - not in person.

[Moonliner]

The other day a friend met me at my place so we could go out and distract me. She had her bird with her. The cats - who I thought would go after it - were terrified of a REAL bird IN THE HOUSE!!!! Sputnik was the most curious, but then she did the bottlebrush tail and hid behind a cabinet to give us the single-eye surveillance. I have never actually seen a short-haired cat bottlebrush their tail like that - not in person.

A few years back a bird flew into our house. It darted into the family room, there as a flash of black from the direction of the sofa and snap, about 6ft in the air Mr. Bird met the circle of life.

[lashbear]

A few years back a bird flew into our house. It darted into the family room, there as a flash of black from the direction of the sofa and snap, about 6ft in the air Mr. Bird met the circle of life.

What was a black panther doing in your family room?

[Alex]

If you believe certain conspiracy theorists probably intimidating people from voting for Repubicans.

[cirquelover]

VAM

[Prudence]

My mother's 25lb declawed (in front) linebacker of a cat can take down a hummingbird, as he demonstrated recently. My four? Excited about birds only when they're on the other side of the glass. Although they're pretty good about taking care of bugs.

[Alex]

What kind of bird was it?

Growing up we had cats that were expert bird hunters when outside but showed absolutely no interest in the birds (cockatiels and finches mostly) inside.

My current cat once attacked a flock of wild turkeys (momentarily riding on the back of a big old tom). No idea how she'd react to a bird inside the house since I'd never let a bird inside the house (growing up with them I am too aware of how insane they are).

[Kevy Baby]

(Having nothing to do with the current topic above)

I think our cat is going to start eating Doritos and wanting to go to Phish concerts.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Fudge incident?

[alphabassettgrrl]

We got a tiny little bit of rain! Just as I was riding my bike home from lunch, but luckily I like rain.

[Prudence]

The bird was one of those tiny green sociable things that people carry around.

[Moonliner]

The bird was one of those tiny green sociable things that people carry around.

Social bird? The only bird I carry around to be social comes in origional and extra crispy.

[RStar]

Speaking of pets eating different animals, I got a free sample of dog food the other day. It was made with real kangaroo meat! The dog hated it....

Also, my dog is named Pooh Bear. When I signed up for the Pals card from petsmart, I just put "Pooh" on it for the birthday promo they do. I got the email the other day saying "A birthday gift for POON". All in caps! POON!

My cat story is my cat growing up was on the side yard. It was only about 6 foot wide (the sideyard, not the cat). Something that looked to me to be a butterfly fluttered down in a long slow swooping arch down to where my cat was sitting. It got right about 3 feet above her, when she lept up and caught it in her mouth. It looked strangly as though it flew right into her mouth! But then it started squeeling. This made my skin crawl as I new butterfies didn't squeel. Then the cat opened her mouth to get a better grip, but it flew out and away. It was at that time that I could see that it was a humming bird. And I stood there with my mouth hanging open over what I just saw!

[alphabassettgrrl]

I'm glad our current cat has not discovered hummingbirds, and in general prefers rodents. I'd like for her to prefer gophers, but I think she rather likes mice.

[RStar]

Fudge incident?

I had one of those once. I had to go home to change my shorts....

[€uroMeinke]

So, I kinda wish I could go to Tomorrowland and ride Mission to Mars again

[lashbear]

I wish I could go to Tomorrowland and ride anything again. :(

[DreadPirateRoberts]

So, I kinda wish I could go to Tomorrowland and ride Mission to Mars again

me too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30Uoe_G6sqI

[CoasterMatt]

I'm really hankering for Mission: Space again.

[Alex]

One of my employees is in Mumbai and I would really like to talk with him about how the shooting yesterday is being presented and reacted to there but can't quite figure out how to broach it.

A former boss is Sikh and I'd be interested to discuss with him but it seems a weird way to break radio silence after the better part of a year.

[Alex]

Uh oh. Were you all raptured?

1 post, by me, in the last 15 hours?

[Snowflake]

Uh oh. Were you all raptured?

1 post, by me, in the last 15 hours?

VAM!

[Kevy Baby]

I think our cat is going to start eating Doritos and wanting to go to Phish concerts.

Fudge incident?No. She is 15 years old and has been showing signs of possible dementia or some other brain abnormality. Among other things, she has been having odd behavior such as sitting peacefully on our laps and then suddenly attacking us - we think she suddenly gets confused and gets overly defensive and attacks us.

Susan has started blowing smoke into her face, which she enjoys. We have noticed that she does MUCH better when she gets "medicated."

She had a seizure about a year ago. The doctor said there wasn't much to do unless she started having them regularly. The other night I thought she was "checking out" as she was extremely lethargic - I stayed up with her until about 2:00 in the morning, just in case. She seemed to be better the next day, but her appetite is down (she is normally psycho kitty in the morning before she gets fed).

[JWBear]

Uh oh. Were you all raptured?

This crowd?!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Check out www.ipl.org where you can read newspapers from a lot of different countries, some of which even publish in English. Fun to get some different perspectives on things.

[Moonliner]

Check out www.ipl.org where you can read newspapers from a lot of different countries, some of which even publish in English. Fun to get some different perspectives on things.

Who knew, Antarctica has a newspaper. (http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/)

[alphabassettgrrl]

Isn't that fun? :)

[lashbear]

I'm really hankering for Mission: Space again.
Me too! I did BOTH sides, and this was after my first Heart Attack !!!

Check out www.ipl.org where you can read newspapers from a lot of different countries, some of which even publish in English. Fun to get some different perspectives on things.
Cool - although I never trust a site that states: ''Information you can trust'' :rolleyes:

[alphabassettgrrl]

Yeah, but they link directly to the individual papers, so I do trust that more. The IPL is just a collection of all the links.

[Kevy Baby]

... although I never trust a site that states: ''Information you can trust'' :rolleyes:All the news that's printed to fit.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I think I've finally managed to tire out our hound. Took him to doggie day-care over lunchtime, and ran him next to the bike to get home. Hadn't tried running him like that before, thought there was a good chance he was going to take me down by pulling sideways or running into the bike. But he did well, and is still sleeping, an hour later. It's just under a mile from day-care to home, but it's more than I can run, so I thought I'd try the bike.

[JWBear]

Is today "Leave Your Brain at Home Day", or something?

[SzczerbiakManiac]

In that it's a day ending in the letter Y, yes.

[3894]

...but it sounds just like "Get the hell out of the supermarket!" said in a Swedish accent. It means "Gee whiz".

As our daughter's wedding approaches, hubbo is Going Native, meaning shifting into Scandihoovian gear. Yesterday, for example, he made Swedish pancakes. This morning he entered a sweepstakes to meet the king and queen of Sweden when they visit Minneapolis.

[cirquelover]

I went to the Scandinavian festival yesterday and had Biff paj, rossettes and abelskivers( spelling may be way off) so I guess I'm right there with him. I even stopped for fresh peaches on the way home. It was a delicious day!

[SzczerbiakManiac]

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/292953_486993011328607_989213617_n.jpg

[Kevy Baby]

As our daughter's wedding approaches, hubbo is Going Native, meaning shifting into Scandihoovian gear. Yesterday, for example, he made Swedish pancakes. This morning he entered a sweepstakes to meet the king and queen of Sweden when they visit Minneapolis.He needs to make aebleskivers. Heck, I'm not Swedish and I've made them (granted, I am currently in possession of my Grandmother's decades-seasoned pan).1710

[Snowflake]

He needs to make aebleskivers. Heck, I'm not Swedish and I've made them (granted, I am currently in possession of my Grandmother's decades-seasoned pan).

Heck, I buy them at Trader Joe's.... ;)

[Kevy Baby]

Heck, I buy them at Trader Joe's.... ;)I'm a purist, but mainly because I was spoiled growing up by having great æbelskivers from a new defunct restaurant in Solvang (the ones you can get now are good but not great) and my Grandmother. It was actually an honor to make them for friends a couple of years ago (my first effort).

[cirquelover]

We had some for breakfast and a funnel cake while we waited in line. It was fun watching all the ladies lined up making abelskivers while you waited too. This year they only had strawberry or raspberry/blueberry jam with them.

[alphabassettgrrl]

While I love it when my hubby waits up for me when I get home late, the instant (or nearly so) request of "are you ready for bed yet?" is not particularly relaxing. So...

No. I'm not.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

So... I'm flying to Indianapolis tonight for Gen Con (http://www.gencon.com/2012/indy/default.aspx). It will be a combination of having a ton of fun and working my frelling ASS off as volunteer for True Dungeon (http://www.truedungeon.com/).

See y'all on the 20th.

[Moonliner]

So... I'm flying to Indianapolis tonight for Gen Con (http://www.gencon.com/2012/indy/default.aspx). It will be a combination of having a ton of fun and working my frelling ASS off as volunteer for True Dungeon (http://www.truedungeon.com/).

See y'all on the 20th.

Fragging cool! Remember, you can sleep when you're dead. Have a great trip.

[Betty]

I'm so immature. The news just said, in their little summary of stories coming up, that

Mitt Romney tapped Paul Ryan...

... as his running mate.


And I giggled about it.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I would have giggled, too. :)

[lashbear]

I went to the Scandinavian festival yesterday and had Biff paj, rossettes and abelskivers

You know, you can avoid them if you get inoculated before you travel.

[Prudence]

Poor Sputnik is a sick kitty. We noticed she had a UTI last week, but by the time she let us know, in the way cats usually let their humans know that all is not right with world, and we got her to the vet, it was bad. REALLY bad. After a week on the antibiotic and her still leaving bloody urine all over the house, we took her back in. Turns out she has bladder stones and needs surgery tomorrow. :( Poor little Sputnik!

[Betty]

Awww. Poor lil Sputnik.

[Kevy Baby]

Poor Sputnick; I hope she has an excellent re-entry.

We took Moglet in to the vet last week. Nothing obvious, so we had a blood test ran. The official diagnosis: she's old (well, she is 16).

Of course, although she has had balance issues around the house, as soon as we took her to the vet, she was fine. Back home, she is falling over.

[RStar]

Of course, although she has had balance issues around the house, as soon as we took her to the vet, she was fine. Back home, she is falling over.

I had a car like that once!

I hope all of the felines and other friends are better soon!

[JWBear]

You took your car to a veterinarian? I think that was your first problem.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I hope little Sputnik feels better soon.

[Kevy Baby]

If anyone needs me on Sunday, August 26, I'll be in Venice (http://laist.com/2012/08/06/the_right_to_bare_boobs_national_go.php) (NSFW).

[RStar]

If anyone needs me on Sunday, August 26, I'll be in Venice (http://laist.com/2012/08/06/the_right_to_bare_boobs_national_go.php) (NSFW).

Where, for some strange reason, all of the red tape in town was sold out....

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Hahaha. I'll have been in Venice the two previous Sundays. Might as well go for a third!

[€uroMeinke]

There's a blog I follow, The Outdoor Co-Ed Topless Pulp Fiction Society which celebrates New York law which allows women to be topless in any place a man is also allowed to be topless. Clearly a more civilized law.

[Kevy Baby]

In Liverpool, England, a woman may be topless if she is a clerk in a tropical fish store.

[Kevy Baby]

I just burned out a KVM switch. I didn't even know that was possible, even if it was 300 years old.

If that is the only bad outcome of moving two servers, I guess I shouldn't complain!

[3894]

So, one of my daughters got married.

Hubbo, moi, the beautiful bride, her beautiful sister
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/562880_10151169285805972_394971637_n.jpg

The wedding took place on Mackinac Island where there are no motorized vehicles, only horses and bicycles for transportation.
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/405178_10150999226556697_1037568112_n.jpg

[BarTopDancer]

Congratulations Helen!

[katiesue]

Congratulations! Lovely photos!

[flippyshark]

Multiple mazel-tovs. The picture with the two bicycles is utterly adorable.

[CoasterMatt]

Congratulations Helen! Nice photos, too :cheers:

[alphabassettgrrl]

Awwww!!!! Congratulations! Lovely pictures.

[RStar]

Congrats! It's a wonderful thing, as I now know! She is a beautiful bride, and such a wonderful family you have there!

[wendybeth]

Helen- congrats to your beautiful daughter, and her beautiful mother as well!

[Strangler Lewis]

Congratulations! Great pictures. And in the small world department, my wife's parents were just on vacation on Mackinac Island.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Many congratulations and much happiness!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Congrats!! Everyone looks great!

[3894]

Mwah to y'all for the good wedding vibes!

So, wedding rehearsal the afternoon before, outside, my not-very-high heels are sinking into the grass. I introduce myself to one of the groom's relatives, "I'm Helen, this is Tom, and this (throwing my arm around the woman next to me) is our daughter."

Oops, it was my sun-wrinkled sister. We get that straightened out and then my not-so-high-heel disengages from the grass and I stumble forward so I explain ... ... "I'm not drunk!"

Yeah, that relative was real convinced. :rolleyes:

Otherwise, it was perfection. Even though it rained the day of the ceremony and we held it on the iconic porch of the Grand Hotel instead of the tea garden, it was perfection. How often in life do you get to say there's not a thing you would have changed?

I hope you all can get to Mackinac Island some day if you haven't already been. It's Main Street USA come to life.

[CoasterMatt]

Mackinac Island is wonderful- I wish I could go back there with a camera.

[Betty]

Congrats 3894!

[RStar]

Mackinac Island is wonderful- I wish I could go back there with a camera.

WHAT????

You went somewhere with out a camera? Were you not well?

:eek:

;)

[Kevy Baby]

Conga-rats Helen, it looked absolutely lovely. Wouldn't mind seeing more pics.

[cirquelover]

Congratulations to the bride and her wonderful family! It looked lovely.

[mousepod]

Congratulations!

[3894]

So ...
Back to life
Back to reality

[blueerica]

Wonderful pictures, Helen! Mazel tov, indeed!

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Congrats, Helen! In additional small-worldiness, my brother's lake house is about 20 minutes from Mackinaw. I grew up about 3 hours south.

[lashbear]

A Pushbike Wedding! How wonderful.

[CoasterMatt]

I got to play with a really wonderful camera setup today... a Nikon D800 with a f2.8 70-200mm lens.

Where's my winning lottery ticket?!?

I can't even afford to rent one of these camera bodies.

[Kevy Baby]

Would you like to borrow mine?

[alphabassettgrrl]

Nice, Matt! I hope you got some good shots!

I've been reminded how much I can get done if I stay off the computer.

[Kevy Baby]

http://pics.blameitonthevoices.com/072010/whip_it--small.jpg

[JWBear]

VKBM!

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Why can't I find "The Gay Thread"?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Have you checked the closet?

[Moonliner]

Why can't I find "The Gay Thread"?

I guess your Gaydar is off kilter. (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?t=9947)

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Hmm, looks like I had to adjust my view to show threads more than a month old. I didn't realize it was that restrictive.

[JWBear]

My lunch today came out to $6.66. OH NOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Meh, you're already The Gay©, so you're going to hell anyway. ;)

[CoasterMatt]

I'm pretty sure I'm going to hell in every religion out there.

[Alex]

Not Jehovah's Witnesses.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

There's no Jewish Hell.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Sure there. It's just south of here. It's called Leisure World.

[Moonliner]

There's no Jewish Hell.

So what is the ultimate fate of the very very naughty?

[Alex]

Same as everyone else: Being dead.

That's what I was referring to with the Jehovah's Witnesses. They don't believe in hell either. The binary option is eternal life on earth or eternal death/oblivion (with a very select few getting option #3: eternal time in heaven).

[Ghoulish Delight]

So what is the ultimate fate of the very very naughty?

Vague.

Most discussion in Torah is in terms of punishment during life. Discussion of afterlife punishment comes in 2 forms. First is simply that, unlike those that have been good, you will not be reunited with your loved ones. Then there's talk of the "World To Come" which gets used somewhat interchangeably to refer to the spiritual life after death AND the world reboot that will happen after the arrival of the messiah (not Jesus). Basically, lack of goodness will lead to less standing in the World To Come.

As a practical matter, those are topics that only come up for the most part in circles doing deep reads of Torah/Talmud/rabbinical writings. Discussion of afterlife and eternal punishment/reward is not common in Jewish education.

[Moonliner]

Vague.

Most discussion in Torah is in terms of punishment during life. Discussion of afterlife punishment comes in 2 forms. First is simply that, unlike those that have been good, you will not be reunited with your loved ones. Then there's talk of the "World To Come" which gets used somewhat interchangeably to refer to the spiritual life after death AND the world reboot that will happen after the arrival of the messiah (not Jesus). Basically, lack of goodness will lead to less standing in the World To Come.

As a practical matter, those are topics that only come up for the most part in circles doing deep reads of Torah/Talmud/rabbinical writings. Discussion of afterlife and eternal punishment/reward is not common in Jewish education.

Fascinating. All the religions I've been exposed to (which generally fall under the "Christian" family tree) are positively obsessed with the life after death mythos.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

iTypewriter (http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57500074-1/itypewriter-for-ipad-makes-you-a-modern-kerouac/)
http://asset0.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/08/24/10_img3704_v4_610x406.jpg
video of it in action (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jWqqtybjzXE)

[Alex]

Other religions with no, or essentialy no, afterlife element include:

Confuscianism, Epicurianism, Shinto (mostly they leave that to the Buddhist half of life), and Taoism.

On the hell question, that's a long running debate in various Christian circles. I think it was This American Life that did a long story on the reaction when the preacher at a fundamentalist megachurch decided he no longer believes in the existence of hell.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Fascinating. All the religions I've been exposed to (which generally fall under the "Christian" family tree) are positively obsessed with the life after death mythos.It is one of the aspects of Judaism I respect. The general gist I got from answers to the question, "Why should I be good?" growing up was, "Because then you'd be an a-hole. And nobody likes an a-hole, including God." I find that a much more tenable moral compass than the reward/punishment message.

[lashbear]

iTypewriter (http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57500074-1/itypewriter-for-ipad-makes-you-a-modern-kerouac/)
http://asset0.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/08/24/10_img3704_v4_610x406.jpg
video of it in action (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jWqqtybjzXE)
The iTypewriter:

What I type:
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"

What I sound like:
"FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik"

[Kevy Baby]

What I sound like:
"FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik, FWAP! tik"Why are you masturbating while typing?

[Betty]

http://i.imgur.com/r4PWA.jpg

[lashbear]

No, Kevy. Fwap. Not Fap.

You have a One Track Mind.



.....And it's a Dirt Track.

[Alex]

Fwap, fap. Same thing, different accent.

[lashbear]

Maybe so, but I doubt if I'd jerk off over a machine that lets me type at the blistering speed of 30 characters per minute...

Now if it lit up....

[Cadaverous Pallor]

So. Meeting at a church always makes me uncomfortable, no matter why I'm there.

Also, i still get annoyed when people aren't on time, even though my punctuality hasn't been stellar in the last few years.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I'm also the best dressed woman here today. Faint praise when it's a meeting of moms.

[3894]

I'm also the best dressed woman here today. Faint praise when it's a meeting of moms.

Then you are a Fabulous Mommy, a force for fierce in your child's young life.

Well played, CP.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Meeting at a church always makes me uncomfortable, no matter why I'm there.I completely understand what you're talking about!

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Video showing a brilliant and easy way to separate the yolk from an egg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz2Vnp5ZW4c). It's not in English, but that doesn't matter.

[Alex]

Ok, it is cool that it works but isn't the normal way faster and easier?

[SzczerbiakManiac]

What is your normal way?
I think the two-shell-shuffle is neither faster nor easier and definitely messier.
If you have a gadget specifically designed to separate yolks, that might be a push.

[RStar]

I've always used the two shell shuffle, and find it both easy and non-messy. The other way I've seen others do it is through their fingers- messy and slimy. Though the water bottle trick is impressive when you have an audience!

Or if you need a lot of eggs seperated, you could crack them all in a big bowl, then seperate all of the egg yolks out in one step (emptying the single yolk out of the bottle each time, of course). Just make sure it's not a nasty spit infested water bottle full of germs!

[Alex]

No, separating in the shell is what I consider the normal way. Takes about five seconds an egg and have never made any mess with it.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

If there are any UK LoT readers who would be willing to buy a UK iTunes gift certificate for me (which I will of course reimburse you for), please PM me.

[Kevy Baby]

So. Meeting at a church always makes me uncomfortable, no matter why I'm there.Susan participated in her sister's Catholic Mass wedding. We were concerned she would burst into flames.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Then you are a Fabulous Mommy, a force for fierce in your child's young life.

Well played, CP.:) Thank you!

Lately I've been buying dresses and thinking, why don't I wear these all the time? They often don't do well sitting on park benches and playing in the sand box. But if I'm going to a meeting or coffee or window shopping, why not?

There were some other moms with the same idea that day, but we were in the minority in a sea of momjeans both literal and figurative. Almost sadder is the worn out, outdated, used-to-be office wear.

I've become a mom clothing snob....oh well ;)

[Prudence]

I tried my hand at archery today. It was my first attempt since the 5th grade, and I only had the strength to shoot three times, but apparently I might actually be good at this with some practice. Shot three times from the 10ft line, which isn't hugely impressive, but for my first shoot in umpty umpty years I shot the first over the target, the second almost in the outermost ring, and the second in the second-from-outermost ring. I guess I have a new hobby!

Might go to Pennsic next year as a combat archer. As part of an all-female squad with magnetic hello kitty ears and sailor moon pigtails for our helms. I mean, what's more embarrassing - being killed from a distance by archers or being killed from a distance by a bunch of female archers archers dressed like armored hello kitties?

[cirquelover]

:snap: for trying something new, glad you had fun. The idea of the archers makes me giggle!

[Betty]

Archery! Fun! It was one of the few sports (along with badminton) I really enjoyed in high school.

[CoasterMatt]

Archery is awesome! I love the idea for the group; sheer terror- sheer pink fluffy terror.

[Prudence]

We plan to be terrifying in multiple senses of the word. I'm hoping help with our siege engine, too.

[Kevy Baby]

For those who have a compelling desire to actually shoot at other human beings, you can join the SCA (http://sca.org) and sign up for archery (http://www.scademo.com/demo.archery.php). Then, you can join a war (http://www.potrerowar.org) and shoot at people.

[Moonliner]

We plan to be terrifying in multiple senses of the word. I'm hoping help with our siege engine, too.

Heavy weapons are hot!

[Moonliner]

For those who have a compelling desire to actually shoot at other human beings, you can join the SCA (http://sca.org) and sign up for archery (http://www.scademo.com/demo.archery.php). Then, you can join a war (http://www.potrerowar.org) and shoot at people.

But word to the wise, they kick you out if your personae is "Hank Morgan" and you "invent" rapid fire "dragons breath" (aka paint ball guns)

[katiesue]

Favorite teenage rant of the evening "I am a human being".

[BarTopDancer]

Favorite teenage rant of the evening "I am a human being".

Are you sure about that? I was always told teenagers are aliens who don't get human status until they turn 20.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Archery! I love the armored Hello Kitties!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Just got back from San Francisco- was up for a conference on tarot cards. It was fantastic, and I gave myself some time to play. I got to the Castro, I rode a cable car, I saw Chinatown, and I got to see some friends who I don't see very often.

[lashbear]

Sounds like FUN! I'd love to go to a Tarot Card Conference (I think) - as I know nothing about them...

Is there a Disney Tarot?

[flippyshark]

Oh, I would LOVE to have a Disney tarot deck. I doubt Disney would ever do it, as that's seen as "occult" by many. But, a peek at Google suggests that the fan art community has stepped in here and there.

[Moonliner]

Oh, I would LOVE to have a Disney tarot deck. I doubt Disney would ever do it, as that's seen as "occult" by many. But, a peek at Google suggests that the fan art community has stepped in here and there.

How do I just know the first card off the deck for me would be Eeyore?

[cirquelover]

Favorite teenage rant of the evening "I am a human being".

Aren't teenagers fun ;)

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Dad Wears Dress in Solidarity With Dress-Loving Son (http://www.advocate.com/society/modern-families/2012/08/28/dad-wears-dress-solidarity-dress-loving-son)A German father said that he sometimes wears skirts to support his son, who also prefers to wear skirts and dresses.

Nils Pickert and his family moved from West Berlin to a more traditional village in southern Germany, Gawker reports. After Pickert's son expressed worries that other kids at school would mock him for wearing dresses, his father decided to also don a dress in solidarity.

"I didn't want to talk my son into not wearing dresses and skirts," he said. "He didn't make friends in doing that in Berlin already and after a lot of contemplation I had only one option left: To broaden my shoulders for my little buddy and dress in a skirt myself."

[alphabassettgrrl]

I haven't seen a Disney tarot, but it wouldn't surprise me if one exists. I did, however, win a Hobbit tarot this weekend. :) The conference was fantastic, and well worth the trip. Can't wait until next year.

[flippyshark]

How do I just know the first card off the deck for me would be Eeyore?

VMM

[Kevy Baby]

The Housewives Tarot (http://www.housewivestarot.com/) is still my favorite

[alphabassettgrrl]

Housewives' Tarot, Hallowe'en, and the Whimsical ( it's all fairy tales) are among my favorites. I'm a small-scale collector, with just under 30 decks.

[lashbear]

I bet if enough of us wrote Disney, they'd consider a Nightmare Before Christmas Tarot Deck....


And, I love the recipes on the Housewifes Tarot page.

[€uroMeinke]

I bet if enough of us wrote Disney, they'd consider a Nightmare Before Christmas Tarot Deck....


Hey, I have that deck - but there are not as many cards as a regulation tarot deck

[alphabassettgrrl]

I need to get hold of the Nightmare deck.

[BarTopDancer]

For the first time in probably 10 years I have a library card. And I just got a Kindle. Who knew checking out books would ever be so easy.

[lashbear]

Yay !! I have to find mine - it's gone walkies at the moment.. :eek:

[alphabassettgrrl]

Your library card? Or your Kindle?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

You guys talking about the terribly disappointing Nightmare "deck" from the Mansion overlay? Leota plus Nightmare plus Tarot, should have been a winner. I would have totally bought that if it were any good at all.

[Moonliner]

For the first time in probably 10 years I have a library card. And I just got a Kindle. Who knew checking out books would ever be so easy.

Do you need to go to the library or can you check them out from anywhere?

[BarTopDancer]

Do you need to go to the library or can you check them out from anywhere?

Anywhere I have access to a computer. Go to the local library site, search for book. If it has an e-version I log in and select the one for Kindle.It redirects me to my Kindle account on Amazon. Some books (like the Southern Vampire series) have to be downloaded to the computer and copied to the Kindle using USB cable and others are delivered using the Kindle sync technology.

The new Kindles handle PDFs so I think some of the regular ePub .pdf formats will work too. I need to try it.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Nightmare deck- yes. I hadn't hear of it until recently, and they don't seem to be available anywhere. I haven't even seen one to know that it's disappointing.

[Alex]

Kindles have always supported PDF.

[Kevy Baby]

LoT is really wacky on my iPad tonight - icons and avatars are all jumbled. CP's avatar is showing in my profile. My avatar shows up in the Quick Reply box. The frown emoticon is showing where CP's avatar should be. A few other things too. If I were on acid, it would be keeping me busy for hours.

[JWBear]

If I were on acid, it would be keeping me busy for hours.

How do you know that you're not?

[lashbear]

BIC now has Pens For "Her" (http://www.happyplace.com/17666/consumers-write-smart-ass-reviews-for-sexist-bic-pens)

[€uroMeinke]

So I didn't watch any of the Republican Convention, so can someone explain the Clint Eastwood/Obama/empty chair meme?

Thanks,

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[Ghoulish Delight]

Clint Eastwood gave a speech in which he had an empty chair on stage and addressed an imaginary Obama sitting in said empty chair. Asking rhetorical questions and pretending Obama gave offensive answers.

It was...bizarre.

[BarTopDancer]

Clint Eastwood gave a speech in which he had an empty chair on stage and addressed an imaginary Obama sitting in said empty chair. Asking rhetorical questions and pretending Obama gave offensive answers.

It was...bizarre.

Invisible Obama has his own Twitter account (https://twitter.com/InvisibleObama)

[lashbear]

That sounds so unbelievable I had to look up the transcript of the speech. (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/30/transcript-clint-eastwood-speech-at-rnc/) :eek:

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Nightmare deck- yes. I hadn't hear of it until recently, and they don't seem to be available anywhere. I haven't even seen one to know that it's disappointing. They sold it when the Nightmare overlay was brand new. It's just the 13 cards that you see floating around Leota's room. Not really a deck.

[Betty]

My in laws are coming on Wednesday. Surprise!

They mentioned they were planning a trip and asked if I could send some local hotel info if I had any. No response - but that's not unusual. They just called and my husband jokes that they'll be here tomorrow. Tomorrow?! Nah... Wednesday. Sooo... day after tomorrow? lol

I'm happy to have them visit. Tomorrow is cleaning day I guess. And I need to figure out what to feed them. Can't afford to take them out for a nice dinner this week - which sucks. But short notice so oh well.

[RStar]

BIC now has Pens For "Her" (http://www.happyplace.com/17666/consumers-write-smart-ass-reviews-for-sexist-bic-pens)

So now I know what BIC stands for. It's an acronym for Big Icky C0ck. :eek:;)

[Morrigoon]

So I added to my little Doctor Who spoonflower collection tonight. Been working on drawings for it for a bit. Technically I guess I wanted more images to be part of it, but ran out of patience. Still, I'm pretty pleased at how it came out (http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/1409993).

[ToriBear]

Sooooooo.......I was on the news! :D

http://www.krem.com/community/Mead-Innovative-School-opens-Tuesday-168542876.html

[cirquelover]

That's wonderful! I hope you love your new school, it looks awesome.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Sooooooo.......I was on the news! :D

http://www.krem.com/community/Mead-Innovative-School-opens-Tuesday-168542876.html

Finally caught you, eh?

[Mousey Girl]

Just stopping by to say hi... so.... "Hi"

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Cool Parents (http://www.neatorama.com/2012/09/03/Thoughtful-Parents-Passed-These-Bags-out-on-an-Airline-Flight/)

[Kevy Baby]

Just stopping by to say hi... so.... "Hi"Hi

[Betty]

Just stopping by to say hi... so.... "Hi"

Hey!

[Kevy Baby]

Veet for Men Hair Removal Gel Creme 200ml (http://www.amazon.com/Veet-Hair-Removal-Creme-200ml/dp/B000KKNQBK/ref=sr_1_fkmr2_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1346913408&sr=8-3-fkmr2). Read the (currently) first review.

However, in case it gets deleted:After having been told my danglies looked like an elderly rastafarian I decided to take the plunge and buy some of this as previous shaving attempts had only been mildly succesful and I nearly put my back out trying to reach the more difficult bits. Being a bit of a romantic I thought I would do the deed on the missus's birthday as a bit of a treat. I ordered it well in advance and working in the North sea I considerd myself a bit above some of the characters writing the previous reviews and wrote them off as soft office types...oh my fellow sufferers how wrong I was. I waited until the other half was tucked up in bed and after giving some vague hints about a special surprise I went down to the bathroom. Initially all went well and I applied the gel and stood waiting for something to happen. I didn't have long to wait. At first there was a gentle warmth which in a matter of seconds was replaced by an intense burning and a feeling I can only describe as like being given a barbed wire wedgie by two people intent on hitting the ceiling with my head. Religion hadn't featured much in my life until that night but I suddenly became willing to convert to any religion to stop the violent burning around the turd tunnel and what seemed like the destruction of the meat and two veg. Struggling to not bite through my bottom lip I tried to wash the gel of in the sink and only succeeded in blocking the plughole with a mat of hair. Through the haze of tears I struggled out of the bathroom across the hall into the kitchen by this time walking was not really possible and I crawled the final yard to the fridge in the hope of some form of cold relief. I yanked the freezer draw out and found a tub of ice cream, tore the lid of and positioned it under me. The relief was fantastic but only temporary as it melted fairly quickly and the fiery stabbing soon returned .Due to the shape of the ice cream tub I hadn't managed to give the starfish any treatment and I groped around in the draw for something else as I was sure my vision was going to fail fairly soon.I grabbed a bag of what I later found out was frozen sprouts and tore it open trying to be quiet as I did so.I took a handful of them and tried in vain to clench some between the cheeks of my arse. This was not doing the trick as some of the gel had found it's way up the chutney channel and it felt like the space shuttle was running it's engines behind me. This was probably and hopefully the only time in my life I was going to wish there was a gay snowman in the kitchen which should give you some idea of the depths I was willing to sink to in order to ease the pain. The only solution my pain crazed mind could come up with was to gently ease one of the sprouts where no veg had gone before. unfortunately, alerted by the strange grunts coming from the kitchen the other half chose that moment to come and investigate and was greeted by the sight of me, arse in the air, strawberry ice cream dripping from my bell end pushing a sprout up my arse while muttering..." Ooooh that feels good ". Understandably this was a shock to her and she let out a scream and as I hadn't heard her come in it caused an involutary spasm of shock in myself which resulted in the sprout being ejected at quite some speed in her direction. I can understand that having a sprout farted against your leg at 11 at night in the kitchen probably wasn't the special surprise she was expecting and having to explain to the kids the next day what the strange hollow in the ice cream was didn't improve my status...So to sum it up Veet removes hair, dignity and self respect...:)

[lashbear]

Hi MG - how are the nails?

Oh, and Kevy: HILARIOUS !!

[Mousey Girl]

hey Lash. Nails have been gone for over a year. I just couldn't afford it any more.

[Moonliner]

Hows the boy doing?

[Alex]

So, yesterday I was on a boring conference call and was zooming around Google Maps. At one point I zoomed out and then zoomed in and noticed that on the third level in the first city markers appeared on the map.

And some of them struck me as odd. Portland is there, but not San Francisco. Houston, Dallas and San Antonio but no New Orleans. No Miami, Atlanta, etc.

Anyway, then my brain wandered and I wondered which was the most remote of those few cities honored enough to be listed at the 3rd level of Google Maps zoom.

I can now tell you the answer is Darwin, Australia, at about 2619 km from the nearest listed city of Adelaide.

The two closest cities are Tallinn, Estonia, and Helsinki, Finland, at just 84 km away from each other (with Akita and Marioka Japan within the margin of error at 90 km).

You might think this is why they shouldn't put me on boring conference calls. You'd not be entirely correct.

Me being able to show my work is why they shouldn't put me on boring conference calls.


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8038/7946181392_326ce2a6f1_o.png

[lashbear]

Hey! I can see my house !!

...and Darwin is the sort of place people emigrate to avoid. Well, that's my Darwinian theory, anyway.

[BarTopDancer]

Someone/something keeps calling me from an unknown number. I blatantly send it to voicemail. I suspect an auto-dialer.

[Kevy Baby]

Possibly a fax machine? We've had that before.

[katiesue]

Possibly a fax machine? We've had that before.

True story. One of our senior execs works only via fax. No email. Hard copy fax. So for a few years he'd sign stuff and send it back to his admin who never go it. I sent it, didn't get it, resend it.

After a few years of this he actually called the number that was printed on the top of the fax and found out it was someone's home in NJ. The admin had gotten a new fax machine and when she put in the parameters inverted two numbers. So he had been faxing to some poor guy in NJ's phone for two years. And at wacky hours since he's west coast.

[Betty]

Long before that I would have tried faxing the number the back telling them to knock it off.

[Kevy Baby]

But how many people still own a fax machine at home?

[Moonliner]

But how many people still own a fax machine at home?

I do.

[katiesue]

Lots of people at our company do - so as to be able to fax said exec. Our office has two.

[Kevy Baby]

I do.An actual stand-alone machine or a computer? It doesn't matter to the conversation at hand, I'm just curious.

[RStar]

I have an HP Officejet Pro 8600, that is a printer, has a fax, copy scanner, bluetooth, and is accesible through the internets with it's own email address. It's pretty cool. I can even search for things to print from the internet directly from the printer.

[Kevy Baby]

But do you use it as a fax machine?

[katiesue]

The two at my office are stand alone (just try to replace one it's not easy to find).

[BarTopDancer]

We get our stand alone fax machine replacements from South Coast print care.

[Moonliner]

An actual stand-alone machine or a computer? It doesn't matter to the conversation at hand, I'm just curious.

I have an HP Officejet Pro 8600, that is a printer, has a fax, copy scanner, bluetooth, and is accesible through the internets with it's own email address. It's pretty cool. I can even search for things to print from the internet directly from the printer.

What he said. I got that.

[Alex]

Expense report receipts are the only reason I've used a fax in the last five years.

[RStar]

But do you use it as a fax machine?

Yes, yes I do.

It's not often, but when I need it, it comes in handy.

Funny, when I first got one I felt like I had the world at my fingertips. Now it almost seem barbaric!

[Morrigoon]

I still own one. I don't think it can print anymore due to nobody makes a replacement for whatever the heck it uses (some weird part nobody uses any more, it was a cheap fax to begin with). I should get rid of it, it's not like we have a phone line anyway.

[JWBear]

From a bumper sticker seen on the way back from breakfast this morning:

My zombie child ate you honor student's BRAINZ!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Soo.... I've been reminded that working over 60 hours in a week is kind of exhausting.

[RStar]

Ya think?

Well, get some rest now.

So you can do it again! :evil:

[RStar]

Yay! I'm not on a non-dino computer. I've upgaded from 0.5 Gig ram to 6 gigs, and from a pentium 4 to a Intel 2 Quad processor. So far it is like day and night!

[lashbear]

Welcome :)

[Betty]

I have an interview today at 11 am. I am TOTALLY going to get that job! Yes-sir-ee-bob.

[BarTopDancer]

You totally are!

[cirquelover]

Good luck Betty!

[katiesue]

Good Luck!

[Moonliner]

Has anyone seen my keys? I can't seem to find them.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Where did you leave them?

/ducks/

[Kevy Baby]

They should be in the last place you look.

But knowing you, you may just keep looking for them even after you found them.

[Moonliner]

Found um!

They were in the pocket of someone that was in my office earlier today.

Nobody ever expects the full body pat down at the elevator....

And my thanks to the TSA for making everyone accept that as normal....

[Kevy Baby]

Hey... a new excuse for feeling up your coworkers. "I lost my keys: let me see if they are in one of your pockets."

[lashbear]

How'd you do, Betty?

[alphabassettgrrl]

Carsland is pretty. And much easier to photograph the neon after the park closes and everybody else leaves. There were a handful of people in the area, everybody with cameras, and nobody else.

[Kevy Baby]

I tried that once, but security wasn't happy with me being there at 4:00 a.m.

[Betty]

How'd you do, Betty?

It went pretty well I think. Crossing my fingers. I really would be a great fit for the job. They need ME!

[Moonliner]

I was checking my credit card account today when I noticed the "rewards" button. Damn, it turns out there was a load of pirate plunder hiding there. I guess I should check it more often than never. I opted for cash back into my account and this months CC bill is paid. Happy dance.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

gawd I wish I could go see A Wicked Rocky Horror Show (http://broadwayworld.com/article/WICKED-Tour-Cast-to-Host-ROCKY-HORROR-SHOW-Benefit-Concert-924-20120905) in Vegas this Monday.

[innerSpaceman]

that would be so awesome. I'm sorry i even looked.

[Kevy Baby]

I just picked up a new album. It ROCKS!

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BaxMlnoKZyY/SWl_4L7JCxI/AAAAAAAABNQ/mbYR-USAOtQ/s400/larz-kristerz-stuff-party-bjuder-upp-till.jpg

[lindyhop]

My homeowner's association hired a new management company about a year ago that seemed a little unprofessional. It took them a couple of months to start sending out bills on a regular basis and the return envelope they send with the bill is just a small stationery envelope with their address stamped on it. But they seemed to be doing okay until now.

My last statement showed that the previous payment I'd sent them hadn't been credited and, sure enough, the check has not been cashed. But there was no late fee on the statement. I sent them a check for the current and past due amount and have been checking my bank account to see if it's been cashed. I called earlier this week and they told they were working on checks at that moment and call tomorrow. I had an appointment in the area of their office today so I decided to stop by if the check still hadn't cleared the bank. The receptionist checked with someone in back and told me there was a stack of checks they were working on and to call back Monday. I told her I would just check my bank account.

The fact that there was no late fee charged makes me think they really are backed up. But really? What kind of business operates like this? I pay my bills on time and I don't appreciate not getting the same courtesy on the other end.

[Moonliner]

Any good gift ideas?

On of my in-laws is having a hard time of it. His wife was in a fairly serious car accident and she has been (and will be) in the hospital for an extended amount of time while the docs do what they can do rebuild various parts of her.

The family has rallied round her in heart warming fashion suitable for a hallmark movie so I think all that can be done for her is being done.

I know from experience how heavy the burden of caring for someone else can be, so I'd like to send him a little 'Thinking of you/pick me up' type of thing.

Any suggestions? I know he's uber careful about what he eats (ie no sees candy). I don't think he reads much. He has a long drive to/from the hospital on a regular basis. Oh and he just sent his only daughter off to college as well.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I just picked up a new album. It ROCKS!Do you have Stuff Party 1? If not, how can you possibly understand what's going on in Stuff Party 2?

P.S. I'm pretty sure "Stuff Party" is the title of a fetish porno... or will be soon.

[Ghoulish Delight]

He has a long drive to/from the hospital on a regular basis. Oh and he just sent his only daughter off to college as well.
Might he be interested in audio books/podcasts/music listening then? Something to make those long drives a little easier, like an audio player and/or convenient accessory for said player?

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Any good gift ideas?

I don't think he reads much. He has a long drive to/from the hospital on a regular basis.The first think that popped into my head was an Audible.com gift subscription. It's great for long commutes.

BAH! GD beat me to it.

[katiesue]

Also gift cards for meals - so he doesn't have to cook. If you live close enough home made freezable meals, lasagna, enchiladas that he can just pop in the oven.

Also if you live close enough any chores like laundry, housecleaning, yard work so he doesn't have that burden on him as well.

[Moonliner]

Also if you live close enough any chores like laundry, housecleaning, yard work so he doesn't have that burden on him as well.

Fortuitously I live much to far away for that type of thing....

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Can he boil water? If so, https://popuppantry.com/ might be a good fit.

[katiesue]

Also having been in a similar situation for a while. A simple phone call to say hello and ask if you can do anything every few days really does mean a lot.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Any good gift ideas?

Also having been in a similar situation for a while. A simple phone call to say hello and ask if you can do anything every few days really does mean a lot.

The audible books and gift cards for meals occurred to me as well.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

http://www.afterelton.com/sites/www.afterelton.com/files/2012/09/vocabulary.jpg

[Kevy Baby]

Amazing except for one error: the twentieth word is twenty letters long.

[RStar]

Ok, so the person who is pointing out the brilliance of the person who wrote that sentance..... is an idiot. Keep calm and carry on. ;)

[SzczerbiakManiac]

https://www.getbuckyballs.com/ is having a big sale. All their stuff is $5 until 8:00 pm Eastern tonight.

[Moonliner]

https://www.getbuckyballs.com/ is having a big sale. All their stuff is $5 until 8:00 pm Eastern tonight.

I see $10 not $5.

While Buckyballs are nice, They do tend to wear poorly. The coating comes off with use.

Zen Magnets (http://zenmagnets.com/) are a lot better quality.

[Kevy Baby]

https://www.getbuckyballs.com/ is having a big sale. All their stuff is $5 until 8:00 pm Eastern tonight.They're sold out of everything but cubes.

[Kevy Baby]

I see $10 not $5.That's weird - it must have just changed as it was $5 when I looked just a couple of minutes before. May be because they sold out.

[Moonliner]

That's weird - it must have just changed as it was $5 when I looked just a couple of minutes before. May be because they sold out.

The front page says $10, the order page says $5 (but as mentioned they don't have much left)

[Kevy Baby]

I had tried to buy just before I posted: they were still showing availability of the nickel ones. However, they ran out while I was ordering!

[Kevy Baby]

For 3894, in case you didn't hear the news, I just read this on the Disalmanac Twitter feed:UPDATE: Wisconsin has legalized same-cheese marriage.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

evidently this is a thing
https://distilleryimage8.s3.amazonaws.com/13344470051111e29e5e22000a1e8a4b_7.jpg

[3894]

For 3894, in case you didn't hear the news

Glad to hear it, KB.

[lashbear]

I've often gone to Vegas wondering "Gee, where can a guy rent a pole around here?"

[RStar]

evidently this is a thing
https://distilleryimage8.s3.amazonaws.com/13344470051111e29e5e22000a1e8a4b_7.jpg

Yeah, it's a thing. A long, hard, shiny, thing. Did I say hard? Or long?

Never mind...

[Morrigoon]

And fairly slippery

[3894]

From the Wood Floor Care Sheet left by the floor refinishers:

No damp mopping for 4 weeks after finish is applied.

It's the kitchen floor and I am counting the days. Hardly Becky Home Ecy here but I want to mop that floor. Gawd.

ETA: Wait. This is also a First World Problem.

[JWBear]

God(s) help me... Bill just discovered "Ermahgerd".

[Mary Poppins]

Not My Bill !
1735

Noooooo.

[RStar]

And fairly slippery

Why, did they grease my pole?

[Ghoulish Delight]

http://www.memecreator.org/static/images/memes/574703.jpg