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This is what I grew up on.

I watched Bill Nye too. Both were awesome science shows with different flavors. I think Bill Nye was probably more informative, but Beakman made science wacky and fun.

Is that who is in that picture? I've never heard of him.

yup

Heh, a Dutch radio station does a top 2000 of all time each year between christmas and new year's. One of the highest new entries in the list is Slayer's Angel Of Death at 199. Rage Against The Machine's Killing In The Name Of also rose from 1454 to 188 so all the popfans are going to get some serious metal in their faces on the last day of the year. Usually it's only Metallica's One (and Nothing Else Matters but that's not really metal) on the last day.

I found out today why I never seem to have enough socks. I saw my cat wander off with a sock and I followed him, turns out he's been collecting them under the couch, there were at least 2 dozen socks there...

He may have a backup somewhere.

Maybe he's like my sister's cat, and humping the socks?

The mayor of Reykjavik is a pretty cool guy, insofar as I can tell from his AMA anyway.


Although he doesn't seem to be too fond of the Danish

This is going to be my new polite term for window-lickers.

Me too!

Also, I have a friend with a cat that humps her socks. What's funny is that he mews in a rather disturbing way while he does it. He sounds like he's having way too much fun lol.

Some good 4 AM music I found.

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I also ended up ordering this monstrosity for my cat:


Edit: For the record, it's 157cm high with a 60x60cm base. (~5'2" high and a 2'x2' base for you 'mericuns)

edit2: Found this through a Steven Wilson interview, it's interesting and weird. Not sure if I really like it yet. Still, worth a listen.


Fair warning, there's some spider footage in the video, somewhere around the 6 minute mark I think.

Edited, Dec 12th 2012 1:59pm by Aethien

GRATZ ON YOUR 6K NONDING NOW GO POST/DRINK MOAR

Can't really drink at the moment.

Well I can, but the prescription I'm on gets metabolized faster in the presence of alcohol. Meaning 2 beers and I wake up the next morning with the mother of all hangovers. It's sucky.

Also, I swear I've posted tipsy here before. You should pay more attention.

Edited, Dec 12th 2012 8:12am by someproteinguy

I was walking to work at 6 AM while listening to music when this track came on:



Made me want to take off my shirt and wrestle a bear in the snow.

Think it's been a while anyway, am probably overdue.



An antidepressant.

Stuff works like a charm I tell ya. Highly recommended.

This one, I want to say I could really feel it working for me. It took a bit of getting used to though. It is kind of weird, and there's something vaguely unsettling about being in a drug-induced mellow state of contentment. But still in another way it makes me back in balance again, normal if you will. It's probably been a good 20 years since I've not had at least mild depression so it's a godsend in my book.

but how do you know it's the pills and not just the placebo effect that's causing that for no benefit but with all the nasty side effects.

Edited, Dec 12th 2012 5:48pm by Aethien

In that case


I know I'm very biased against drugs of any kind though, I don't know why but I just can't stand the stuff.

I'd reply with something witty but my brain has been overwritten with imagery of me smashing in your skull with a beer stein.

Aha, so you do possess an imagination.

Anyway, here's more awesome music with visuals for Aeth.

Adagio in D Minor ("Capa's Jump") by John Murphy, from the movie Sunshine:

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Aaand unclench.

Then there's Death is the Road to Awe by Clint Mansell from the movie The Fountain, but FOX has blocked the YouTube videos, so here's a video someone made with the music on top of clips from the appropriate scenes.

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Yes, that's a bald Hugh "Wolverine" Jackman in a bubble. In space. If you're into philosophical/spiritual movies that look and sound amazing, you should give it a look.

I'm not saying the entire movie has been uploaded to YouTube... but it has (screw you, FOX).

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Edited, Dec 12th 2012 7:52pm by Mazra

lol, I wouldn't say I'm an expert. I just got sick and tired of taking meds to make me feel normal, so I did a lot of research. I'd rather take a handful of vitamins every day that end up being cheaper than taking the meds, than take meds that artificially altar my brain chemistry. At least everything I'm taking is natural and is supposed to be there in the first place.

Not that I'm judging you, because I'm not. Everyone needs to find whatever works best for them. Just thought I'd offer it as an alternative.

Yeah, I tried that for a while in my early 20's, didn't work out so well.

I took it for about two years, and just stopped it a couple of months ago. It does work, there were times during that two year period that I stopped it because, like Aeth, I hate taking medication, but I definitely felt myself spiraling down when I did stop it. And it definitely increased my appetite, although it could have been an idiosyncratic reaction in my case. I've lost weight since stopping it and I stopped taking it now because I no longer need it (although I have returned to WoW, and trade chat is having its effect on me . . .).

I don't know where my aversion to taking medication comes from since my undergraduate degree is a B.S. Pharmacy, but the only drug I take regularly now is Ibuprofen. Aspirin, by the way, is a miracle drug. Ibuprofen, being Aspirin's grandchild, is quite close to miracle status.

Aspirin is excellent for headaches, arthritis, general pain, fever, and is important for people who have had a heart attack and are prone to strokes. It "thins the blood" (a common fallacy - it inhibits clotting, the blood is not any thinner than before), and did I mention its great for fevers? Aspirin is by far the best fever reducing medication available. You cannot overdose on it, because you will vomit it back up before you take enough to even approach a lethal dose. Be careful, as with any medication, when administering it to children.

Oh, and I missed this yesterday - I grew up watching Mr. Wizard.