Well, there's a whole lot of nothing going on here at vox since most of my 'hoodies are no doubt passed out from overstuffed bellies. The bonus of this is that I can write another lame NaBloPoMo and no one will notice - yay me!
I have tomorrow off. Technically it's a vacation day, but I'll hopefully be getting some studying done. It's now less than a week until I write and I am still nowhere near done the material. It's completely my fault but I can't seem to do anything about it. I actually have a feeling I won't get much done tomorrow because I have an appointment in the morning, and since I'll be out already, I'll probably try to get some shopping done. It's always easier to do on a weekday when, hopefully, most people are still working. Then that means Saturday and Sunday will HAVE to be full-day studying. I also have Wednesday off as a study day, then by noon on Thursday, it will all be over with. I'll be the one curled up in a ball in the corner, crying in my sleep. Nonono, more shopping to get done! Then, I can come home and collapse.
I got more money for my food and pet drives today, plus now that I've put some stuff in the boxes, hopefully people will get their asses in gear and add to it. The people in my office are so odd and unpredictable.
I think Edgar has forgiven me for not having chicken or turkey today. What a relief. It was close this morning, though. I saw him sniff around at his litter box and then walk away. I was all set to leave for work but decided that was a definite sign so I took a few minutes to clean it out and add some new litter. Hopefully that avoided an accident. If it didn't, I've yet to find it, so that's okay I guess.
So are you all lamed up now? I'll spare you more. Nighty-night kids. I hope you all enjoyed your day, and that it continues into tomorrow for you. Eat leftovers!
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,26407576-5013016,00.html
Flatulent pig sparks gas leak fears
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November 26, 2009 11:00pm
A PIG with flatulence triggered a minor emergency near Bendigo this week when smells wafting from the 120kg porker sparked fears of a potentially dangerous gas leak.
Two Country Fire Authority tankers and 15 firefighters turned out in darkness to search the source of the leak at a property at Axedale, east of Bendigo. But the likely culprit was soon sniffed out, the pet sow startled from slumber in the dead of night."She got very excited when two trucks and 15 firies turned up and she squealed and farted and squealed and farted," said fire chief Peter Harkins.
"I haven't heard too many pigs fart but I would describe it as very full-on."
Mr Harkins said the family had done the right thing by calling 000 to report a suspected gas leak: "It's all bottled gas up here and a leaking cylinder could pose a major fire risk.
"It was because we took it so seriously that 15 volunteers still managed to attend the call out at 10.30 on Tuesday night."
Mr Harkins said the day had been both wet and warm, as well as slightly humid.
"Smells are always exacerbated in those conditions. We got to the property and we could smell a very strong odour in the vicinity.
"It didn't take us too long to work it out because we could both smell and hear her."
The pig, a family pet, was lying low yesterday, her embarrassed owners refusing media requests for a photograph of their porker.
She is believed to be a friendly and docile animal, a much loved children's pet, possibly in need of a change of diet.
An oldie but goodie...
"Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare.
They are consumed in twelve minutes.
Half-times take twelve minutes.
This is not coincidence."
~Erma Bombeck
Folks,
In flying, there's a condition called a stall where the airflow over the wings is so fragmented that the aircraft can no longer achieve lift.
In this situation, the aircraft will first yaw and if left uncorrected, will roll on its side and result very quickly in an autorotation, which is basically a spinning dive to the ground.
Methinks the Liberal Party is this morning somewhere between a late yaw and the start of a spinning dive. Just goes to show how shallow their talent pool is... and if Abbott does get the numbers next week, can you imagine HIM being the alternative PM of Australia? We're scraping up rotting road-kill here.
Ninja
Alls I gots to bring to Thanksgiving are pumpkin bread and cranberry sauce and they're just now done - so I have some time to loaf around till we hit the trough at three. Wanted to say you guys are the best and thank you for being my hoodies!
This seemed appropriate to the occasion. It's awesome regardless.
My apologies to whichever of you peeps posted this on Faceboob recently - I can't for the life of me remember who it was cuz I'm brain-decrepit like that.
What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving?
I'm thankful that every once in awhile, Vox has a QotD that isn't corporate sponsored. Insert eye roll here.
The apple pie was done just after midnight. Wine really slowed down that process, but it was a lot of fun! Now it's bright and early and the pecan pie is cooking in the oven. Mmmmm...pecan pie. I used pre-made crusts this year (gasp) which makes the pecan pie prep time all of ten minutes. I just hope it doesn't suck.
So while that's baking, I feel like blabbing.
Medusa seems like such a tragic figure to me. There are many different versions of the Medusa story. I would say that I'd consult my Bulfinch's Mythology, but I'd rather not. What a dry and boring look at Mythology that was. That thing reads like Cliff's Notes, but, hell, that's not even true because Cliff's Notes were generally interesting!
Anyway, back to the lady with the bad ass 'do. In ancient times Medusa was regarded as hideous to behold, but by the time the fifth century rolled around she was portrayed as both terrifying and beautiful. According to Wiki, Ovid had written that Medusa was a beautiful woman who was raped by Poseiden. That apparently pissed off Athena so much that she turned Medusa into a sight so terrible to behold that people who gazed upon her would turn to stone.
So wait, hold up a minute. Poseiden raped Medusa and Athena then took out her rage on... Medusa? How fucked up is that, ladies? Talk about a blame the victim mentality. She must have been asking for it, right? Those ancient Greeks were dicks. Oh, and it's not just the ancient Greeks, you can count Ovid as part of that group of dicks as well - he thought Medusa's punishment was appropriate. WTF?
Ok, now this is kind of funny and probably true. Here's a snippet from Wiki:
2002's The Rape of Medusa in the Temple of Athena: Aspects of Triangulation in the Girl by Dr. Beth Seeley, analyzes Medusa's punishment for the “crime” of having been raped in Athena's temple as an outcome of the goddess' unresolved conflicts with her father, Zeus.
Sounds like my own therapist!
At least in the 70's she became a symbol of female rage. Excellent.
Another interesting bit from Wiki is that Medusa has become a symbol of truth and scientific determinism in contrast with romantic idealism. In this interpretation, looking into Medusa's eyes represents the "depressing reality that the universe is meaningless". This is illustrated by Jack London in the Mutiny of the Elsinore.
I cannot help remembering a remark of De Casseres. It was over the wine in Mouquin's. Said he: "The profoundest instinct in man is to war against the truth; that is, against the Real. He shuns facts from his infancy. His life is a perpetual evasion. Miracle, chimera and to-morrow keep him alive. He lives on fiction and myth. It is the Lie that makes him free. Animals alone are given the privilege of lifting the veil of Isis; men dare not. The animal, awake, has no fictional escape from the Real because he has no imagination. Man, awake, is compelled to seek a perpetual escape into Hope, Belief, Fable, Art, God, Socialism, Immortality, Alcohol, Love. From Medusa-Truth he makes an appeal to Maya-Lie."
Alright folks, the pie is done, enough of this silliness. Happy Turkey Day to everyone!
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