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baranoouji: Also, why we electricians have a high hazard risk. Sparks 'n' arcs! Best bring that ∞Ω insulation... Reminds me of all the stories I used to hear about people getting chased by plasma balls.
(a.k.a. video and related story of a ½ million volt switch failing to interrupt the current when it opened)

Followup from

arkady to

subbes's post about said incident: High Voltage Arcs 'n' Sparks. Exploding transformers! Huge arcs! Exploding cranes! Nifty high-voltage electronic equipment! :D

Also from

baranoouji, a horrifying exchange about RotK:

- My neighbor had seen Return of The King This is the conversation that followed:

Him: I like it. They could have made it much shorter though.
[I resist the urge to bite him.]
Me: Really? Because well, you know, a lot of details are missing in that book.
Him: Yeah! Like they should have taken out all those... you know, little guys with big feet? The gay ones? Yeah, they should have totally just taken out those scenes.
[I am stifling the urge to start throttling him. I smile politely.]
Me: Tolkien valued friendships, especially same-gender ones. And besides, the whole point of the thing is their quest.
Him: The king and the warrior guys, now that's manly friendships. They should have just gotten real men to take the ring. Those hobbit-things were justgay! You know I'm right.
[I am so infuriated that I go and jab at the record player.]

Now, you have to agree with me when I say that Connecticut is fallow ground. You have to.

From Jillian courtesy e2: Strategic Transcendence on $5 a day

*snrk*
From

yournailbunny: Re: Da Vinci's Notebook's Enormous Penis: OTTAWA (Reuters) - A song lauding the joys of an "enormous penis" is not obscene because the object of the lyric's affection isn't necessarily sexual, a Canadian regulator has ruled.

futuregirl, on weather: So...You think YOUR weather is bad?

Quitcherbitchin'.

I didn't think a weather condition existed that could be called "Freezing fog." Why don't they call it "Death to all motorists" instead, it'd be easier.

Worked almost a full day on this here Saturday, pulled lots of wire, which was harder than it should've been. Rode home in ridiculous wind, to the point that I chose to walk my bike across the Commonwealth bridge over the lake. Stopped to watch a couple of catamaran sailors attempt to right their small craft.. once they got it up and it flipped right to the other side; eventually it almost grounded on rocks when they got help from a passerby who stripped down to shorts and waded/swam in to help. Around 4:30, had lunch at Chicken Gourmet (next to O'Malley's, where I had a very tasty chicken sandwich.)

And now, a short bit demonstrating how The Princess Bride has enriched my life, and what I'm doing for dinner:
Silja (Jillian P) [17:18]:
I'm looking for a chicken recipe right now actually, a Chinese one. I've decided to do something fancy for dinner, a proper Chinese banquet. I cooked one for Christmas Eve, I'll do something a bit cooler tonight.
Silja (Jillian P) [17:26]:
You DO realise that you're invited for dinner, don't you?
skreidle [17:29]:
no, but i shall glady accept. :)
Silja (Jillian P) [17:30]:
of course you will accept. Only a great fool would turn down my cooking, when I am making the effort to really get into it. And I am in the mood today.
skreidle [17:32]:
and i am not a great fool!
skreidle [17:33]:
so i can clearly not turn down your dinner.
Silja (Jillian P) [17:34]:
lmao Ah, how this movie/book has enriched our lives : )