sundries

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Every once in a while I meet someone through friends of friends and wind up seeing an apartment like this at more or less random. It's one of the great pleasures of living in New York City. I remember once, leaving a club at two in the morning because a group of us were annoyed and someone's flat was near by, so we decided to go there for drinks and it was like this 1930s, film noir, science fiction paradise. It was a whole 'nother world that felt as if the sun never penetrated it, so complete was the illusion of its existence outside of time.

Chatroulette sounds like the fabulously wild west dark ages of the Internet, just now with video.

For women in America, equality remains an illusion.

Looks like it's going to be Lieberman who introduces the bill to repeal DADT. Yay bill. But seriously? We have to start respecting Lieberman or something again? Meanwhile, a study shows that, duh, gay soldiers not disruptive.

Pediatricians want warning labels on foods that pose a choking risk to children. While I get that this is a serious issue, to me, this sounds a little bit like the warning labels on cups that tell us coffee is hot.

Andrew Koenig is missing.

Tonight I really, really need to take inventory on what needs to happen last minute for Gally. Which is to say, figure out where all the relevant clothing items are, figure out what needs to be replaced last minute because I can't find it, figure out what needs to go to the dry cleaners etc. Also, I've got to get my hair trimmed like woah. I mean, it looks cute enough, but it's not _right_.

Also? I am super tense about whether there will be flight delays on Thursday.

Comments

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

the coffee in that case was Molten-lead-will-dissolve-your-skin hot. Which IS unexpected, out of the ordinary and probably due a warning.

Thank you. It's a point I try to make to people. Learning the details of that case was an eye-opener. I was able to cite it as the one good contribution I made to a mock jury some years ago. As I said, "The coffee was 50 degrees hotter than it was supposed to be. You'd notice the difference between a 40-degree day and a 90-degree day."

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Exactly - I mean you spill coffee on yourself? You get scalded. We all know and expect that

We don't expect to get severe 3rd degree burns requiring skin grafts. And when faced with the dangerously unexpected, a warning is appreciated :)