One of the women I work with has a friend who is going to Japan today. I thought that was a little crazy...
I read a blog post by a guy who works on nuclear power in Germany, giving a detailed account of how nuclear reactors work and what went wrong with the Japanese ones. Apparently the radiation that was leaked is almost completely safe, and that most of the released radioactive material (released in the steam that they vented) was an isotope of Nitrogen that loses most of its radioactivity within a few seconds. He also said that there isn't a single mainstream journalist who's written an error-free account, and that there were reports by the BBC and CNN that contained a scientific error in every paragraph. I think nuclear reactors are one of those things where people don't actually know anywhere near enough to critically read what journalists are saying. Most people's knowledge about them probably extends to what they see on The Simpsons, which makes things like 'meltdown' and 'radiation leakage' and 'explosion' sound kinda terrifying. But reading that kinda Nuclear Reactors 101 account of it, it makes a lot more sense and is a lot less scary. It's definitely no Chernobyl, or even a Three-Mile Island.
Yeah, people are getting panicky hearing and reading about the dangers of nuclear accidents and the media jumps on it. Here in Belgium, a lot of people went to the pharmacist today to buy jodium, in case something would ever happen with the nuclear plant. Not that Belgium has an impressive history of earthquakes.. Shows how people fear something they can't grasp very well. And now something completely different: Thanks, people, for the London tips! I had a great time, the weather was fantastic, which I hadn't expected. We weren't able to do all the things we wanted, or even half, or even one fourth.. but that's a great excuse to go back!
They've never had a melt down. Why? Because they are efficient. This wasn't caused by the reactors themselves. It was caused by outside force called an Earthquake. This need to turn evil what isn't is always amusing.
It smells lovely, just not when it's on your towels. I can't really describe the smell, I'm useless at that sort of thing. You are lucky btw, because it means you won't endure the full pain of a soiled babies nappy... YUCK! So you are getting revenge on him by making my towels smell like garlic? How does that work? lol! Garlic smells great, and I love it, but not on my towels. Was nauseating. lol!
I needed a place to hide all the garlic from Joel. Sorry you had to take the hit! Speaking of hits...is that what you call it when you smoke hookah? Like if one person had the hose thingy and smoked some, then passed it to someone else, would they say "hey, want a hit?" or "hey, want a toke?" or something else? I never expected to spend so much time thinking about something like this...
I will, I didn't take that many good ones but I hope my friend has some... I'm going to a debate with Noam Chomsky today!! Well, I mean, the debate is with Chomsky, not me.
Cog! Not seen you round here for ages! (This may in part be down to my own intermittent appearances, in all fairness). I'm so disappointed that the Down At The Mac gif smilies won't work here. It's such a good chance for the pleased dancing celebration to get a run-out (it doesn't get used often on there).
I am now in New Orleans, LA. I toured the WWII museum and...IT IS EPIC!! If you haven't been there, I strongly suggest you do. I left feeling a pride for the boys who fought in that war. Not just for the American boys, but all the boys in the Allied forces.
Why are you in New Orleans? I wish I could have gone I wore green today. I live in a predominantly Irish town, so the green clothing compensated for our muddy brown landscape that has recently emerged from the melting snows. The high today was 62 F. Everyone was energized from the sunshine.
Just half? Really? Wow. xD I haven't had a drink since 2009. I went to a party, drank the entire case of Mike's Hard, then had 5 shots of vodka... Never again. I was soooo wasted. I thought a keyboard was my boyfriend, and I was hanging onto it for dear life telling "him" I was going to die. Then he came in the room and was like, "What the hell are you doing?"
Yeah, I never drink but I feel like crap and now everything feels a bit fuzzy.... Haha, I can picture it.....so psychotic... You get rep for a laugh
That was quite a night! Lol. I vaguely remember actually falling into a bathtub. Luckily, it had no water in it. And I'm told that I was singing some Black Sabbath songs, which is weird, because I don't know any of their music. I hope you feel better, by the way.
You are too much bays....you sound like loads of fun....hey I dont know any black sabbath music either, but ill youtube some before I go to sleep, which I should...
Not gonna lie. I'm a silly drunk. I'm that girl that dances on the table and laughs at everything anyone says. But it's so much fun to let loose sometimes. But I got pregnant a few months after that party, so that's the main reason why I haven't had a drink since then. And now I'm way too busy taking care of my son to go out anywhere. But that's okay because he's just wonderful. And you should go to bed. It is late. Well, it is over here anyway.
