(Brain)storm

[bironic]

Since it seems like many of us are anticipating ice or snow tonight, here is Richard Shindell's foot-tappin' Waiting for the Storm, even though that is about a hurricane. You can never have enough Richard Shindell.

Here in Boston we have been promised a few inches of snow. It's 14 degrees out; it'd better snow. Plowed piles from the last few storms' worth still haven't melted. The dirty tops have interesting, deep icy crusts.

Thankfully, it looks like the weather's gonna clear by Thursday when I fly. It'll be nice to take the trip, although I could use another week or three right now to do all my work. Caught a cold after my sister visited last week (no connection; she's fine) and lost a few days.

To have something for the flight, I picked up Neil deGrasse Tyson's new book tonight, (a) because I like him and (b) because he's doing a book signing nearby next month, so I may as well read it first. Disappointingly, it is for young people. The font is big and the pages glossy and there are a lot of pictures. Many of which are of Tyson. Including one on the back where he's straddling a large telescope and smirking. Wow.

Bill Nye wrote a blurb for it about "the first of the plutoids," pretty much recapitulating his line on SGA. Or maybe it was the other way around.

Stop me from having more thoughts of McKay/Tyson/Nye angry!sex, please. ...I would at least need an "I'm going to the special hell" icon.

On that note:

[Poll #1338836]

Mmrph. It was such a bad idea to stay up so late last night to write the Wilson/Cuddy thing. I only slept five hours afterwards. All I could handle this morning was fiddling around with PowerPoint for a presentation I have to give next week. Hm. Should I be juvenile and make a joke about how a box of parts sounds like S&M toys? (i.e. penetrators, switches, butt connectors, and of course nuts and screws.)

Comments

[topaz-eyes.livejournal.com]

Should I be juvenile and make a joke about how a box of parts sounds like S&M toys? (i.e. penetrators, switches, butt connectors, and of course nuts and screws.)

You could also write a fanfic about that... XD

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

Bironic should mention N dG T's cameo on SGA when they meet at the book signing.

Yes! He will laugh!

... at least, I think he would.

[sabinetzin]

You'd pretty much be my hero if you did.

[synn.livejournal.com]

Should I be juvenile and make a joke about how a box of parts sounds like S&M toys?

you should make it witty and subtle enough that only the people who are paying attention will get it. ha. then it is funny, and less juvenile.

where is this box? oh, please tell me it's secreted away somewhere.

also,
my bubbles.

[elynittria.livejournal.com]

It's 14 degrees out; it'd better snow.

No! No more snow! I just blackmailed convinced the Post Office that my mailbox was accessible; if any more snow falls, I'll be back to square one.

[kabal42.livejournal.com]

*drops by again* Hi! I just wanted to apologise for disappearing. I got sick while I was in NYC, so while I did manage to lumber around there I just couldn't get up the energy to go up to Boston :-( I'm so sorry! I even manage to not write you. I really am terribly sorry and I damned well will find a way of making it up to you!