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"Which came first, the Phoenix or the flame? Well then, I think the answer is that a circle has no beginning."

-Luna Lovegood, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Where do Vanished objects go?

“It’s partly true, too, but it isn’t all true. People always think something’s all true.”

-Holden Caulfield, The Catcher in the Rye

Not quite math...more logic -

Three gods, A, B, and C, are called, in some order, True, False, and Random. True always speaks truly, False always speaks falsely, but whether Random speaks truly or falsely is completely random. You must determine the identities of A, B, and C by asking three yes-or-no questions, and each question must be posed to exactly one god. The gods understand English, but will answer all questions in their own language. In their unknown language, the words for “yes” and “no” are “da” and “ja,” in some order. You do not know which word means which.

Ask A “Is ‘da’ ‘yes’?”

Ask A “Is ‘ja’ random?”

Ask B “Does A speak truly?”

sorry, had to actually redo this problem since I forgot the answer, but not quite there - hint, 'one' is already listed above.

Oh, bother. I’ll get back to this.

3, 13, 2, 12, 1

3, 13, 2, 12, 1

Alice Roosevelt Longworth quote:

"If you haven't anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me."

I know that quote, but always assumed it was Dorothy Parker.

Tried again to appreciate women’s bodies on Baywatch. Didn’t take.

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I was watching Heathers the other night, and I was chagrined to see that though the word “myriad” was misused in a suicide note, a teacher remarked that she was impressed to see that the student who was believed to have written it used it correctly. The number associated with said word is 10,000. You’d never say “a 10,000 of problems.”

I looked up the word, merely intending to glance at the definition I already knew just to validate my smug self-righteousness. As it transpired, I was left flabbergasted (the following is from Merriam-Webster):

Recent criticism of the use of myriad as a noun, both in the plural form myriads and in the phrase a myriad of, seems to reflect a mistaken belief that the word was originally and is still properly only an adjective. As the entries here show, however, the noun is in fact the older form, dating to the 16th century. The noun myriad has appeared in the works of such writers as Milton (plural myriads) and Thoreau (a myriad of), and it continues to occur frequently in reputable English. There is no reason to avoid it.

I am shaken and humbled.

I see this advertised on men4rent and other sites. What can you do? Seems there must be a catch if it's for free?

Men4Rent is back? ?

I have no idea whether this is an accurate quote, but it's so good it has to be posted somewhere here. I saw it some random place on twitter. I offer no opinion on which side of the ledger I'm on.

 

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it. ~ Robert Frost

Never heard that one, but it’s very similar to a quote usually attributed to Plato: “Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.”

“humbled”

I see and hear it far too often, and each time it is used erroneously.

Margo Channing in All About Eve. I loved Bette in that role.

I live for that line. So underhandedly cutting.

“Nice speech, Eve. But I wouldn’t worry too much about your heart. You can always put that award where your heart ought to be.”

I can relate to this. It's been around for a while, but I decided it needed posting here, even if that's again.

 

Ugh... “could of” is the worst

“Why would you do that? You actually have a mind! I’m not judging you, but...” (proceeds to speak quite judgmentally)

Does anyone know of a streaming service running the original Boys in the Band?

There’s a site I use, but I never use my laptop for it lest it gets a virus; I just use my phone. You’ll have to contend with a few pop-ups. Feel free to PM me if you want it.

I watched the original a couple of years ago and then again last week in anticipation of the Netflix remake (which I watched a few days ago). I thought it was OK. I recognized that they did not deviate much at all from the original script. The dialogue was very nearly identical.

My understanding of a power bottom is that he is the one initiating the action, he is the “active” partner in the anal sex. By contrast, the regular bottom is receiving the action.

Nah. A power bottom sleeps with tops, not a submissive bottom.

Some younger guys are into bigger guys, to be sure, but that tends to be more chasers than boys – not that there’s anything wrong with that.

You know, the very next pic in the camera roll appears to be a selfie of his brother Scott. Do you think Scott pranked Chris by swiping his phone and using it to take a dick pic? I suspect it's Scott's and Chris is too embarrassed to say anything about it.

That would be really creepy.

sonder: the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries, and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.