"Niles, we're lost. That's the fourth time we've passed by the pile of frankly rather tasteless sheraton armchairs."
"Yes, the style clashes with the yellow wallpaper and endless billowing void. Then again, feng shui might fail to accommodate an open floor plan this... er, OPEN"
Toddler has learned that when the doorbell rings we often open the door and say "come in! we were just [whatever we were doing]" but she's very literalminded so she opens the door and says "come in! we were just opening the door."
It must feel great being the decimal point in pi. Your function is to play a key role in defining a fundamental aspect of your own form. The other circles probably view it with the same esteem that humans have for the guys who proposed the double helix
One of the best streamline moderne buildings in Detroit, built in 1937. Formerly home to Wilding Studios, a film production company, and still used as a recording and production studio.
Frequently Asked Questions about Las Vegas:
Q: Supposedly, "Whatever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas." Wouldn't this imply that, after leaving Las Vegas, people wouldn't remember what happened inside it?
A: Indeed.
Q: And yet it seems to me that I've heard stories about things happening in Vegas.
A: Much of what we think of as "Las Vegas", including the airport and much of the strip, is technically part of an unincorporated municipality called "Paradise, NV" which in turn is technically not Las Vegas. This arrangement was instituted as an emergency measure to preserve the tourist industry of Las Vegas from the cognitive and financial barrier represented by "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas."
Q: Didn't you, yourself, claim to have a hat you'd obtained in Las Vegas?
A: Yes. The hat was *in* Las Vegas but not *happening in* Las Vegas, so it didn't have to stay in Las Vegas.
Q: How do we *know* that "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas"?
A: Because the fact "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" is not, itself, happening in Las Vegas. It is happening everywhere that is not Vegas, or, if you prefer, happening at the boundary between Las Vegas and everything else. That boundary is neither inside nor outside of Las Vegas.
Q: How do we know that Las Vegas exists?
A: Because the rule "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" has not always been true. We have maps from before the rule existed.
Q: Are there people in Las Vegas?
A: Yes. People enter and leave Las Vegas all the time! The movie "Leaving Las Vegas" wouldn't exist otherwise! It is only *events* that cannot leave Vegas. Obviously as a consequence we don't know what prices or rents are like there, but people often move to Vegas hoping that the rents, whatever they are, will be lower.
Q: What's the movie "Leaving Las Vegas" about?
A: Nobody knows. But presumably it's about the challenges of someone knowing that they'll lose many years of memory and all of their current relationships.
Q: Are these actually frequently asked questions about Las Vegas? I can't remember hearing them before.
A: Think about what you just said there.
Eve: (taking a bite of apple) Jesus Christ this is good
Adam: who the hell is Jesus Christ?
Eve: what the fuck is hell?
Adam: why did you say "fuck" like it's a bad thing?
Eve: why are you being a weird asshole?
Adam: see, you're doing it again
My grandmother just found a photo of the first time I ever got to scratch, this was at the "Pioneer Virtual Resort" in Disneyland's now-closed Innoventions
This might be the only photograph of this specific exhibit and area available on the internet, I've found nothing
A LOT of people are dunking on Elon for this.
They are making a big mistake.
I dislike Elon, but this is a silly attack. Common sense should have stopped people from making it. Common sense is in short supply.
Folks are claiming that when "Maye Musk's" tweet refers to "your mom," "she's" referring to Elon's mom, which is, of course, herself, which would be pretty weird.
So, they conclude Elon must be using alt accounts. According to this theory, when Elon sent the tweet, he thought he was logged into his dad's account, which is why he was referring to "your mom," but he accidentally logged into his mom's account and ended up looking foolish.
Superficially plausible, except for one giant flaw...
According to this theory, "your mom," Elon's mom, Maye Musk, was "cleaning toilets in a Liverpool boarding house as a child."
But Maye Musk was born in Canada and grew up in South Africa! Maye Musk was never cleaning Liverpool toilets!
Who was cleaning toilets? Elon's DAD's mom. His paternal grandmother. His grandmother (Cora Robinson) grew up in Liverpool!
In other words, when Maye Musk refers to "your mom," it's a typo, and she's clearly referring to "your dad's mom," who is the only one of the two of them who grew up in Liverpool!
This is all very obvious once you look at their bios, but people who don't like Musk want to believe the worst of him, so they jumped on the story. I admit, my first reaction was glee, "Aha, silly Elon, this is awesome," but I knew I had to double-check before tweeting a dunk.
And immediately the theory fell apart.
I wouldn't bother writing this long clarification, but Maye Musk's tweet has received hundreds of replies making fun of Elon's supposed error. I've also seen big accounts spreading this story.
Be careful out there, people. Don't spread misinformation!
The Blue Bird Inn
Detroit, MI
Detroit’s most important jazz club during the late 1940s and 1950s, hosting Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and nearly every other jazz legend of the time.
Not a fan of these clichéd “we used to think the mind was clockwork” analogies. Sometimes science just makes progress. Hearts really are pumps. DNA really is code-like. Disease really is caused by microorganisms.
Some mechanistic explanations were wrong; others are just true.