WDW Trip Report: Part 1, Mostly Getting There and Rides

...t many of them. While some idiot decided that exploding undies were a good idea on Christmas Day (R. doesn't see anything weird about that psychology; I do), the impact on security for us was not detectable. On the trip out, we got an obscene amount of liquids on the plane: juice boxes, milk boxes, yogurt -- all to make sure the kids would have something to eat until the grocery stores opened on ...

Life is complete again

... without Jam, but she will just have to cope. There was a bit of nose-to-nose, polite and non-hostile, before they went their separate ways. My head is painful and I feel feverish, despite the fact that I have no detectable fever, but apart from that, all is at it should be. Alex is conquering the world yet again, there is tea in the mug, and although it is dark and dank outside, I am happy.

The TSA is certifiably insane, not to mention being obviously useless.

...these restrictions, all they have done is changed "must" to "at the discretion of the flight crew/airline". I still don't think it's going to make much of an actual difference, just like making everyone take off their shoes wouldn't make a difference if someone had a PETN bomb (not detectable by normal means) in their shoe - which they get to put back on after the security checkpoint. Just sayin'

Calypso Moves to Wayside School

...heartbeat, but she was still breathing and twitching occasionally. We figured it wouldn't be long, so we wrapped her up warm and kept an eye on her. She remained creepy zombie rat, with no detectable heartbeat or body temperature but occasional breathing and other tiny motions, until well after dark. And then she stopped. I have pretty much done my mourning in advance on this one. I am impressed ...

for sharpie_doodle

... shirt doesn't seem so bad. Riko walks in any direction, arms folded loosely behind her back, nose pointed up so she might smell the jasmine Kahina grows on the balcony. Footsteps, their soft swish only detectable because she'd been expecting them, walk up beside Riko, fall into place. She keeps her eyes steady; the moon is only the slightest hint of a crescent. "You're a better horse than you...

The Underpants Bomber

... sort of played out like a joke (guy ignites fireworks on plane)--but the more we know the scarier it is. For one thing, he used a syringe-chemical trigger instead of the regular (and more detectable) wires, blasting caps, and batteries. For another thing he used PETN, a liquid explosive that has a history with terrorism in the 70's and is difficult to ignite (the syringe apparently contained an ...

Am I Blue?

...gets individual red, green, and blue frames in place of what would be a single frame of a regular movie. Or such is my understanding of the process. At any rate, it looked very good with no detectable ghosting or color shift and a screen that never got too dark, even during the many night-time scenes. This was the closest thing I've seen yet to the 'looking through a window' experience that would ...

News Clips

...-grade uranium should its leaders take the political decision to do so. The documents detail a plan for tests to determine whether the device works — without detonating an explosion leaving traces of uranium detectable by the outside world. If such traces were found, they would be taken as irreversible evidence of Iran’s intention to become a nuclear-armed power. Experts say that, if the 2007 ...

... amounts of cream, grey/green, and black/brown. I opted to use the greenest skein in the middle and the more varied skeins at each end ... the skein changes are detectable when the scarf is laid out flat in bright light if one is looking for them, but not when in its natural state of being draped/wrapped around shoulders/neck.

Fic: Star Drive (Gen, PG13)

... science," Woolsey inclined his head to McKay, "He can tentatively test it the day after tomorrow." Lorne was smart enough put on his best poker face and avoid Sheppard's gaze. But there was a detectable smirk as the meeting broke up. ~*~*~ The halls of Atlantis were dark and quiet after the busy day, though still filled with a hum of Christmas-like excitement. It had been years since the ...