Norabelle414's part II: In which there are Canadian Hotties

Just so there's no confusion, this thread will contain lots of half-naked men, and good-natured jokes about Canada (hehe, Regina . . . .) and very occasionally, a book review.



Goals for 2013:

• Attend the big giant Philadelphia spring LT meet-up
  
• Help plan (and attend) the Washington DC spring and fall LT meet-ups
  
• Read 75 books
  
• Finish Wolf Hall
  
• Read War and Peace
  
• Catch up on my LTER reading / reviewing
  
• Read more books than I acquire (acquire fewer books than I read?)
  

Previous Threads:
2013, part I
2012, module eta
2012, module zeta
2012, module epsilon
2012, module delta
2012, module gamma
2012, module beta
2012, module alpha
2011, chapter 5
2011, chapter 4
2011, chapter 3
2011, chapter 2
2011, chapter 1
2010
2009

Books read in 2013:

January:
1) The Country of the Blind and Other Science-Fiction Stories by H. G. Wells
2) Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
3) In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber by L. A. Meyer
4) The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin
5)

February:

March:

I'm going to try keeping a closer eye on the books I acquire throughout the year. Perhaps that will keep the numbers down.

Books acquired in 2013:

January:
1) Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger (free)
2)

February:

March:

Currently reading:
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin
The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge by Jeremy Narby (borrowed)
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (library)
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Currently listening to:
In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber by L. A. Meyer (71%)

Coming soon:
Pyg: The Memoirs of Toby, the Learned Pig by Russell Potter (library)
Why Evolution is True by Jerry Coyne (library) (Coursera)
Redshirts by John Scalzi (library)
John Dies at the End by David Wong (library)
The Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge
Angelology by Danielle Trussoni

BOOKS READ: 1
BOOKS BOUGHT: 0
BOOKS ACQUIRED: 0
BOOKS DEACCESSIONED: 0

DAYS REMAINING: 356
BOOKS REMAINING: 74
DAYS PER BOOK: 4.81

(Hermit days in the past week: 5 (I hate people! Get off my lawn, you crazy kids!))

Timing is everything! Very nice thread topper, Miss Nora.

You got me at this thread will contain lots of half-naked men, Nora. You've started the new thread with a couple of very nice specimens.

To answer your question from the previous thread, Stephen, Regina does have an airport, but they only allow jumbo jets in there.

Just keeping track of this new thread.

Me too!

Hi Leah and Stasia! What's that you say? Not enough Canadian hotties for you? I can fix that.

>7 norabelle414:: Bwahahahaha!! Just spewed ginger ale all over poor Nathan. Poor thing should probably take off all of his clothes and dry off, but goshdarnit, all I've got is this tiny washcloth...

SOB! I can't see Nathan anymore without hearing "I aim to misbehave" in my head and instantly getting TERRIBLY depressed. He's so pretty and funny but, damnit, he's supposed to be the captain of a space boat.

>11 scaifea: *snatches washcloth* Oops! No washcloths here!

>12 leahbird: He's still the captain of MY space boat.

So! Nora's loft has turned into our "Hot Guys" picture thread. Cool.

IDK if I can keep up though. If I keep searching for topless celebrities, I may end up with a virus. Or a rash.

Nathan is a wonderful addition to the collection, Nora.

Did you know that Google suggests the related search "hot Canadian male actors" when I look for "Canadian actors"? It's like they can read my mind.

They can.

He's not shirtless, but if I may share one of my favorite Canadians with you ladies ... meet Corb Lund:

(Sorry - is it okay for others to post pictures, too?)

>15 alsvidur: Google is a wonderful thing. When I search for pretty much any male celebrity, it autocompletes with "shirtless"

>17 rosalita: Great! Thanks for sharing Julia!

>18 scaifea: Of course! As long as a) they are hot, b) they are Canadian, and c) we can all agree that "hey girl" is supposed to have a comma after it instead of a period.

Oh no, I love that it's a period here. Cap'n Mal makes it a complete statement all on it's own.

*fans self*

Just when I thought your thread couldn't get any hotter you just had to post Nathan/Castle/Captain Malcolm Reynolds...

And do you know where Nathan is from? Edmonton! :D

In answer to Stephen's questions, Regina is the capital city of Saskatchewan. It has an airport and some museums. But everyone knows the real action in Saskatchewan is going down in Saskatoon.

Ryan Gosling is going to be on Jimmy Kimmel tonight. You're welcome all.

I come back after a good night's sleep and you've got 25 messages ona new thread? Jeeez.

Love that you've completely embraced the Canadian hottie mania we went into and made it your own.

And since a new thread is a special occation:

lunacat, just to answer your question from the old thread. No, not every week. It could be a very special episode.

>23 MickyFine:: Oh, I thought the capital of Sasquachewan was Yetisburg...

>23 MickyFine: That's fascinating, Micky. Is Regina tundra or shrubland? How wide is the airport's landing strip?

>24 leahbird: I saw that too! If only I could stay up that late . . .

>25 bizsuper: Some things one just has to accept.

>288 Hey-oh!

How many men fly south to Regina? Is it well visited?

Does anyone here want to meetup with me in Regina?

What should I pack?

31. Remember, if you're a tourist in Regina, always bring a fanny pack.

Oh yes, I can't imagine visiting Regina without a nice fanny pack. You can fit all kinds of things in fanny packs.

I bet all the guys would love it if Regina was the hub of Canada's meat-packing industry.

Y'know, because there would be lots of jobs, of course...

It's a great shame that Regina isn't a sister city/twinned with Trosa. That would be hilarious.

Trosa IS a real town (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trosa), and if you're as great with Google Translate as Nora, you'll get why it's be the best thing ever in the history of sister cities.

Nora - One peek at your thread and I can see why you are blazing a trail! Wonderfully shameless!
Didn't know the Castle guy was Canadian - SWMBO loves him and would dump me in an instant if the fool wasn't so smitten with Beckett.
See the listing of books bought has you under control thus far. Congratulations on your new thread.

So Trosa is like Regina, only with easier access?

I'd say Trosa is the friend that's always covering for Regina.

Hmmmm, maybe it depends on which language you are translating from, my result indicated that Trosa rarely covers much of anything.

>31 Ape: A topographical map.

>34 PawsforThought: I'm against any relationship between Regina and Trosa. I find Trosa to be rather constricting and a bit too conservative for my tastes.

>35 PaulCranswick: Shameless indeed, Paul! I'm actually planning on finishing a few (four . . .) books this weekend so I'm sure discussion of books will kill the conversation here right quick.

I am indeed proud of that big fat ZERO books acquired so far this year.

>36 Ape: No! Quite the opposite.

A topographical map.

Ha! That does sound convenient. Is it easy to get lost in Regina? I hope there are some distinguishing landmarks.

Well, there is usually a valley situated somewhere near by, and some amount of bush cover. If you go northwards away you often find rising mountains.

38. Trosa is located in Sweden so Swedish would be the appropriate language to translate from.

FYI, Trosa is often referred to as "Världens ände" ("The End of the World"), a play with words since "ände" means "end" but "ända" is a common term for "buttocks".

Oh dear, that sounds...adventurous. I may need a wilderness guide when I finally visit Regina.

Yeah, you don't want to go too far down the valley and enter through the wrong entrance, you'll find yourself in the next town over. Although some people prefer it there.

I hear the next town over is a real dump.

Can get pretty rough and dirty at times, definitely.

Ew.

#47 Clearly you should go visit in Trosa instead :P

Ha!

I've been to Trosa and it's very pictureque. And there's a lovely (oh, jeez, can't believe I'm writing this during this discussion) stream running through the town centre.

>47 _Zoe_: I think I've created a monster.

Yup. We're all holding you fully responsible Nora.

Yes, it's all your fault, Nora.

Are we talking Canadian hotties here?



You know you want him, ladies. ADMIT IT.

>55 ErisofDiscord: Yes, but only when he looked like this:

Yes to the young, NO WAY to the old!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've never watched Star Trek so can't say I've ever thought about him. Nothing wrong with the young version, though.

Was going to provide some details on the actual topography of Regina, but I'll just leave y'all to your innuendo.

My free copy of Etiquette & Espionage came today!!! Hooray!!

So here's my reading plan, rearranged based on what is/isn't renewable, since I'm fairly certain that I won't read all of these in 3 weeks.

1) Anna and the French Kiss (library) - 75% done
2) In the Belly of the Bloodhound (audiobook) - 75% done
3) The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - 75% done
4) The Cosmic Serpent - 75% done
5) Redshirts (non-renewable)
6) Why Evolution is True
7) Pyg
8) John Dies at the End
9) Etiquette & Espionage (if anything gets renewed, this will get moved up)

>54 lunacat: made me spit coke. Since I'm in bed it was not a good thing but that was so funny for some reason.

I'm sad that this conversation has died down a bit.

>62 _Zoe_: You're the one who said "Ew", Miss Prissy. It's your turn to make a Regina joke.

I had no objections to the discussions about Regina, just the descriptions of the next town over!

It really depends on which direction you enter Regina from, sometimes that town is the next one up instead.

:D

Speaking of that comparison, have you ever gone into Regina while one of your friends was visiting the next town?

I've never been to Regina at all unfortunately. :(

Being a shy, self-conscious social phobe...I need a very particular travel companion, I think. I guess I'll just have to be content with admiring from afar for now, by viewing the pictures people take when they visit Regina. Wow, that place sure is popular. o.O

I have family that used to live in Regina (for real).

A whole family? *Jaw drop* Regina never ceases to amaze me.

70. Hahaha!

They moved to Edmonton.

Stephen doesn't have the proper vaccinations to visit Regina. I suggest he stays in Trosa instead.

It's true, who knows what kinds of things I could catch in Regina. *Shudders*

72. True, one should never visit Regina without proper shots.
And be sure to always bring a raincoat with you, it's important to protect yourself - who knows what type of weather you might be in for?

I a variety pack of raincoats just in case I ever do visit Regina, it just so happens. One of them even tastes like vanilla. I hope wearing a vanilla-flavored raincoat doesn't attract wildlife of any kind...

I hear it attracts both cougars and bears, so you might want to watch out.

>76 PawsforThought: Also Ocelots

Note to self: Don't wear a vanilla-flavored raincoat in Regina, it might attract squirrels.

Stopping by to wish you a Happy New Year

As long as they don't have a crab issue at the time, I think you should be ok.

Yes, I've asked how the seafood is in Regina, and everyone always says to avoid the crabs.

But I hear they are known for their tacos.

And their kitties.

And beavers

Oh, yes, the Regina beavers are world-famous.

Do the beavers reside in the same stream as the bearded clams?

As far as I know, there is only one stream in Regina, so I suppose they do. Lots of wildlife there.

So it would seem. Is there much wildlife in Trosa?

Not much, no. But there are plenty of boats.

You would never think there was any wildlife in Trosa, but that's because they all hide under it.

Trosa isn't as densely populated as other towns, so there is more room for wildlife.
It does have quite a bit of tourism, though. Especially in the summer.

Shy wildlife. What a pity.

Perhaps there is also shy wildlife if you go potholing in Regina? Who knows what might be discovered?

#60 by @norabelle414> I had requested Etiquette & Espionage through that giveaway too but didn't hear a word. Just got a mysteriousl package in the mail that turned out to be my ARC!

Thanks for the heads up on the freebie!

>94 leahbird: Ooh, that gives me hope! Maybe I'll get a mysterious package too.

I wonder how many mysterious packages Regina receives.

>94 leahbird: Hmm. One of my friends and I each got an email IMMEDIATELY after we requested, telling us that they were mailing them ASAP.

>96 lunacat: HA! Thanks for keeping us on-topic, Jenny.

#98 Always happy to help!

I'm on the waiting list for Etiquette & Espionage at the library (it's on order) but I got in super early so I shouldn't have to wait long once they get it. :D

Now back to your regularly scheduled innuendo...

On occation Regina delivers packages. They are usually sent up north to the big hills mentioned earlier and remain there for a year or so.

The packages Regina recieves are rarely mysterious but always well-packaged.

Always well packaged?

I think Regina must receive the occasional un-packaged item in order for them to be able to deliver packages later on. I believe the turn around is about nine months? Long time to be in the sorting office, but there you go!

Well, yes, on occation the wrapping does fail.

Pity.

I wonder how the deliveries affect the monthly floods that seem to occur. Then I'd assume the vanilla raincoats spoken of above would become even more necessary for any visitors.

>103 PawsforThought: That's better than the packaging in Trosa. I hear the packages there are so tightly wrapped that most people get bored and give up.

I would love working in the import business in Regina, but I think I'd want to avoid the exports.

Regina exports are a notoriously messy business.

Nora, every time I visit your thread I say I'm going to stop making Regina jokes so you can have your thread back. Surely by now you wish to move on, I'm guessing, but every time I visit something someone else has posted inspires me to make another one.

*Sigh* I'm sorry, from now on I'm not going to touch on Regina unless you tell me to.

...

Are we still harrassing Regina in here?

Y'know, early Canadians must have been quite... *ahem*... bored, when founding their towns. Looking at a list of town names I see Blow Me Down, Come By Chance, and Conception Bay... Meat Cove, Shag Harbor, Big Chute, Jackhead, Big Beaver, Climax, Fertile, Nut Mountain, and Smuts... But our winners may just be Spuzzum and Ecum Secum.

>108 Ape: Regina is perfectly welcome here.

>109 UnrulySun: I love Canadians.

Speaking of which, since no one else has posted any hot Canadian photos today, I guess I will have to do it. Today's hot shirtless Canadian of the day is Tahmoh Penikett.

Oh I do like him! He's quite a prolific actor, yet I can never remember his name (unusual as it is).

Book #2: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins - So fluffy and delicious. The characters were not caricatures, which tends to happen in YA books, so that was nice. Paris was lovely but not overly descriptive or flowery or idolizing. I was less enchanted by St. Clair as I got further in, but isn't that how these things go?

Lovely and enjoyable, I'm not sure what else to say.



Currently reading:
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin
The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge by Jeremy Narby (borrowed)
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Currently listening to:
In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber by L. A. Meyer (80%)

Coming soon:
Redshirts by John Scalzi
Pyg: The Memoirs of Toby, the Learned Pig by Russell Potter
The Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge
Angelology by Danielle Trussoni

BOOKS READ: 2
BOOKS BOUGHT: 0
BOOKS ACQUIRED: 1
BOOKS DEACCESSIONED: 0

DAYS REMAINING: 354
BOOKS REMAINING: 73
DAYS PER BOOK: 4.85

(Hermit days in the past week: 4)

Finally caught up with you, Nora! I love the whole Canadian hotties, hotties series titles and the overall entertaining dialogue. You have a winning topic on your hands!

>110 norabelle414: Loved him in Dollhouse! And am ashamed I didn't know he was Canadian.

>112 norabelle414: I think my love for St. Clair is amplified by the fact that he's a flawed individual but that (although it takes him awhile) he recognizes his flaws. Glad you liked it. Now, add Lola and the Boy Next Door to the list. It has about the same feeling to it and features cameos from Anna and St. Clair.

Oh, my goodness, I step away from LT for a few days and suddenly there are hot Canadians everywhere. Don't be shy, folks -- I'm just over the bridge in Michigan and we sure would like to see more hot Canadians over here.

Just saying.

PS: You all crack me up. :)

110. Who doesn't love Canadians?

That shirtless guy doesn't look familiar to me. I've probably seen him in something but I have no memory of it.

Oh, and... it's SHIRTLESS SATURDAY!

108 Regina is perfectly welcome here.

*Jaw drop* I've always dreamed of finding a lady who likes Regina as much as I do...

117. Stephen, all women love Regina. The Regina they know at least.

Occasionally I don't love Regina. But most of the time? Yeah, I'll agree.

I guess everyone has their own Regina, huh? It's fascinating, I think it would be enlightening to find as many women as possible to show me their own personal Reginas. Y'know, for scholarly purposes, of course.

120. Scholarly, of course. Work, not pleasure.

... o_O ...

...just, umm... passing through... *backs away slowly*

My son is proud of his six-pack. I am so pleased I have mine down to 1 already.

Have a lovely weekend Nora and I hope you can catch your breath after such a stellar week.

>113 lkernagh: Hi Lori! My thread is easier to catch up with than many long threads, thankfully, since we don't talk about anything intelligent.

>114 MickyFine: With a name like that how did you not know he's from Yukon?!

I agree. Anna and St. Clair's "friendship" has a realistic feel to it. That whole thing where you meet them and they're completely perfect and intimidating, then you get to know them and realize that they're not perfect but you like them even more . . .

The whole thing reminded me SO much of this "friendship" I had in college. Except that I broke up with my boyfriend for him, and told him so, and he said "that's nice" and started dating someone else. And now he's engaged (to a different girl). So just like the book, only real life ;-)

>115 beserene: I saw a thing on The Daily Show the other day about a bridge from Detroit to Canada that the Detroitians (Detroiters?) don't want. And I just yelled at the TV "BUT THE SHIRTLESS HOTTIES ARE OVER THERE!"

>116 PawsforThought: Battlestar Galactica? Dollhouse?

Is that Stephen Arnell? Good choice. I love watching him on Arrow because he never wears a shirt and he looks like this:

124. I've never watched either Battlestar Galactica or Dollhouse. Take away my nerd-card.

I agree with you on the Detroit bridge issue. Who in their right mind WOULDN'T want a bridge to Canada? I'd love to have one from Sweden!

Yes, I believe that is him. I googled "shirtless canadian" and he was the first non-Gosling guy I recognised so went with him. Figured we couldn't JUST have Ryan pics here. I'm sorry to say I haven't watched Arrow either.

>122 dk_phoenix: No! Join us, Faith! You know you want to.

>123 PaulCranswick: Oh Paul. Thank you for dropping by and not being scared away like everyone else. I think if I ever tried to actually date a guy with a real-life 6-pack I would just be terrified.

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Last night I went to a lecture at the National Zoo called "Teeming with Life: Bringing Gabon to the National Zoo" which was really fascinating. The Gabonese Ambassador to the US talked about all the national parks that Gabon has and the budding relationship between the Smithsonian Institution and Gabon. Then a Smithsonian researcher talked about all the research he has done in Gabon, like tracking particular elephants to see how far they roam. Gabon is really fascinating because they are HUGE oil exporters, but they are also really dedicated to preserving their animals. Almost 25% of Gabon is protected wildlife preserves.

Then there was a panel that answered a bunch of questions, consisting of the aforementioned researcher, the guy who is coordinating the gift of several animals from Gabon to the National Zoo, and a National Zoo veterinarian.

I was supposed to go with a friend but she is very sick and so I went by myself. It would have been more fun with her, but it is good for me to do things by myself. I had decided that I wasn't going to go, that I was just going to go home and sit in my PJs and watch TV, but I went!

>124 norabelle414: Arrow is just okay, except for the part where he never wears a shirt. That part is awesome.

Might I reminded everyone that if you open up a bridge so that hot topless Canadian men can pass easily, you will, inevitably, get this also...

126. Sounds like a really great time. I would have loved to go to something like that.

128. You're bound to get a few rotten apples in, but you can't let that scare you off. Think of the possibilitites, not the problems!

Ah, yes, the bridge. There is already a bridge and a tunnel in Detroit, and other in Port Huron, an hour or so north of Detroit. The problem is that Michigan/Detroit's in the dumps and has had to lay off a lot of civil servants - like policemen, firefighters, teachers, etc - and close schools and government offices. Yet the governor wants another new bridge. It would end up making a few jobs, but costing the city and the state way too much money for something that (in many people's opinions) is not really needed.

It's really quite easy to cross over to Canada and back again.

Edit: PS We're commonly called Detroiters. :)

130. I understand the financial issues surrounding it, but still... you can never have too many bridges leading to Canada.

The problem is that the hotties do not seem to be located in Windsor. They all seem to be from Vancouver - or Regina.

(The lecture at the National Zoo sounds fascinating; I'm jealous!)

>130 alsvidur: What The Daily Show had to say was that Canada is paying 100% of the cost, and that the campaign against the bridge is headed by the man who owns the current bridge. But that's The Daily Show, I'm sure you know more about it than I do.

The problem is that the hotties do not seem to be located in Windsor. They all seem to be from Vancouver - or Regina.

Not true. A certain CanaCrime star is from Ontario.

Personally, I would imagine there would be big demand for a bridge to Regina. Easier access and all that. Isn't that what most people want??

Also, reminder that dear Nathan Fillion is from Edmonton (which is in neither Ontario or BC).

Will the bridge to Regina be nicknamed The Speculum?

137. Only doctors travel to Regina on The Speculum.

I... *sigh*

...I wish Ian Somerhalder was Canadian... *dreams of a thread full of pictures of Damon Salvatore*

Two of my friends have spent a decent amount of time around Ian Somerhalder. One, who works at the grocery store he shops at, doesn't think he's attractive. The other, who has done a lot of extra work for Vampire Diaries, thinks he is a stone cold fox. I often wonder if this is an interesting correlation.

I had to look up Ian Somerhalder... he's okay. (don't throw rocks at me!) He reminds me of Jared Leto.

Honestly, I don't know what it is, but there's something about the way he looks on the show that's just... well, let's just say I'm not typically the kind of woman to get all warm and flushed at a sight of a man (my poor husband...) but DANG he's FINE. It may be the makeup or lighting they use, I DON'T KNOW (because I certainly didn't think he was attractive in LOST).

Hrm. Maybe it IS context-related after all...

OH!!! Oh my gosh, how could I have forgotten... the last time I went a little gaga over a Canadian hottie was this guy right here:



"Daniel Jackson" (Michael Shanks) of Stargate SG-1. Then I saw him in person at a sci-fi convention and almost died. GORGEOUS, he.

Yes, the campaign for the state amendment was headed by the Ambassador Bridge guy. Every other dang commercial for months was sponsored by his side. I didn't care either way, and while I can see the reasoning from both sides (and both sides had valid points), really don't understand what the passion was about. People gets too darn excited over things. If it's not books or pretty men, who cares? :)

This is going to sound awful when I could just google it, but what province is Edmonton in? I always kinda guessed it was too west of here to make a difference to little old me in Michigan.

Ahh, Damon worship. I don't know what it is about him on TVD either. His regular person photos make him look a bit feminine for my tastes, but oddly enough, add on makeup and eyeliner, and you have yourself a dangerous hottie. Do you think Somerhalder's passion for conservation and animal rescue is real, or a very clever long-term PR ploy?

Well, I don't know about conservation and animal rescue but I do know that he does his own grocery shopping in Atlanta and that he shops organic.

>143 dk_phoenix: God I love Michael Shanks. Every time I watch SG I'm like "OH YEAH NOW I REMEMBER WHY I LOVE THIS SHOW!". Especially when he's all science-nerd-y and then he takes his shirt off. He's totally tomorrow's Hot Canadian of the day.

>144 alsvidur: Edmonton is in Alberta. If it makes you feel better, I can only remember that Alberta exists because when I was little, Albertosaurus was my favorite dinosaur.

I wanted to retaliate by pointing out that Canadian gals are also pretty...well...pretty.


Elisha Cuthbert prominent amongst them.

141. How can one follow up "he's okay" with "he reminds me of Jared Leto"? Jared Leto (at least in his prime, I haven't actually seen much of him lately) = hotness defined. Oh, Jordan Catalano...

146. A hot science-nerd who takes his shirt off? What is this mysterious show of which you speak?

When it comes to Ian Somerhalder I believe half of my liking him stems from the fact that he seems like a truly, truly great guy. Every time I read something about him (which isn't often, as I never read celeb mags and stuff) it's him adopting an orphaned puppy or something.

147. Yes, the Canadians have a plethora of hot women too, and Elisha is very pretty. Pretty for real, not Hollywood-this-is-what-we-tell-you-is-pretty-but-really-it's-just-a-thin-person-with-lots-of-hair-styling-and-trendy-dresses.

>146 norabelle414: *sigh* Guys, you know how else it's easy to remember Alberta exists? I live there. :P

>147 PaulCranswick: I agree, Paul. Canadian girls are pretty. ;)

>147 PaulCranswick: HA! Touche, Paul.

>148 PawsforThought: Michael Shanks was on Stargate SG-1 (and a few episodes of subsequent Stargate series). He played Dr. Daniel Jackson, an archaeologist/Egyptologist/linguist/historian who looked like this:

150. That pic looks familiar. I think I may have seen half an episode sometime. Archaeologist/Egyptologist/linguist/historian sounds nice.

Book #3: In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber by L. A. Meyer, read by Katherine Kellgren - audiobook from the library - Having narrowly escaped from the British Navy during the Battle of Trafalgar, Jacky flees back to Boston to hide out while her lawyer back in London tries to see what he can do about the bounty that has been placed on her head by the Navy. Thankfully, her old headmistress allows her to reenroll in the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls. Life is back to boring normal for Jacky. She can't hang out at the docks or sing in the bars because she might be spotted by British sailors, but she gets to spend time with her best friend Amy. All of that changes, however, when she and all of her classmates are kidnapped while on a field trip and packed into a slave ship, destined to be sold into the harems of princes and sheikhs in northern Africa.

This is my least favorite in the series so far. It wasn't bad, but it did seem to drag on and on, and the end of the book, which should have been action-packed, was interspursed with Jacky telling random stories of her childhood on the streets of London. They were good stories, but they didn't belong there. I think this book would have been better served by cleaning it up and adding the beginning of the next book onto the end. It's still a great series, of course; this one just isn't as good as the previous books.


Book #4: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin - Hmm. Where to begin? Once upon a time there were Three Gods: The Brightlord, Twilight/Dawn, and the Nightlord. They went to war and the Brightlord won. He killed Twilight/Dawn, who had betrayed him, and imprisoned the Nightlord in a mortal body. Over 2000 years later, the world (the hundred-thousand kingdoms) is ruled by the descendents of the Nightlord's high priestess at the time of the God's War.

Yeine's mother died (suspiciously, she believes) just shortly before she is summoned from her backwater kingdom to Sky, the palace which rules over all the kingdoms. The ruler over all the kingdoms is Yeine's grandfather, who disowned her mother many years ago when she left Sky to marry a barbarian. Upon arriving in Sky she discovers that her grandfather intends her to be one of his three possible heirs, along with violent, cruel Scimina and her lazy, uncaring twin brother Relad.

The world-building in this book is AMAZING; it's on the level of Star Wars or Dune in its political complexity and theology. There's even a lovely little glossary in the back, and two chapters from in-world reference materials. The plot of the book itself is a little confusing. But did I mention that the world-building is amazing??



Currently reading:
The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge by Jeremy Narby (borrowed)
Redshirts by John Scalzi
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Currently listening to:
Mississippi Jack: Being an Account of the Further Waterborne Adventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman, Fine Lady, and Lily of the West by L. A. Meyer (10%)

Coming soon:
Why Evolution is True by Jerry Coyne
John Dies at the End by David Wong
Pyg: The Memoirs of Toby, the Learned Pig by Russell Potter
The Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge
Angelology by Danielle Trussoni

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(Hermit days in the past week: 4)

In other news, I have the flu.

Oh no, sorry to hear about the flu. I hope you can rest and recuperate and it doesn't last too long.

I didn't understand The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms perfectly the first time even though I really enjoyed it, but I did get it on a second read. I think I raced through it too quickly as I was loving it, and so didn't register everything I needed to. That makes it a good re-read though as you pick up so many more details the second time.

Sorry to hear you've succumbed to the plague flu, Nora. Hope you're feeling more yourself very soon.

Oh, ick. I've never had the flu but I understand its pretty miserable. Ummm, more reading time? Good excuse to hermit for a few days?

It seems LT has become quite the flu hotspot. We're dropping like flies. Get better soon - I'm trying my best to do the same.

*Pat pat hug* I'm sorry to hear you have the flu, Nora. I hope you kick it quickly! Does having your thead flooded with hot guys compensate for not feeling well?

147: *Sigh* One lady makes it onto the thread and I'm not finding her terribly attractive. *Shrug* I'm more a fan of the natural-haired, glasses wearing nerdy chick as opposed to the dyed and make-upped-to-death types. =/

Stopping by to say hi as a fellow Canadian! Of course I will shamelessly announce that I am from the coveted Vancouver BC! ;)

Kicking Ass Pass is a place here in BC - if you are wanting for silly Canadian Place names. Spuzzum -hmm I think that is in BC too! Yes, we have our fair share.

>150 norabelle414: Wow. There's my type of man.

ETA: I really enjoyed The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, too, but I haven't gotten around to reading the next two.

Thanks everybody. I'm still feel crappy. The bright side is that I have an excuse to skip work tomorrow. Maybe if I'm feeling well enough I can get some of the stuff done tomorrow that I was supposed to do today, like laundry and dishes and grocery shopping.

>154 lunacat: I suspect that is true for me about The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, as well. I went back to reread the first chapter or so while writing my review and they made a lot of sense. Maybe I will reread it if I get my hands on the sequels.

>158 Ape: That's Elisha's natural haircolor, and she's hardly wearing any makeup in that picture. I actually like her a lot because she's a great comic actress. She was pigeonholed during the first part of her career due to being so pretty, but now she's on a sitcom and she is SO FUNNY.

>159 vancouverdeb: Oh really Deb? I never would have guessed you're from Vancouver ;-)

>160 The_Hibernator: I know, what a hottie.

That is natural? I'm skeptical. Maybe she dies her eyebrows.

I'm much more a fan of, say...



Minus, perhaps, the bloodshot eyes, that is. ;)

Unfortunately, I have no idea if she is Canadian...

Hoping this makes the flu a little more bearable Nora

Stephen, most blonde people have darker eyebrows than the hair on their head. And LOTS of women colour in their eyebrows. EC is definitely a real blonde.

>162 Ape: As Paws mentions down below, many, many people have darker eyebrows than their hair. Especially blondes. You can tell that blonde is her natural hair color by looking at the roots of her hair, which are blonde.

Now that woman has done some stuff to her hair. My guesses would be too much straightening or blowdrying. Also possibly dyeing to cover up some gray hairs.

>163 lunacat: Mmmmm. Thanks. That does make me feel better.

165. Too much blowdrying would be my guess. That's pretty much what my hair looks like when I go near a blowdryer.

And shirtless men really DO make you feel better when you hav ethe flu. I wonder why this is never mentioned in all the countless "How to get rid of the flu"-articles that always pop up this time of year...

Glad I could help. Although it's getting rather limiting simply searching for hot, topless Canadian men. Am I allowed to expand my search to hot, topless British men as well?

>167 lunacat: No way! There are still tons and tons of hot Canadians. You could post Brits on your own thread though ;-)
I've found that the trick is to find the hot guys first, and THEN search for them shirtless.

Today's hot Canadian of the day is Kris Holden-Reid:

Ohhhhhhh, yum. Mind if I just sit here for a while?

And I love the hip crease on hot men, so very much approving of how low his jeans are :)

I search for "shirtless canadian", I find that the "hot" part is redundant.

>168 norabelle414: A very nice selection. ;)

Oooo... today's man of the day is very nice. I'll have to IMDB him to see what shows to see him in.

Hmmm, the picture of him reading is WAY sexier than him shirtless. Pervy Santa thinks so too.

>173 UnrulySun: Each of the two pictures has its appeal, that's for sure ;-) I thought I would be safe and post both.

Um, can anyone find my thread? It's not anywhere. Glitch? If you find it can you bump it for me?

NM, I found it through the threadbook. It still doesn't show on my thread pages! I have it starred now, so it should be there but... weird glitch. :(

That's weird, Kathy. Your thread always shows up on "your posts" for me. How are you sorting your threads in Talk?

"Your posts" and/or "starred". It always shows up for me. It's back now. *shrug!*

Sorry I mean if you go to the "your posts" page, how are they organized on the page? by Last Message? or by Unread/Messages?

ETA I'm only asking because I lose my thread all the time, and it always turns out that I have the Talk page sorted by "unread/messages" but I've read all the messages so my thread goes wayyyy to the bottom.

unread/messages. Never had a problem before. Doesn't matter as long as it sticks now. :)

OK I lost it again, clicked through the threadbook, and it showed I was "ignoring" it. But I never clicked that. Or unclicked it. I had it starred from when I started it, but when I found it a few minutes ago, it was unstarred. So I starred it. This time it was unstarred and ignored. Wahhh?! I'm going to let it sort itself out and come back this evening.

If someone's chatburgled me and starts posting naked pictures... (well, that's maybe not a good example.)

Thanks Nora.

>147 PaulCranswick: Well, the eyebrows are unnaturally dark for a blonde, but she probably pencils them in.

>162 Ape: I agree Nora. This girl has been doing a lot of SOMETHING to her hair. And it's not helping much. ;)

I don't know about Canada, but this is what girls look like in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (which might as well be Canada, eh?)

Book #5: The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge by Jeremy Narby - If I was feeling really kind and generous, I would call this book "woefully misinformed and outdated". If I was feeling cynical and insensitive I would say that it is just complete crap. I'm feeling somewhere in the middle.

The irony of this book is that the first couple chapters are devoted to bemoaning the fact that no one takes anthropologists seriously. The rest of the book is devoted to making wild generalizations based on faulty, incomplete science.

Essentially it goes like this: The author went to the Amazon to study Amazonian Shamans. He took the drugs that the shamans take. While he was hallucinating, he saw brightly colored snakes. He asked the other members of the tribe and they said that they saw snakes too. He read some books about drug-induced hallucinations in other indigenous tribes around the world and learned that they see snakes too. Thus, he decided that when shamans take hallucinogenic drugs, the "snakes" that they are seeing are actually DNA, and the DNA talks to them.

Do you see the disconnect? Apparently it seemed much more logical to the author that all squiggles and snakes in artwork and mythology are direct communication from DNA than that squiggles and snakes are very common shapes. The author tries to debunk modern biology using the same tactics that he complained about biologists using against anthropology. He says that all biologists are cold and overly-rational and "deny themselves a sense of wonder". For example, the following paragraph:

"One of the facts that troubled me most was the astronomical length of the DNA contained in a human body: 125 billion miles. There, I thought, is the Ashaninca {an Amazonian tribe with a myth about a rope that connects earth and heaven}'s sky-rope. It is inside us and is certainly long enough to connect earth and heaven. What did biologists make of this cosmic number? Most of them did not even mention it, and those who did talked of a 'useless but amusing fact.'"

What more does he want from biologists? Yes, that is a very very large number. We do sometimes sit back and think about how large that number is. But what else are we supposed to do? Stop doing science immediately because omg look at how big that number is?

The author apparently believes that his theories are scientifically sound, because he read some books on genetics. However, since the author did not start learning about molecular biology or biochemistry or genetics until after he had come to his conclusions, his evidence is circumstantial at best, but mostly leans toward flat-out-wrong. He believes things about DNA replication and cell structure that are not true, and confuses metaphors that are commonly used to teach genetics with actual genetics. Like most other creationism arguments (and that is what this book turns out to be), the author uses a very common set of examples that supposedly provide proof against evolution. As usual, these are all easily proven incorrect.

It's a good thing that I was rather fond of anthropology before I read this book, because otherwise reading drivel like this would certainly turn me off.



Currently reading:
Redshirts by John Scalzi (library)
Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Currently listening to:
Mississippi Jack: Being an Account of the Further Waterborne Adventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman, Fine Lady, and Lily of the West by L. A. Meyer (10%)

Coming soon:
Why Evolution is True by Jerry Coyne
John Dies at the End by David Wong
Pyg: The Memoirs of Toby, the Learned Pig by Russell Potter
The Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge
Angelology by Danielle Trussoni

BOOKS READ: 5
BOOKS BOUGHT: 0
BOOKS ACQUIRED: 1
BOOKS DEACCESSIONED: 0

DAYS REMAINING: 351
BOOKS REMAINING: 70
DAYS PER BOOK: 5.01

(Hermit days in the past week: 4)
(Hermit days in the past week not blamed on the flu: 2)

So, he tried to extrapolate his drug experience into tangible proof of mystical/spiritual connections?

>185 UnrulySun: Not just his drug experience - all shamans' drug experiences. And not in a "this could be true because it can't be proved wrong" way. He insisted that their experiences were solid proof that DNA has consciousness. And then said that anyone who disagreed with him was cold-hearted and close-minded.

>183 The_Hibernator:: I loved living up in the UP! The prevailing rule was that we were considered more part of Wisconsin or Canada than lumped in with the trolls (aka the people who live under the Mackinac Bridge). The first day of deer season was always a school holiday. Thanks for the photo!

Wow, that's some wobbly Anthropology. Apparently that guy never read The Fateful Hoaxing of Margaret Mead or, you know, took Anthropology classes in the modern age. The problem is that so many Anthropologists think they are deeply intune with the people they are studying when they really aren't. You have a confluence of tribal people telling the tourist outsider what they think they want to hear and a researcher who is too close to their research to realize they are compromising it.

>188 leahbird: I think he was in-tune with the people he was studying, to the point where he lost touch with the rest of science. In his defense, The Fateful Hoaxing of Margaret Mead was published in 1999 and Narby's book was published in 1998.

Holy crap, Nora! I know you've been saying how bad that book was, but I had no idea! Thanks for spending so much time writing such a big review, had you not already convinced me to avoid the book that certainly would have.

Well, that makes more sense now. ;)

OMG it’s a BOOK!!!
And if I could give the review double thumbs up for entertainment value, I would.

192: hey now! I've finished and posted 4 books since Friday. It's not my fault if they got buried in half-naked Canadians.

*whistles* Four books already! Very impressive, Nora. :)

If something is going to get buried, what better way to get buried than in a pile of hot Canadians? Right, Nora?

Can I please be buried by hot naked Canadians? Pretty please?

196. BY them? Not in a pile OF them? I wouldn't think it'd matter much what the grave-diggers looked like... ;)

Whoops. Fixed the touchstone in my review.

Catching up on replies I've missed:

>183 The_Hibernator: LOL yep.

>187 alsvidur: It is a funny little place, isn't it. I wonder why the UP is part of MI and not WI . . . *searches Wikipedia*

>190 Ape: You're welcome :-)

>191 leahbird: *Some* of his lack of scientific knowledge can be excused by how outdated the book is (for example, he specifically references the lack of evidence of an intermediate stage between whales and land mammals, which was discovered by Neil Shubin in 2004) but definitely not all of it.

>195 PawsforThought:, 196 My thoughts exactly :-)

>197 PawsforThought: LOL!

Fair point. Buried in a pile of them would be much much better :D

>198 norabelle414: It is a funny little place, isn't it. I wonder why the UP is part of MI and not WI

The story I've heard is that Ohio and Michigan were battling over who got Toledo. Ohio won, so Michigan got a chunk of useless land sticking out into Lake Superior as consolation. Irony - it was full of ore. Lucky Michigan.

Yeah that's what I read on Wikipedia. Still seems weird.

I don't mind the idea of it being its own state, but I think they'd get more votes from other states if they named it something besides "Superior" ;-)

Deer Day is a school holiday in the lower peninsula too (well, where I grew up, anyway). That's one of those funny stories I tell New Englanders about growing up in the Midwest.

If there is a way to "favorite" your threads, I would do it in a heartbeat! I've been LOLing so much with all of the show titles, and (my new desktop) the photoshopped picture up on top, and everything here. Nora, yours is always one of my favorite threads, but this year you've been outdoing yourself! Hope you're feeling better ( I was out for almost a week with the flu) - perhaps Dr. Hotstuff could help take your temperature?

>204 LauraBrook: Why thank you, Laura! I was feeling much, much better yesterday, but unfortunately last night was not good and I'm feeling bad again today. I'm glad you're feeling better, and I hope I am too, soon.

Ah, Waitress is such a good movie, though not Mr. Fillion's most admirable character.

205: True dat, gurl. Sending a Good Health Whammy your way!

>205 norabelle414: Not admirable, but still kind of adorable.

Exactly what Micky said. Not admirable, but I still wanted to squeeze him. Excellent *excellent* movie, which made me sing the pie song a lot to Charlie when he was a baby.

Work is really boring today. Also yesterday the weather service was calling for "in excess of 5 inches" of snow today, but now it's down to "up to 2 inches". UGH I WANT SNOW DARN IT.

209. Be grateful. Our weather atm is FREAKING ASS COLD! Currently -25 C and it's suposed to stay that way until early Saturday morning.

>209 norabelle414: Be careful what you wish for, Nora. *waits for announcement of blizzard near Nora's house*

I'm cool with the cold, as long as there is snow. It's when there is cold weather but no snow that I get annoyed.

Move to Edmonton. You'll get both. All the time. For more months out of the year than you thought were possible. :P

212. We've had enough snow for next year's winter too. I don't need any more.

I don't like January. It's always just cold and dark and snowing. In November and December at least there's Christmas to look forward to, but now there's nothing but waiting for spring. Which will hopefully arrive sometime in April. Sigh, 3 more months of this.

Nora, I'm with you. If it's going to be cold, it had better damn well snow too! All we have left is a light dusting on the green grass. Ticks me off! This is January in WISCONSIN, folks. We should have snow.

You guys can keep ALL the snow! I want my sunshine back! Here where I am we don't get snow anyway, we get sleet, freezing rain, floods, hail, and the occasional freak summer day that confuses the plant life and kills off any chance of blossoms in the spring. Just no snow.

Today's hot Canadian of the day is Kevin Zegers, who plays Alec Lightwood in the upcoming City of Bones movie:

217. Oh, yeah. He's nice to look at. Very, very nice. He can come around here more often.

One of the women in my Stitch Club suggested that we all make Ravelry accounts, so you can find mine here, if anyone is interested: http://www.ravelry.com/people/norabelle414

>217 norabelle414: I'd noticed how good-looking Alec was in the trailer but didn't know he was Canadian. Thanks for the education, Nora. :D

Nora, I've 'friended' you on Ravelry — I'm zhawk over there. http://www.ravelry.com/people/zhawk

Ravelry sounds fun even though I don't do that anymore... but your link requires sign in. Will have to check it out better later!

Happy weekend Nora!

Here's my contribution to the Canadian hot-guys thang:



Have a lovely weeked, Nora!

Oooh, I've friended you on Ravelry, too. I'm scaifea over there as well: http://www.ravelry.com/people/scaifea

Eris - well done my Nemesis Castle has been Castled.
Nora - have a brilliant weekend.

223: Eris, that is FANTASTIC!!!! :)

#223 by @ErisofDiscord> That's one of my favorite episodes! I love the bonnet.

>223 ErisofDiscord: *giggles* He still looks good. Even in a bonnet. With all the frills upon-it...

#217 - ooh he is purdy! I have no idea who he is but I like! I like!

If you want snow you can come visit me. I finished snowblowing the laneway around noon and was so proud of myself for doing it while Nate slept. Looked outside at 1230 and couldn't see the laneway again. I think we got around 6 inches .... and now I have to snowblow again :(

229. Purdy indeed. Everyone else in here seems to be drooling over Nathan, which is fine by me - more of KZ to me!
He was in Transamerica and The Jane Austen Book Club so you might have seen him in either of those.

It's pretty quiet over here. Has everyone taken their hottie and absconded? Nora, hope things are well!

Here you go:

Ok I'm back from hermitville.

Hope you had fun there...

> 217 Anytime! I'm ready to watch him make-out with another hot Canadian man. Though I guess that won't happen for another movie or two, will it.

>221 rosalita: Thanks Julia! I friended you back.

>222 UnrulySun: Thanks Kathy! There isn't much to see on my Ravelry page except a link to be friends, so don't feel left out :-)

>223 ErisofDiscord: Thanks Eris!

>224 scaifea: Yay! Friended back! I noticed that you are in an "LTers on Ravelry" group so I've joined that too.

>225 PaulCranswick: Thanks Paul!

>229 ChelleBearss: I'll take it! We still haven't gotten a single flake here in over a month, and still nothing close to sticking to the ground. Snowblow it my way, please!

>231 leahbird: I was in hermitville. Don't ask how my weekend was. I'm back now and that's what's important.

>232 PawsforThought: Thanks Eris! Though he's not Canadian. Unfortunately. As he's very pretty.

>234 The_Hibernator: Nope. but I'm back.

Nope. but I'm back.

Well, I'm doubly glad you're back then. :)

I haven't really been active in the chat groups on Ravelry for a good long while; I mostly use it to catalog my projects. I should start checking out the groups again, though.

Book #6: Redshirts by John Scalzi - In the future (2460s or 2470s?), Andy Dahl and a few other young ensigns are assigned to the Universal Union starship Intrepid. Once they get there they realize some things aren't quite right. The more senior crew members have elaborate systems for avoiding going on away missions with the leadership, and ensigns and other low-ranking crew members who do go on away missions seem to die at an alarming rate. At first Andy thinks it's just superstition, until someone presents him with a theory that is just too crazy to be wrong.

Meta-science-fiction at its best. This book is science fiction candy, true, but it's also a poignant look at fate, death, and our purpose in the universe. I enjoyed the premise and the writing a LOT so I will definitly be on the lookout for more by this author.



Currently reading:
Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger
Why Evolution is True by Jerry Coyne (library)
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Currently listening to:
Mississippi Jack: Being an Account of the Further Waterborne Adventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman, Fine Lady, and Lily of the West by L. A. Meyer (70%)

Coming soon:
John Dies at the End by David Wong
Pyg: The Memoirs of Toby, the Learned Pig by Russell Potter
The Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge
Angelology by Danielle Trussoni

BOOKS READ: 6
BOOKS BOUGHT: 0
BOOKS ACQUIRED: 1
BOOKS DEACCESSIONED: 0

DAYS REMAINING: 343
BOOKS REMAINING: 69
DAYS PER BOOK: 4.97

(Hermit days in the past week: 5)

232. Oh, crap, I thought he was.

Oh, well. How about this instead?

Oh very nice! Of course the best thing about Shawn Ashmore is that we can do a twofer with his twin brother Aaron (whom I am more familiar with):

I should really just put Redshirts on The List. But I still haven't.

>240 PawsforThought: Aww, I've always been fond of him. Thanks, X-men. :)

Ooh, Redshirts sounds good. Added to the wishlist.

>242 MickyFine:, 243 Do it!

I might have to do it too, only on audio - Wil Wheaton is the narrator!

The webcomic Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton just posted some fake quizzes which are guaranteed to entertain Anglophiles, Canadophiles, and United-Statesophiles alike!

http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=343

Great review of Redshirts! Scalzi is one of my favorite authors these days.

I hate folding laundry. I hate it so much that I always put off doing laundry for weeks and then end up doing four loads at once and then I have to FOLD FOUR LOADS OF LAUNDRY AT ONCE and then I get very sad.

>247 bluesalamanders: Thanks blue!

248 - You're welcome :)

I have the same problem with laundry. Well, it's not folding that I hate particularly, it's all of it. I keep thinking, if I do one load every week then I won't have to run up and down stairs a dozen times and fold ALL THE LAUNDRY in one day - but somehow that isn't convincing when there's only one load of laundry to do.

I don't have laundry in my apartment so I use the laundry room in the basement. It's actually kind of nice because I can literally do four loads at the same time and so I only have to go down three times. But it's not nice because it costs $4 per load. I'm seriously considering having it sent out, which costs $1.99 per pound. How much does a load of laundry weigh?

248. I love laundry. If I could trade all other housework for laundry I'd do it in an instant. And folding and mangling sheets is THE BEST!

I think a load of laundry is usually at least five pounds. I'm pretty sure the wash-and-fold at my local laundromat has a minimum of 7 or 8 pounds. "Load" sort of loses meaning when you can deliver any amount of laundry, but I think I tend to drop off 8-10 pounds at once.

I don't like to fold so I try to hang every single thing I can.

The chore I HATE is doing dishes, by hand OR even loading/unloading the dishwasher. I'd rather do laundry by hand than do dishes. Ugh.

250 norabelle - I wish there were multiple machines here! There is room and hookups for two of each, but there is only one. It's really frustrating, especially when someone else gets there first.

253. You know you should never hang anything that can be folded? Dresses, jackets, dressy trousers and skirts (unless it's jersey) should be hung but everything else folded. If you hang them they'll stretch out and be ruined.

>251 PawsforThought: Please be my roommate!

>252 _Zoe_: Well I never do less than 2 loads at a time (usually 3 or 4) so I don't think that a minumum weight will be an issue. So if every load of laundry is 5 pounds and I am paying $4 per 5 pounds, plus $.60 because every 3rd load or so does not get dry enough because the dryers suck, plus $.30 because my card gets double charged every 6 transactions or so, plus $.10ish for detergent? So that's $5.00 per 5 pound load which is $1.00 per pound.

On the other hand. I really do not have anything more productive to do than laundry. I'm just so very lazy.

>253 leahbird: I don't like hanging things! I usually throw anything that needs to be hung over the back of my desk chair until I want to wear it.
Here's the plan: You and Paws and I are going to be roommates. I'll do the dishes (w/dishwasher). You and Paws do laundry and fold/hang. I dress Ricky up in little costumes.

>254 bluesalamanders: The laundry room in my building is fairly big. It has about 20 regular washers and 2 extra large washers, and the same number of dryers. And yet there still are rarely any washers free. Probably because there are over 300 apartments in my building . . .

I need a new thread! Any ideas for titles?

How much clothes do you people have and exactly how often do you change? Four times a day? Throw trousers and jumpers in the laundry after only a day's wear?

I have never in my life (even when living with a roommate) needed to do more than 1 load of laundry per week. EVER.

I accumulate a little less than 1 load per week. But I don't do laundry until I'm almost out of clean underpants. And sometimes I buy new underpants so that I don't have to do laundry. . . . Stop laughing!

Here's the plan: You and Paws and I are going to be roommates. I'll do the dishes (w/dishwasher). You and Paws do laundry and fold/hang. I dress Ricky up in little costumes.

This will work nicely. Especially if you are taking on litter training an angry goose. FYI, goose poop is disgusting. Here is the "gift" that Ricky gave me for letting him roam the yard without boundaries. PS: That is my back door.

I didn't say anything about cleaning up after Ricky! I'm just going to dress him up.

260. Goose poop is horrendous. We've got Canada geese (invasive species, obv.) and their poop is toxic.

Not sure the goose is going to work all that well with my cat...

Oh, Ricky is fine with cats. And MOST cats wouldn't be stupid enough to tangle with a gander.

257: How about "In which I shop to avoid laundry"? Nah, never mind, my brain isn't working right today.

And Leah, I am SO WITH YOU - I DESPISE doing the dishes (no machine here, only by hand) because they never frigging end, and I love doing laundry. My BFF in college, Allison, and I had the same kind of deal - I will do all laundry and she will do all dishes since we both love and hate the opposite things. Then she had to go and fall in love and get married to a great guy and move to Maine....

In which Nora avoids chores and hermits it up?

:)

I wouldn't object to "in which there are more Canadian hotties".

263. My cat is stupid enough to try and catch ANYTHING birdlike. Including swans.

Come join me on my new thread, everyone! There's someone there waiting to meet you.