Thread Drift

[Lise]

I don't mean TE lurkers, I mean....outsiders

TE lurkers are just gals who haven't posted here yet! About the date...when I say MWBR, I just mean that we'll probably see each other again, and see where it goes from there! I've had first dates in which the guy seemed absolutely enchanted with me and then...three days later...in the wind. So, what do I know? MWBR.

How did thread drift start, anyway? Eagle babies? Wine? Chocolate? Something now lost in the mist of time, yet easily found by clicking on p1 of the thread?

And...I'm off to work. L.

[Nanci]

There _is_ no topic. Or rather, the topic can be whatever you want, and if anyone has anything to add, they can, but you can't get in trouble for drifting or completely changing the topic! I don't remember what set this off; some other triathlon thread got changed into something completely different from the title, maybe bog snorkeling or something, so I started this thread to just explain how, in a mailing list, that is usually handled, not saying that we should do that here- just saying. And I _know_ I am the drifter with the most offenses.

The patient I x-rayed who had a cloaca was a kid. It was weird, actually, there were a couple of them that week, and I went 20 years before that without having run into it.

I work at a hospital that does a lot of cutting edge surgeries on babies- like congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Diagnosed in utero, the baby has a slim chance of survival without surgery- but we get moms here all the time!!! from as far away as New Mexico, who were told by their OB that the baby was going to die, nothing to be done about it, but the parents don't give up, and look on the Internet, and find us, and come here, and we fix it!!

You know what this thread is kind of like, remember the eagle babies :-( On that forum, there was a thread called Egg Turning Frequency, which if you weren't familiar with the forum, wouldn't think was important, but it was the first place all the eagle-watchers checked in, and got to know each other, and talked about everything. It was _huge_.

That was one of the saddest things, when the dad broke the last egg. I hate to say it, but I think it's going to be one of those moments in history where everyone who saw it live remembers what they were doing at the time, where they were...And they were just two little birds who captured the hearts of millions of people all over the world.

[Grog]

You know what this thread is kind of like, remember the eagle babies :-( On that forum, there was a thread called Egg Turning Frequency, which if you weren't familiar with the forum, wouldn't think was important, but it was the first place all the eagle-watchers checked in, and got to know each other, and talked about everything. It was _huge_.

Funny thing is, last time I checked, they still were using this thread title for their own "thread drift", which is funny because the eggs are... well, not eggs anymore. (Quite a bit of jumping around yesterday, by the way...)

[Trek420]

I missed the eggs not being eggs anymore. Why would eagle-dad do that?

Long live TE/TD, chocolate, wine and living through Lises date life (well actually hope you meet someone and no longer date....'cept for date-nite).

[Nanci]

Well, the eggs were apparently not fertile, so were rotting the whole time, and one morning one was broken, and in the dark you could see mom disposing of it, then, a few days later, dad was sitting on the remaining egg, and stood up, and moved it around, and it broke. He sat back on it a few times, but eventually mom came back, and they both knew it was not right, and threw the bits out of the nest. Dad, in particular, looked so (yes, anthropomorphic) heartbroken when he realized it was over.

There are tribute videos/slideshows- heart-wrenching. Also Sound Guy's story.

Nanci

[Nanci]

But then they moved the camera to a new nest and all was well after everyone got adjusted to the new babies.

[KnottedYet]

Google failure....

Boy, I think I'd suck as a librarian when I can't even find what I'm looking for on Google. I found a ton of blogs, referring to her telivised interview about being intersex (but no links to the interview) and her address to congress (but no links to THAT) but none to the article in Newsweek or Time or whatever about intersex kids that I read which first pointed her out to me.

I don't think she addresses it in her kids books about adoption (she and Christopher Guest adopted their kids, obviously) and I don't know if she's ever written about it. Just interviews.

There are also some pretty funny comments about snopes.com claiming she's an urban legend... don't believe everything you read on the internet!

I'm gonna try one more time, but then I've gotta get ready for work.

[Lise]

Long live TE/TD, chocolate, wine and living through Lise's date life (well actually hope you meet someone and no longer date....'cept for date-nite).

Thanks, Trek! Me too! I would really like to be dating someone, not just going on a series of dates with a series of guys.

I realized that I was so attracted to photo guy because he reminded me of some good qualities of my ex... alas, perhaps I reminded him of some bad qualities of someone else! As it turns out, his "Stay in touch" really does mean "I'll never be in touch with you again"! See? Who needs a universal translator?!

[snapdragen]

Did you see this

Tons 'o Twins

[Lise]

Did you see this

Tons 'o Twins

Wow. That is just freaky. I don't even think there's an emoticon for that one!

The date was nice. I can barely eat on these things, though. Can this be a weight loss strategy? When I come home and eat ice cream after? Saw Superman, which was more fun than I expected. Fun talking with this guy....no huge fireworks...but potential, potential.