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I really wish I could ask Chaz about this article I saw on the BBC News website: The Austrian extreme sportsman Felix Baumgartner says his next goal is to try to break the long-standing record for the highest ever parachute jump.
It is 50 years since the American Joe Kittinger made history by leaping from a balloon at 102,800ft (31km).
Many have sought to repeat the feat down the decades but all have failed.
Baumgartner, who is famous for stunts such as jumping off the Petronas Towers, aims to skydive from a balloon sent to at least 120,000 ft (37km).
It is likely that in his long freefall of more than five minutes, he will exceed the speed of sound - the first person to do so without the aid of a machine. Alas, he has yet to return from his self-imposed 1 Internet hiatus. :: big dog sigh :: 1Speculation that he's been tossed into Idlewood are grounds for my sticking my fingers in my ears and saying "LA-LA-LA-I-CAN'T-HEAR-YOU!" repeatedly until the speculation goes away. |
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« Reply #106 on: January 24, 2010, 12:42:32 pm » |
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1Speculation that he's been tossed into Idlewood are grounds for my sticking my fingers in my ears and saying "LA-LA-LA-I-CAN'T-HEAR-YOU!" repeatedly until the speculation goes away.
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« Reply #107 on: January 24, 2010, 01:06:05 pm » |
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1Speculation that he's been tossed into Idlewood are grounds for my sticking my fingers in my ears and saying "LA-LA-LA-I-CAN'T-HEAR-YOU!" repeatedly until the speculation goes away.
If he's in Arkham, they're giving him access. He's posting, we just can't see it. Yah, I know. (As of seventeen hours ago, he's up to 114 posts, only 71 of which I can currently see.) I'm still trying to figure out where Haf's new account might be. Haven't had any luck yet looking at LJ users with "being a fictional character" as an interest - obviously our PTB are tricksier than that. |
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« Reply #108 on: January 24, 2010, 01:22:32 pm » |
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I was trying to be comforting. I'm not good at it on four hours of sleep, I suppose.
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« Reply #109 on: January 24, 2010, 01:52:52 pm » |
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« Reply #110 on: January 24, 2010, 03:19:43 pm » |
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 How many calories does "Nothing to see here, move along" burn? Um, more now that it used to, huh, sweetie? That is one of the side effects of the aNOMaly.... |
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Chaz: "As if puberty weren't stressful enough."
Todd: "See? That's why we're better than all those other law enforcement agencies. Correct use of the subjunctive."
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« Reply #111 on: January 24, 2010, 05:05:49 pm » |
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I just moseyed over to Chaz's LJ -- I'm doing some research for Coyote and Wabbit Are Friends -- and not only did I note that he posted today, I happened to glance at his icons. Some of them are ones I haven't seen before, and some of those are . . . suggestive.
oh. man. I'm going to have to go through an reread all the journal entries between now and...*checks calendar*...Sunday after next, aren't I? |
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« Reply #112 on: January 24, 2010, 05:06:18 pm » |
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After reading that comment thread again I'm reminded not only how tricksy the PTB are, but how much I miss those comment threads.  |
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« Reply #113 on: January 25, 2010, 05:29:05 pm » |
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now I'm worried that Hafs has been tossed into Arkham .... where they really don't, as a matter of policy that I assume would go triple for her, allow any internet access of any kind.
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« Reply #114 on: January 26, 2010, 10:57:18 am » |
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It occurs to me that those affected by the anomaly have to eat a LOT, so...
...does that make it an aNOMNOMNOMaly?
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« Reply #116 on: February 08, 2010, 06:56:47 am » |
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now I'm worried that Hafs has been tossed into Arkham .... where they really don't, as a matter of policy that I assume would go triple for her, allow any internet access of any kind.
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*watches his life get devoured like Dread Cthulhu snacking on a yacht*
Snacking, folks, snacking. I don't know where you got any other ideas, and frankly I'm not sure I want to know =)
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