What happened to cake decorating supply shops? Some of us don’t want your pre-made cakes, stores!
walTer
1982
There is a guy at work here that never watches the news. He never reads the paper. He does not read books. He never listens to the news in the car. Never attends sports events. He never has any clue as to what is going on in the world or even in the city he lives in.
I think that is kinda weird.
I can’t think of anything I’ve read or heard in the news worth knowing in years.
ABailey
1984
Yay I can play Tetris on a Gameboy again!
Scrax
1985
I didn’t know that 4 year old boys could have furry backs like a monkey.
Not even contaminated food / product recalls?
Coming in at #34,987,452 on the list of “Gifts I’d Love To Receive For Father’s* Day”:
34,987,452.) an Edible Arrangement.
*Not a dad.
Maybe poke him with something silver a few times and see if it burns him. Then graduate to wolfsbane.
Siren
1989
Try Michaels. Some Ace Hardware stores will have cake decorating supplies too.
blivet
1990
One of life’s true pleasures. I may enter the Tetris Tournament II on Saturday night for the (expected) pleasure of playing on a jumbo-tron size screen. We’ll see if it lives up, or if I even get that far.
if someone was at superman level strength in real life, does it follow that he’s bulletproof? ie, his muscles are so dense/tough/elastic they don’t tear when moving planets that bullets wouldn’t penetrate?
Damn it. My sister took my old Game Boy with her to Vietnam, with my Tetris cartridge, several years ago, when she taught English there for a year. It didn’t come back. Now I’m sad. :(
Oh, well. How much could it cost to buy another?
$25 at a local Antique Electronics store. Tetris came half off, bringing the total to <$30.
I actually ended up at a Michaels tonight, but couldn’t find any chocolate bits. I did get a new set of tips and food coloring though, so thank you for the suggestion!
Athryn
1995
Today was the last day of obedience classes for our dog. They held a rally-obedience type test where we walked around to stations and did some of the things we were teaching our dogs. 2 of the instructors gave us good marks, but one bitchy teacher who we think didn’t like us gave us low marks, making it so we were one of only 2 dogs that didn’t qualify for a ribbon and a toy. :(
It’s stupid because it’s just a class, but it makes me kinda sad that he didn’t qualify. There were other dogs that were far less obedient on that particular section that did qualify.
Was kinda lame, made the whole thing just feel like a downer. He’s really a good dog. :\ The class was supposed to help boost my confidence, but the way it ended just seemed to have the opposite effect.
Yes. If the tissue can survive the torque forces of Superman strength, then the force of a bullet is inconsequential.
H.
Interesting concept there - no one’s ever adequately explained in comics or movies why super-strong characters can ignore laws of leverage when doing things like lifting a locomotive, etc. One of those suspension bridges marked “disbelief”, I suppose.
Best aside I saw to deconstructing superstrength was in an issue of Warren Ellis’ Global Frequency where a soldier with a cybernetic arm was explaining all the augmentation that had to go along with it so that you wouldn’t rip off the prosthesis the first time you tried to use it.
Muscle-based superstrength would have to correlate to incredibly strong ligaments and tendons, as well as virtually unbreakable bones to handle the sheer leverage of some of those stunts.
Superman becomes problematic in a lot of ways.
What evolved into his current flight power was originally just super-jumping, like the Hulk still does (leap tall buildings in a single bound). But at some point, he became able to actually fly: ie provide propulsion based on nothing, including being able to accelerate while in mid-air. So, he has some kind of magical invisible jet propulsion. There’s clearly no forces acting on his body there.
Also: obligatory link
And that’s what arguably keeps him anchored while he does his super strength feats, otherwise leverage would make it impossible as previously noted. That also answers why he doesn’t rip the ground apart instead of picking up the frozen lake, since he would immediately sink to his neck.
H.
Ebay. I got my Game Boy for around $15 total including shipping and the cartridge for $5.
