To [livejournal.com profile] misia:

As I think I've mentioned, the only reason I've heard of Tertullian is that the Unix fortune cookie program, as distributed on SunOS, includes a quote from Jung discussing Tertullian. There are days I suspect that "eclectic" is, at least in my case, merely a polite word for "magpie."


[livejournal.com profile] moominmuppet asked "What is your favorite coffee cup, and why?"

Right here next to me is my favorite, the bunny mug. The "bunnyfuck" mug if we're feeling long-winded or vulgar, and the "bun mug" if we're in a hurry or feeling silly. (Because it's fun to say "bun mug bun mug bun mug.") It's cream-colored, with a brown sketch of a rabbit orgy; it holds the right amount of tea (I'd guess about 12 fluid ounces), and the handle is the right shape for my hand. There's a very small chip in the rim, fortunately just left of where I naturally drink from it. We've had it long enough that I don't know where it came from and suspect that [livejournal.com profile] cattitude may have had it before we lived together (which would make it close to 20 years old); despite that, it's my mug by custom and consent. There are other mugs that each of us prefers, but the only other one that either of us has a claim on is the Hothead Paisan mug, which is his because I bought it as a gift for him.


To [livejournal.com profile] stakebait:

It occurs to me that "easy people" is a relative term: someone who's easy for me may be difficult for you, and impossible for a third party. Also, simple and easy are very different things.


Commenting to [livejournal.com profile] rysmiel's comment to [livejournal.com profile] moominmuppet's inclusion of an article on defining planets:

All you need for [disagreement with aliens about what counts as a planet] is different sets of rules--maybe we'll use the gravity rule, and the aliens would use a rule of size or location or whether it holds an atmosphere....

What this article doesn't mention--and really ought to address, one way or the other--is that the definition by mass also makes Luna and Titan and Ganymede and quite a few other moons planets.
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I have the fucking hippos mug -- purple with a white hippo orgy. I keep waiting for my kid to notice what they're doing, but so far she's oblivious.
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