Wait. Are even wolf spiders deadlier in Australia (I know everything’s deadlier in Australia)? Because they’re merely painful here in Arizona, and actually kind of shy.

Elizabeth Stride by Band of Susans is a very 90's guitar song that was based on the history of one of the Ripper's victims. I've had a love-hate relationship with this song since it came out, and generally prefer it when I mentally tune out the lyrics. The words paint a terribly bleak story.

This kid is killing my hard-earned cynicism. Curse her.

When I lived in Tbilisi years ago, Fark was one of my little sources of sanity (when the electricity/internet worked). I was even a paid member for a while. I drifted away over time, not really even thinking about it. The commenters just weren't as fun as they thought they were. As someone who has been raped, but…

It's been a while now, but I lived in Tbilisi for years, and though the people are great there overall, this more disappoints than surprises me.

A little dab of Nexcare (which is a liquid bandage with tea tree oil and vitamins E and C) in each corner right before I go to bed is the only thing that works for me. Peel it off in the morning and apply lip balm or vaseline. I apparently have super toxic drool, because if I don't follow this regime I wind up with…

His nails are badly trimmed, but otherwise they look fine.

But it's such a glorious mess of a word when Tindersticks sang about it :( Jism

I thought the last satellite "pings" placed the plane's southernmost possible route about 1000 miles from Perth? I remember there being jokes at the time about a "ghost plane" being the only thing willing to fly to Perth.

double post. sorry.

Narcissists.

I did notice that. The whole article was so weird that I wound up getting stuck on random details ("the 'spirit' of Heather Locklear's nose" is a mental image that will stick for a while).

Well, Nino is a very common woman's name in Georgia (ex-Soviet), after St. Nino. And Paradis was very popular in those parts...

That he was Military Police.

Oops.

My family and many of my friends have been taking part in the National Geographic genome project, and it's been quite fascinating. (My mother has Laplander blood! My surname was obviously just something picked up along the way as there's nothing Scottish in there! and more.)

Beach House — Used to Be, because I sent it to my ex before he was my ex, and I guess before I really listened to the lyrics; I'd just thought it a pretty song, and the video reminded me of our road trips. I think he listened to the lyrics long before I did, as he didn't seem that surprised when I suggested we split.…