Nerdgasm

[brightpearl]

I'll have what Moebius is having.

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Stick with it until you get to the sphere part.

Needn't post only science and math nerdliness...I'm an origami nerd, and perhaps you're sent into peals of nerdly guffaws by sci-fi or knitting or heirloom okra gardening....

[auntie aubrey]

okay you want nerdgasm?

so there's this video that came out in a small release on VHS in 1997. the record company that owned the distribution rights is no longer in existence (wax trax, god rest its soul) so there's very little chance that it will ever be reissued on DVD. the band responsible has been questioned by the fanbase repeatedly and they've made it clear that the entanglement of lawyers stands between us and a DVD issue.

here comes the nerdgasm:

i found a never-played, MIP copy of the VHS on amazon for $8. hooked the VCR up to my DVcam and transferred the material over to DV. pulled it into adobe premiere (which i had only used once before) and taught myself enough of the interface to get the material imported and color corrected (fixed the blacks. the blacks are never good on VHS, after all). i then dragged out my CD collection and fished out all of the albums containing material on the VHS. i ripped the music anew, then had to edit the tracks to match the special video-only versions contained in the original release. in some cases this meant listening to the release and the album side by side, bar by bar, to match the appropriate measures. i then resynced the new music back to the video (because VHS audio is beyond horrible), and exported. i then installed and learned adobe encore, pulled frames from the video to create artistically accurate menu pages, and authored a DVD. finally i scanned the artwork from the VHS box, patched it up in photoshop to fix the signs of wear and tear, screenprinting, and text. i identified the correct font used by the design house and regenerated the text for clean printing, tracked down logos for the associated record labels notated on the liner notes (and in one case, recreated a clean logo from scratch), and did a little photo editing to accommodate the aspect ratio of DVD clamshells, as it differs from that of VHS sleeves. i printed the artwork off, crafted a version to print on the disc, and BINGO! Footwear Repairs by Craftsmen at Competitive Prices (http://www.gofalldown.com/cacophony/myimages/FootwearRepairs.jpg) on DVD! tomorrow i shall be shipping a handful out to others who want to share in my nerdgasm.

so nerdy, the spouse threatened divorce. ;)

[Odbe]

http://www.thinkgeek.com/
http://www.xkcd.com/

[Tunesmith]

http://www.xkcd.com/

A year ago, I swore I'd never read webcomics. Too addictive, too nerdy, etc.

Now I read six. :o

[trisherina]

http://www.poptower.com/images/db/2182/420/300/jim-parsons.jpg

[Master_Jedi]

Have any of you watched the show Chuck, it comes on NBC, OMG, it is amazing =D

[Stephi_B]

Perla, I love you :)


Prime Number Fractal on the Ulam Spiral
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And of course:
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/qe/images/scifi/FLATLAND.jpg

[brightpearl]

^AAAAAAH! That's a great book. You should read Einstein's Dreams (http://www.amazon.com/Einsteins-Dreams-Alan-Lightman/dp/0446670111), you'd love it.

[brightpearl]

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I love how he stops for apple juice.
don't miss the scaled dragon at the end...

[auntie aubrey]

i'm going to nerdgasm all over this place (http://www.mammothrock.com/index.html) this weekend. i'm actually saving my pennies on the off chance that i find a really good chinese fluorite egg. or a particularly spectacular rutilated quartz egg or sphere.

[Frieda]

i just got this t-shirt in the mail

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/6062/chuckyoutw0.jpg

[Stephi_B]

^:D


http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/l/5/PENGUIN.GIF http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/_/5/snoutane.gif

[brightpearl]

i just got this t-shirt in the mail

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/6062/chuckyoutw0.jpg

Frieda, I don't think you should have tried sharing a ride in Lukku's subrogator with Mr. Wibbles.

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

My Mother's family name is Moebius.
I find fractal geometry kind of sexy.
and
I own:


An LED belt buckle.
An assortment of black t-shirts with quirky nerd/gerk/dork sayings and catch phrases. ("No, I will not fix your computer." etc.)
An Atari 2600 that still works.


Do I win?

[T.I.P.]

I just bought a 500Giga hard drive for 20euros extra because I wanted a model that looked like a star wars prop.

I use emacs and latex to do my word processing.

I try to find ways to do batch processing for anything that requires more than 3 repetitions on my computer.

I know over 30 keyboard shortcuts for emacs.

eta: during the end phase of my thesis i watched one episode of askaNinja every day and have now seen the entire series.

[brightpearl]

Do I win?

You might've, but Frieda has a watch that'll make your belt buckle its bitch. :D

[Peregrine]

I have two undergraduate degrees. One of them in computer science.

I was about to quit my job, until they gave me a new assignment... using Linux.

I have either built, or disassembled and reassembled every computer I have ever owned. Including my Linux box. My text editor of choice, when an X terminal is unavailable, is vi.

I have seen every episode of Star Trek. From all five series. Including the movies. And more than a few fan-films.

I have an extensive, and I mean extensive collection of Star Trek, Star Wars, and Dune novels, and even a few novels from Red Dwarf. I have read the entire Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series.

Back in university, some friends and I had a series of Web pages, the contents of which I hope that the Internet simply forgets about, because frankly, they're so nerdy, they scare even me.

I too own a working Atari 2600 circa 1983, with the wood grain panel on the front (four switch model). I also own every Nintendo console, two GBAs, and a DS Lite. For Christmas one year, my wife gave me a belt buckle in the likeness of a classic Nintendo controller.

I have life-sized cardboard stand-ups of R2-D2 and C3-P0.

[auntie aubrey]

Back in university, some friends and I had a series of Web pages, the contents of which I hope that the Internet simply forgets about, because frankly, they're so nerdy, they scare even me.

back in college i built a rather extensive website dedicated to cartoon villains. excuse me while i radiate shame.

[Frieda]

this isnt a friggin contest

show us what gives you a nerdgasm-- share the joy! :)

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

this isnt a friggin contest

show us what gives you a nerdgasm-- share the joy! :)

The fact that the term "nerdgasm" has been coined gives me one.


num num num
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1228/pe061956radiotelephonexo5.jpg

[auntie aubrey]

share the joy! :)

i'm too ashamed to post the URL. but please enjoy this ulexite egg as much as i do:

http://www.greatsouth.net/minerals/images_minerals/m675a.jpg

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

http://www.greatsouth.net/minerals/images_minerals/m714a.jpg

[auntie aubrey]

are you trying to buy my affection with a lovely hematite?

er-- i mean, hey, how YOU doin'? http://i.cnn.net/cnn/SPECIALS/2003/emmys/interactive/gallery.nominees/comedy.actor/leblanc.nbc.jpg

[brightpearl]

^oooh, I like hematite too. I carry a teeny hematite rhinoceros in my bag since summer.

You know, because I am a rhinoceros nerd. :o

[auntie aubrey]

that explains your first post in this thread. hematite affects mathematical ability. oh, did i mention that i'm also a new-agey-nerd? i check everything according to resonance with bodily/emotional/mental function and which chakra is affected.

we just bought my mother in law a set of windchimes for christmas and before i wrapped the gift i had to ensure that they were tuned to a chakra that rang true (no pun intended) to her personality. i was absolutely willing to exchange them if the chakra wasn't right. fortunately they're tuned to E, which is the solar plexus. which is an excellent choice for her.

and while we're on the subject, say hello to my tibetan singing bowl:

http://www.gofalldown.com/cacophony/myimages/singingbowl1.jpg

it resonates a pure, clear B, which corresponds with the crown chakra. it's one of my favorite "save if there's a fire" possessions.

newagegasm.

[brightpearl]

^That's very interesting. I know very little about such things, but I recently became a sound nerd, so I'll have to do some reading. :D

Lookit, it's a bebe.
http://www.hedweb.com/animimag/baby-rhino.jpg
I will love him and pet him and call him George.

[T.I.P.]

this isnt a friggin contest

show us what gives you a nerdgasm-- share the joy! :)

then again, there are few things more NERDY than a contest

[T.I.P.]

ok after some thought i take that back...there are many things more nerdy than contests...

sorry i have impulses to blurt stuff out like that lately. Actually I just had an impulse to cancel my FAWKING bank card because i thought some AHOLE had spent 151 euros on pictures of his vacation using my stolen card (150 euros removed from my account under "FOTOVISTA")

turns out FOTOVISTA is a website where i just bought a hard disk and the AHOLE who spent 151 euros there is me

i called back to "uncancel" my card 2 minutes later and it was already too late

fck fck fkc kf ckk fkck


by the way have i mentioned that i have 5 Tibetan bowls and they are all tuned to play in harmony ? not that it's a contest or anything...:o

[T.I.P.]

and while we're on the subject, say hello to my tibetan singing bowl:

http://www.gofalldown.com/cacophony/myimages/singingbowl1.jpg

it resonates a pure, clear B, which corresponds with the crown chakra. it's one of my favorite "save if there's a fire" possessions.


i think i need to recalibrate my chakras ASAP

[Frieda]

just look at that carpet, take a deep breath and let it all go

:)

[auntie aubrey]

by the way have i mentioned that i have 5 Tibetan bowls and they are all tuned to play in harmony ? not that it's a contest or anything...:o

WHAT NOTES? AND WHERE IS A PICTURE?

[auntie aubrey]

holy god look at that smoky quartz.

http://www.osirisgems.com/images/RauQua39.45_1 (http://www.osirisgems.com/index)

[T.I.P.]

just look at that carpet, take a deep breath and let it all go

:)

you're absolutely right, i need to indulge in what trisherina likes to call "hygiene"

[T.I.P.]

WHAT NOTES? AND WHERE IS A PICTURE?

i am charging my digital camera's batteries for a nice nerdgasmic photo

as for the notes, i never bothered to check what they are (i unflty do not have absolute pitch). I will check using a synthesizer tomorrow...

[brightpearl]

holy god look at that smoky quartz. (http://www.osirisgems.com/index)

*drool*

lookit this labradorite
http://www.trendir.com/archives/antolini-luigi-labradorite-sample.jpg

[brightpearl]

as for the notes, i never bothered to check what they are (i unflty do not have absolute pitch). I will check using a synthesizer tomorrow...


wow, above and beyond the call of nerd duty :D

[Tunesmith]

by the way have i mentioned that i have 5 Tibetan bowls and they are all tuned to play in harmony ? not that it's a contest or anything...:o

Tibetan singing bowls ftw!! If there ever was a contest, it's definitely over now. :D

Can't wait for the pics, TIP!

[Tunesmith]

I think the nerdiest thing I've ever done was dancing (or leaping around in an attempt to dance) the dance from "Birdhouse in Your Soul", at a TMBG concert. :o

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1452/9553crapaud2ka1.gif

[brightpearl]

For all us sound nerds in pursuit of perfect pitch...
Ze's tone game (http://www.zefrank.com/memory/tones/index.html).

Hard is hard, and super hard is impossible. :D

[Bman]

"As if to prove that I just throw my money around like nobodies business, I'm looking for someone to MAKE (http://www.superherostuff.com/OtherItems/green_lantern_ring_superman_batman_punisher_rings. html) me that ring, because it is no longer being sold by anyone."

[brightpearl]

^go see evendesign over on the ORG, or look at her website (http://www.evendesigninc.com/lines/illumination.php). She might do it for you.

[Frieda]

wow, she has some pretty stuff for sale!

i dig the slug ring and the lego stuff :D
and the lily leaf ring. wow!

[brightpearl]

^Yeah, her stuff is stellar, isn't it? I think my faves are the slugs, too, but I also love the ones with little level bubbles and such.
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I can't believe we haven't covered Star Wars yet.
http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/vaderhelmet8.jpg

eta:
Oooooh, I love a good thread synchronicity.
Vaderlope
http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/vaderhelmet9.jpg

[T.I.P.]

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h253/minimalEntropy/tibetanBowls.jpg

here is a picture of my bowls


I lied, I only have four bowls. The fifth one i gave to my father. He uses it to stock his guitar picks, wiimote and spare change.

The choice of background books is not fortuitous and a nerdgasm in itself (Curtis Roads' Microsound and Computer Music Tutorial, Bart Kosko's Noise)

The little ankle bells were bought in Bali, the bowls come from India (Goa and New Delhi).

My favorite is the black bowl, it was made following a "new school" design of tibetan bowls. :)

I didn't get around to finding their individual pitches, must get back to you on that !

[brightpearl]

I like the way the base of the lamp blends in. :) That's one of those photos I can hear.

[T.I.P.]

That's one of those photos I can hear.

if i asked you what notes the bowls are tuned to, could you give me an answer ? :)

[brightpearl]

^maybe if I played Ze's tone memory game for a couple of years. :o

[Tunesmith]

I like the way the base of the lamp blends in. :) That's one of those photos I can hear.

Ohh, so that's what it is. :rolleyes:

Awesome, TIP!

[auntie aubrey]

oh mister TIP. i would like to buy you many fine goods to thank you for the beautiful vision of your bowl collection. is the one on the right a master? how deep is its tone?

i want one that sounds like this (http://cgi.ebay.com/GIANT-MASTER-HEALING-OLD-F-CHAKRA-TIBETAN-SINGING-BOWL_W0QQitemZ270191658664QQcmdZViewItemQQssPageNa meZRSS:B:SRCH:US:101) (speakers on, please). the deeper the tone, the better.

[Stephi_B]

This Xmas tree

http://techepics.com/files/led_christmas_tree_3.jpg

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[Odbe]

OH SH%#

I actually got put on The One Million Masterpiece (http://www.millionmasterpiece.com/) calendar - I did a really really crappy drawing and meant to come back and update it but I didn't :eek: now it's getting printed!

[trisherina]

Congratulations!

[Odbe]

Thanks :D I'd give you all the link but I used my real name for it. You can just pick out the one you like best and pretend it's mine.

[brightpearl]

I'm an invertebrate nerd.
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05deepscope/background/fluorescence/media/jellyfish_400.jpg

and also a vegetable nerd.
Lookit these "Purple Haze" carrots.
http://www.thesouthern.com/sp_sections/146/stories/story009b.jpg
They make me want to do a little jig.

[Frieda]

^ looks like someone has colored them in with a ballpoint pen!

[Angry Kid Hoyt]

and also a vegetable nerd.
Lookit these "Purple Haze" carrots.
http://www.thesouthern.com/sp_sections/146/stories/story009b.jpg
They make me want to do a little jig.

I actually thought, "num, sexy carrots!"- how's that for a veggie nerd... or would it be veggie perv?)

[Odbe]

Just this (http://blag.xkcd.com/2007/11/19/growing-up/) :eek:

[Tunesmith]

^ that laptop picture is priceless. :D

I propose a zemonkey ball pit!

[Tunesmith]

...and also a vegetable nerd.


pearly, have you seen the vegetable orchestra (http://youtube.com/watch?v=hpfYt7vRHuY) yet?

[brightpearl]

pearly, have you seen the vegetable orchestra (http://youtube.com/watch?v=hpfYt7vRHuY) yet?
Yerp, posted it in the happy thread. :)

[l'azizza]

I was at the video store months and months ago and rented "SuperSize Me." Then the thought hit me, what a dork I am I rent documentaries for fun. I watched the movie again a couple of months ago, it kicks ass.
Yesterday I saw in the newspaper that the local chapter of Veterans For Peace will present a viewing of the film "Sicko" at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 11 at the library. I'm not a fan of Michael Moore's politics but have heard good reviews about this one. Maybe this would be a fun excursion?

[auntie aubrey]

i'm going to nerdgasm all over this place (http://www.mammothrock.com/index.html) this weekend.

actually it was THIS weekend. picked myself up a gorgeous hand-formed copper mineral sphere. includes Azurite, Cuprite, Shattuckite and Chrysocolla:

i usually have a policy where i buy specimens consisting of a single mineral. but this was too pretty to leave behind:

http://www.gofalldown.com/cacophony/myimages/AzuriteCupriteShattuckiteChrysocolla.jpg

[brightpearl]

a whole website about origami tessellation (http://www.origamitessellations.com/)

lookit, this one effing lights up.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2051/2053348774_70f7ead67d.jpg

I may never leave the house again.

Except to buy paper.

[brightpearl]

Oh oh oh
They bonded it to the toner (http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/papercircuitry).
The toner.
Genius!!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2050/2344342513_ec00fd5eca.jpg

Oh and also this (http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/bristlebot#trackback).

[Peregrine]

If they put some little pink hearts on it, they could make it look like a companion cube.

Speaking of which, I finally found The Orange Box for PC. Too bad it's $50, and won't run on my computer.

[brightpearl]

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[MoJoRiSin]

:D whatever !!

[Coffee]

Forwarded that to all my science-minded friends.

LOVED IT!!!

[brightpearl]

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[rmr]

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[brightpearl]

Sea turtle is so cool. (http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/1006/)

The art section is also pretty neat.

[Odbe]

Super Mario Pacman. (http://www.mariogame.info/super_mario_pacman.html)

[brightpearl]

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[Hyakujo's Fox]

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[Frieda]

http://www.tokyoflash.com/pics/000268_m.jpg (http://www.tokyoflash.com/en/watches/casio/databank_2888ja/)


oh god yes, love the blue one :o

[brightpearl]

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[Hyakujo's Fox]

http://www.kevinvanaelst.com/art.html

[Jack Flanders]

^ you win.

[brightpearl]

^^Wow. Epic win. I'm so glad you posted it!! Many thanks for passing it on.

[Brynn]

Lego domino setter (http://www.wimp.com/legomachine/)

[Odbe]

http://roflrazzi.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/celebrity-pictures-david-tennant-fangirl-nerdgasm.jpg

[Hyakujo's Fox]

mmmm science cookies (http://notsohumblepie.blogspot.com/2010/02/science-cookie-roundup-2.html)

[Frieda]

^ooooo i wish i had a working oven! so neat!!

[Odbe]

Medicine (http://www.medartposters.com/healing.htm) + art (http://www.medartposters.com/special.htm)

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

^ :cool: "Rhythm" is my favourite.

[Frieda]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29844928@N07/

[lukkucairi]

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/images/object_images/535x535/10314758.jpg

[Bman]

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/26/cantos-de-aves-do-br.html

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

animated gif paranoia (http://iamnotanartist.org/index.php)

[Jack Flanders]

^ OMG STOP!!! IT'S PUSHING ME OVER TO THE TWILIGHT ZONE!!!

[Odbe]

Eeeeeee!
http://epicwinftw.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/129091730136510307.jpg

[brightpearl]

I heart Etsy (http://www.etsy.com/shop/lucyravenscar)

http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_430xN.130700830.jpg

[brightpearl]

Norweigian boy saves sister from moose attack using skills he learned on World of Warcraft (http://www.nextnature.net/2010/05/norwegian-boy-saves-sister-from-moose-attack-with-world-of-warcraft-skills/)

[Coffee]

As a former WoW player, the comments were awesome

[brightpearl]

an achingly lovely little gem made by true homonym fans

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[Stephi_B]

cool mandelbrot set iteration plot thingie (complex numbers are sexy! yes they are :))

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Mandelbrot_Creation_Animation.gif/400px-Mandelbrot_Creation_Animation.gif

[Brynn]

^ that's so cool!

[Brynn]

found adjacent to brightpearl's post:


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[funkytuba]

radiolab kicks ass

[brightpearl]

Star Wars snowflake instructions (http://dancell.cwahi.net/star-wars-paper-snowflakes.html)

http://uploads.neatorama.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/darth-vader-snowflake.jpg

'tis the season...

I found this on neatorama (http://www.neatorama.com/), btw, which is highly nerd recommended.

[Bman]

Radiolab sound design = dream job


ALSO: Thanks for that clip Brynn, I have that book but I didn't know "who" it was written by. Now if I could only get my hands on that Bach-in-a-box software...

[Brynn]

All doors should be like this.
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[Bman]

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d85/Bmanlikewoah/minecraftmoon.jpg

Standing on 64 cubes of dirt.

[brightpearl]

^I have to peel my son off that game every single day.

He orchestrated the collection of a record the other day and nearly keeled over with joy.

[Hyakujo's Fox]

http://www.grand-illusions.com/opticalillusions/dragon_illusion/

[brightpearl]

Haiku Finder (http://mrfeinberg.com/haikufinder/)

Paste in whatever you like, and it tries to find some for you.

This is my favorite one that it found for me in To Kill a Mockingbird:

"Inside were two scrubbed
and polished pennies, one on
top of the other."

[Odbe]

^Fantastic Pearl, so glad you pointed me to it :)

A startling gem from 'The Indian Cookery Book':

The rice will be found
quite soft, and yet every grain
perfectly separate.

[trisherina]

Jayne in Firefly's The Train Job:

It's the chain I go
get and beat you with to show
you who's in command.

Actually one of my favourite quotes from the whole series (and definitely the best episode).

[lukkucairi]

'But it's no use now,'
thought poor Alice, 'to pretend
to be two people!

:D

[Hyakujo's Fox]

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[Brynn]

^ this is great - maybe it will replace real kissing altogether. I can't wait.

[brightpearl]

http://s-ak.buzzfed.com/static/imagebuzz/web03/2011/7/21/4/how-a-nerd-returns-a-broken-r2-d2-droid-phone-23979-1311236953-2.jpg

[Frieda]

100 little bugs in the file
100 little bugs
take one out, recompile
101 little bugs in the file

[Frieda]

http://www.cubeecraft.com/images/287a.png http://www.cubeecraft.com/images/300a.png http://www.cubeecraft.com/images/orig-019a.png http://www.cubeecraft.com/images/098a.png

http://www.cubeecraft.com/

[brightpearl]

My son is *very* happy about the Minecraft ones; thanks for posting!

[brightpearl]

Love.

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[Peregrine]

My favorite Symphony of Science video. And the first, as far as I know. Never much cared for any of the others. There's only so much autotune I can take.

[brightpearl]

I'm still here. Don't let me go. (http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/02/24/147367644/six-legged-giant-finds-secret-hideaway-hides-for-80-years?sc=fb&cc=fp)

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

^ this parable of hope made me cry

[Frieda]

^it made me shudder and shriek

[brightpearl]

^I know. Perfectly rational. I'm just a bug nerd. :o

[Frieda]

^me too, when they're bug-sized.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

size does NOT matter :p

[Hyakujo's Fox]

I'm still here. Don't let me go. (http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/02/24/147367644/six-legged-giant-finds-secret-hideaway-hides-for-80-years?sc=fb&cc=fp)

You might say they were in a sticky situation. :o

[brightpearl]

^That is just awful.

:D