This will be short, because I'm tired, and L is already in bed. Sensibly, given the time.
Someone in California is making glowing trees.
I can't remember now where I heard about this - was it one of you? But it looks pretty amazing. They did a Kickstarter for it, asking for $65,000 and got over $400,000. Which I can understand, because they're offering seeds for their glowing trees to people who gave over a certain amount.
Right, I can't think of anything else to say that isn't about the horrors of the potential misuse of genetic engineering, so I'll stop at glowing trees and go to sleep. Goodnight, everyone.
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At least it's not a fluorescent bunny rabbit.
Sleep well.
Ella
Hee, Ella!!!
Good night, John.
Although it would appear you can have a glow-in-the-dark cat http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/09/the-glow-in-the-dark-kitty/
It was bad enough when our old cat would come in (preferably wet) and join us in bed; just imagine if it had arrived and glowed at us.
Think my bike could do with something like this. Almost squashed by a Hedley's Humpers van this morning. Idiot was texting.
If they could make all plants glow it'd make watering your allotment at night a lot easier ;-)
Sorry about idiot drivers Greg I hope you're not too shaken up by it.
Have the best days you can all of you :-)
I'm fine. Just amazes me people pay so little attention in busy traffic.
Hope you have a good day too. Fixed your lights yet? Tired out by the kids already? I hope you have friends/relatives/other parents to share the load (and the fun) with!
I'm glad you're ok :-)
The lights were fixed yesterday by an electrician who managed to electrocute himself in the process!
We're having a good holiday so far, just had a waterfight while pretending to wash the car ;-) and we're off on holiday with family next week so I'm going to make the most of other people around and sleep the whole week! probably not really but I can hope ;-)
I would pass judgement.. But I've electrocuted myself changing a lightbulb before.
Glad you're having fun. I'm certain water fights will feature heavily in our lives too! My bike does need a wash...
Good luck with sleeping! Hope you get at least a few lie ins.
I electrocuted myself on a horse fence once. $?!&#%! farmer didn't put up signs saying the fence was live.
Ella
We used to hold onto them as kids, on purpose, as some sort of macho show of bravery...or stupidity.
I'm not sure if you have to have a sign here or not, i've never seen one in the countryside. No something I have to deal with here in London!
Hope you're enjoying yourselvs, Danger, boys.
Well it's slightly different when you know what you're grabbing onto! I thought for a few second that I'd been shot, because I couldn't figure out why my chest hurt. Then I couldn't figure out why I wasn't bleeding. Then my friend said "oh! The fence is electrified!" and I realized what had happened.
I dunno if warnings on live fences are required, and there's a something to be said for the fact thy I shouldn't try to touch other people's horses. Donut was my own fault. But warning signs seem...I dunno, a nice thing to do. Heh.
Ella
I think lie-ins are unlikely Greg but taking my eyes off them for two minutes at some point should be achievable ;-)
The electrician took it well when I used his electrocution to remind the kids not to touch sockets so I don't think he hurt himself too badly thankfully :-)
I hope the day is going ok and that the heat is behaving itself :-)
A lesson best learnt by observing someone, AnonyBob :)
Danger, got Fri and Sat off. Then going to run together four days next week to spend with you and the boys. Don't know if they want to plan something for us all?
Lovely :) I'll ask them. If we let Sherlock pick, it'll probably involve water.
Water is fine by me! Maybe the beach?
On Saturday I'd like to go to Steve's grave.
Boys, you're welcome to come, but I understand if you don't want to.
Someone has just run into the office to say 'George Alexander Louis!' And now money is changing hands amongst my team.
Can't imagine what that's all about then...
Only three names? Bit spare, isn't it?
Ella
Yeah! Christ, I'll have four soon :)
MY BUTTERFLIES ARE HATCHING AND THERE'S FIVE OF THEM AND THEY'RE DRYING THEIR WINGS AND THE OTHER ONES WILL HATCH SOON I BET
really? wow, I was almost giving up hope! I'm coming up to see them right now!
That's really exciting, Sherlock!!!! I'm so glad you were there to see them hatch, too!
Sherlock is dancing sound them now.
Lestrade, I would like to go with you when you visit your friend's grave, if that's all right.
It's totally fine, yeah. Be nice to have the company.
Sherlock - we'll have to release them soon, yeah? So ... make any notes and things you want to.
That's brilliant Sherlock :-D
Are they all the same?
there are two different sorts. But I think the ones that hatched so far are all the same. Having said that, I'm not sure, because Sherlock has his face so close to the glass no one else can see. I'm fairly sure the butterflies know this huge floating face is their God.
I can hardly fault Sherlock--they're brand new butterflies, and they are HIS butterflies! I'd have my face smushed up to the glass too. :)
I don't really like the name George. Wonder if it'll mean Charlie doesn't take George as his name when he's king?
(Sorry, discussing it all with Mycroft.... not obsessed, really!)
I'm glad Sherlock is excited about his butterflies, he's been very patient waiting for them :-)
George is a funny name for a baby but I guess people think that about lots of names and kids do have to grow into them sometimes but it will be interesting to see what Charles decides to do when the time comes.
If he takes Charles then he might be an improvement on the previous two.
Well, I managed to guess completely wrong on the names, didn't I? And only three? It's bordering on parsimonious for a member of the Royal Family, isn't it?
I quite like the name George; family name on both sides in this household.
SHERLOCK YOU HAVE BUTTERFLIES!!! How very exiting :-) I hope you tell us all about them.
Lestrade - saw this, thought you'd enjoy it, Bob Mazzer's photos of the Tube from the 1980s. Fascinating.
Nameless - those are brilliant! Mycroft's looking through them closely now. Feels like yesterday :)
Has there been a Charles since the unfortunate Charleses of the 17th century? Maybe the monarchy feels that King Charles is a cursed name. Is there a reason why there can't be a King George and a Prince George?
Ella
No - it's a general feeling that he might want to get away from the past images of King Charleses... And no, no reason there can't be a king and prince George. But he might want to avoid it... who knows? It's entirely up to him what name he uses when a king.
I suppose getting beheaded is not the sort of image one wishes to evoke in the minds of your subjects... ;)
Citizens, not subjects, ReRe - the British Nationality Act of 1981 (I think) refers :-)
Sorry! (I was thinking Charles I, not the current Charles, so it came out mixed up.)
Clearly he should choose something regal sounding like Gregory.
Butterflies are amazing, so glad you got to be there when they emerged!
I like the name George because my Uncle was George. He was an amazing man who lived every day of the too-short time I knew him with laughter and love.
Good to 'hear' from you, Mycroft. It's very thoughtful of you to visit Steve with Lestrade, if you don't mind my saying so.
I don't want to go to bed because more butterflies might come out and I'll miss them! There's no school so I shouldn't have to go to stupid bed.
If you'll do my work for me, I'll go to bed for you, Sherlock! (I'm really really tired. :))
Okay
Fair warning, though--I'm afraid it's a bit dull, the bit I'm working on now: I need style sheets put on every paragraph in a 500-page book (and some of the individual words need special character style sheets as well) in Microsoft Word...I expect it will take 6 to 8 hours, but it might take longer.
After that's all done, I can start on the interesting part, designing.
Sadly you're both going to be disappointed, because he's now gone to bed.
He said he'd do it, though. :)
Rats. :(
Tell him I appreciate the willingness--maybe another time! (It is the part of the job I can farm out, so... :))
I meant to say--it was very lovely of him to say he'd do the job even after I explained what it entailed. (I'm really very very tired!)
John (or any Brit), I have a random question--when you join the Army here in the States, the inductive process is called Basic Training. Do they call it something else over there, or is it also Basic?
Ella
Ella - not officially, but everyone would certainly know what you meant if you called it that. Officially it's phase one (training everyone gets) and phase two (specialist training for the job you're going to end up doing).
the glow-in-the-dark kitty article explains why they use the glow-gene, as a marker for other genes they are inserting. Interesting. And that the work with cats is to see if they can make cats immune to FIV, which could eventually lead to humans being able to be immune to HIV. I guess that is a kind of genetic engineering I could, at least tentatively, get behind. Having lost enough friends already. The tentative part is just that there so often turn out to be unintended consequences... some of which are worse than the original problem that was being solved.
S
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