Duh^∞
When the Bush administration decided to invade Iraq two years ago, it envisioned a quick handover to handpicked allies in a secular government that would be the antithesis of Iran's theocracy -- potentially even a foil to Tehran's regional ambitions.
But, in one of the greatest ironies of the U.S. intervention, Iraqis instead went to the polls and elected a government with a strong religious base -- and very close ties to the Islamic republic next door. It is the last thing the administration expected from its costly Iraq policy -- $300 billion and counting, U.S. and regional analysts say.
Um, lots and lots of people expected something like this, myself included. In fact, pretty much everyone not in the administration or not having a vested interest in promoting administration policies expected something like this....
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Word has this tendency to think it knows better than you what you want, decide for you, and not give you any way to change things, because why would you ever want to do anything other than the way Word wants them to be?
I just had a chocolate cupcake. I have cramps, my back is out, my brain is Swiss cheese (ick), and I had to chair an important 9am meeting.
But I had a chocolate cupcake.
Made an appointment for chiro and realised I saw him last year on Valentine's Day. I wonder if my back is doing this on purpose...
I dunno if it is a general rule, but my insurance will pay for chip repairs and waive the deductible.
I think Geico has a separate glass-replacement part to their policies, which I declined to pay for.
Oh, yeah, I didn't mean to upset folks who do have diamonds, just hoping to affect future decisions. My sapphire is set with a (teeny tiny) diamond, and I still wear it. So, I'm right with you.
Oh, school flowers! It's a terrible and sad tale, but my biggest and most passionate crush evah! culminated in me working up the nerve to send a carnation to my crush, along with a card I made on my computer that said, in Spanish 'cause that's a romance language, "I adore you."
Because I was just that pitiful, really. Fortunately, the boy was very sweet and treated me with dignity, if not with an effusion of returned affection. I'm sure he showed his friends and laffed and laffed, but he was nice to me.
Word has this tendency to think it knows better than you what you want, decide for you, and not give you any way to change things, because why would you ever want to do anything other than the way Word wants them to be?
Yes, well, Word can just suck it up and make the row height what I say the row height is going to be, because one of us is walking out of here victorious, and one will be dead, and I'm not dying before I find out what's going on with Lost.
Peeps -- doglovers -- Westminster is today and tomorrow and this year they have streaming video of breed judging. Find breed judging videos here.
Today the breeds are from the Working, Terrier, Toy and Non-Sporting Groups.
Tomorrow it's Sporting, Hounds and Herding breeds.
It is the last thing the administration expected from its costly Iraq policy -- $300 billion and counting, U.S. and regional analysts say.
That's interesting. It's the first thing I expected.
I'm not dying before I find out what's going on with Lost.
Recipe for immortality, mayhap.
