I remember another one where someone would be the newscaster, and she'd be "reporting" while the rest of us would act out what she was saying behind her, and try to keep up with getting the narration and action to coordinate, with the rule the newscaster couldn't turn around to look at what was happening (because that would be unproffesional.) I think the story was just about always either a war or a riot, so we'd usually be tackling each other for most of it.

Awesome. And a popular comedy improv game.

So when we wanted to play tag, and she was supposed to be playing with us, she was way too little to run, so we'd sit her in the middle of the lawn, and say that anyone sitting next to her and holding her hand was on base and couldn't be tagged.

So sweet!

It looks like the house and senate have reached a compromise on the budget. Apparently the combination of $35 billion of cuts in Social programs ($10 billion from Medicaid), combined with $70 - $100 billion in tax cuts will help reduce the deficit.

More tax cuts? Fucking hell.

Hil's tag variation sounds a bit like what "circle of friends" is supposed to be, if I understand the game right. But I can't remember what other variations of tag there are. Freeze tag, right? What was TV tag?

I want PE at work. Just to run around and tackle people in the middle of the day.

new color faceplates for my cellphone are ordered. YAY.

Seriously, which is why I prefaced that it was a un-PC name.

Oh, I did see that, Frank. I didn't mean anything against anyone talking about it. I just--seeing it today--I've flinched every time I've read it. Ben and friends were playing a game called Suicide (you throw a tennis ball at someone, or against the wall, but at someone--I don't know, I got a convoluted explanation of it from him). I nearly freaked the first time he told me he and his friends were playing suicide. Gah.

Depending on the context (whether it was an adjective or a noun), back in those days queer=stupid, or queer=a stupid jerk, etc.

Yep. And literal child that I was, I knew it meant weird and didn't know the other meaning 'til much later, either.

What was TV tag?

If you're about to be tagged, you can sit down and shout out the name of a TV show, and you're safe. We generally said that it was only fair to sit if the tagger was pretty close by (pretty much, if one more step would put you within arm's reach), and that if you said a show that someone had already used during that game, you were it.

Can someone explain to me how tax cuts are going to reduce the deficit?

Smear the queer is the worst name, ever. I don't think I've ever heard that before today. I'm still cringing every time I read it.

Same here. I'm also planning on forgetting it.

Yesterday would have been our 23rd anniversary, so it got me in a googling mood. Glad he's doing well. Even more glad we're not together anymore.

Today would have been my 32nd anniversary with DH#1. I feel exactly the same way.

Upon closer examination of an e-mail I received this morning, I realized that he wants me "writhe" some stuff to CD. I'm not sure I'm comfortable doing that for a coworker...