So, I'm reading this article, and it opens like this:

Two high-profile U.S. senators, Joseph Lieberman and Hillary Rodham Clinton, are incensed over pornographic content "hidden" in the popular video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," and are demanding action from either the government or the game's maker.

What's up with the quote marks? It's actually hidden, no? Not "hidden"??

where is everyone?

Today is my first "day," though it's really a professional development meeting, at my new school. don't know what to wear yet.

I guess the quotation marks refer to how trivial it is to find, once you know how, and is casting aspersions on the development team and the integrity of the publishers.

Jeans day for me too. That's all I'm sure of. Must eat, then think.

Yay! I'm at work!

Yay! Natter!

One of those "yays" doesn't belong....

Is it midnight yet? And why can't I get the newest "Harry Potter" if it's midnight SOMEWHERE? I mean, I'm pretty sure it's midnight by now in New Zealand or Australia or the "Lost" Island. What's the point of time zones if I can't get them to work for me for a change?

This whine has been brought to you by a certified member of the "J.K. Rowling is Torturing Me Club."

A friend who owns a bookstore has had the books in her store for 3 days. She's said that it was like having illicit drugs, like she could have gone on to the street and whispered, "Hey,kid, I got some Harry Potter."

my computer won't recognize my camera.

Oh, you hate to hear about things like this, shunning and the snub direct. Obviously your camera and your computer were at a party somewhere, and your camera got into the booze and barfed on your computer's new pants and didn't apologize, and it's been a downward spiral ever since.

Did she read it? Is she interested in it?

Can I borrow yours when you're done, Kat?

He did challenge individuals by naming Barbra Streisand on the one hand and pointing out that there were three conservatives on the list-- and one had killed an abortion doctor

You took that literally. I didn't -- I assumed Stewart might be, you know, exagerrating in a humorous manner to make his point. Goldberg said there were more than three, and without reading the book, I have no way of knowing.

Plenty of people hate singers and celebrities who shoot off about politics. I think that's an idiotic tack to take -- what, does Barbra Streisand have less right to express her opinion than your neighbor the dentist -- but it is a very prominent attitude in our culture. Not many people outside the loony right hate Jimmy Carter.

I watched the interview again last night. The part up to the commercial break isn't too bad, though I don't think Stewart was talking to Goldberg as much as he was trying to win points with the audience. After the commercial break, it was total preaching to the choir.

Also, timelies.

Did she read it? Is she interested in it?

She is interested in it, but she hasn't read it. Her fiancee had her convinced that the boxes were somehow able to transmit that they had been tampered with (he's a co-owner of the store).

She also pointed out that the kids who read the original, or some of them who were the target demographic? Now in college.

Can I borrow yours when you're done, Kat?

What makes you think I ordered one?

ETA yes, of course you can. I can probably give it to you Sunday.