To be totally shallow for a second: I'm pissed that people with Fox are getting to two episodes of House, while I'm only getting one. And the one I'm not seeing is Three Stories.
Mal: Well, you were right about this being a bad idea. Zoe: Thanks for sayin', sir.
'Serenity'
Natter .38 Special
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sue - Aug 30, 2005 3:47:38 pm PDT #2845 of 10002
hip deep in pie
Scrappy - Aug 30, 2005 3:49:36 pm PDT #2846 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
A lot of the buildings in NO are still standing. They'll be stinky and need new drywall and carpeting, but they're THERE. Refitting a building which has flooded is much easier than rebuilding from scratch, which is what the folks in Biloxi and Gulfport will be doing. They will probably have temporary shelters until homes can be rebuilt. My Aunt had a home in Barneveld, Wisconsin, which was destroyed by one of the strongest Tornados ever recorded in '84. The entire town was flattened and all the buildings, electricity, water, etc, were shredded. 1/3 of the inhabitants were badly injured. They rebuilt much faster than you would believe possible. When I first went there in the late '80s, you wouldn't have known anything happened. I think there will be an outpouring of help from the building trades about this, and those guys can work hella quickly when inspired.
Allyson - Aug 30, 2005 3:53:06 pm PDT #2847 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Also, I'm am unbearably angry with the POTUS, right now.
Where the fuck is he? SAY SOMETHING.
dw - Aug 30, 2005 3:54:55 pm PDT #2848 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
Where the fuck is he?
You didn't hear? My Pet Goat II came out today.
Cashmere - Aug 30, 2005 3:54:57 pm PDT #2849 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
He's talking, Allyson.
beekaytee - Aug 30, 2005 3:57:30 pm PDT #2850 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
Where the fuck is he? SAY SOMETHING
I remember Peter Jennings saying basically this on 9/11.
Trudy Booth - Aug 30, 2005 3:57:48 pm PDT #2851 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
He's talking, Allyson
Any second he'll send his baby bro on a campaign tour, um, I mean "survey of the damage."
askye - Aug 30, 2005 4:01:33 pm PDT #2852 of 10002
Thrive to spite them
Why the hell is the president saying those things?
Why isn't he calling for massive outpouring of finincial aid to the Red Cross, Salvation Army, etc? Why isn't he asking Americans to pull together and help those who are displaced?
What has he said about what's going on right now in this country?
brenda m - Aug 30, 2005 4:02:43 pm PDT #2853 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Video of flooding in the Quarter: eta - about 2/3 down this page [link]
Susan W. - Aug 30, 2005 4:03:32 pm PDT #2854 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I love Google. I've already determined that my plot bunny is historically plausible: [link]
Ironically, lack of communication meant that neither side knew that peace had in fact been signed two weeks before the battle. Wounded prisoners, all of whom had been well treated in American hospitals, were returned; and the 93rd were able to muster half their original strength when they landed back in Britain.
That's what I needed. British prisoners receiving treatment in American hospitals.
Gonna finish the WIP first, though. I'm in the homestretch on that one.