what the hell am I going to do with the five bags of clothing that have already been given?
Homeless shelters? Local refuges?
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
Connie Neil - Sep 07, 2005 11:58:44 am PDT #5317 of 10002
brillig
JZ - Sep 07, 2005 12:01:06 pm PDT #5318 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Yeah. I know they're needed elsewhere. I just feel all shitty and guilty that the people who donated them thought they were giving them to the hurricane survivors, not the Goodwill down the street. I somehow feel like I lied to people.
Aaaand, I just called Glide Memorial in S.F., and they're not accepting clothing either, but they know of a community center that's begging for clothing (they'd called just a few minutes earlier to confirm the need for clothing), so I'm'a call that place and everything should be good to go.
Kalshane - Sep 07, 2005 12:02:38 pm PDT #5319 of 10002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Ugh. I don't know if I'm coming down with something or just reacting poorly to the lack of sleep. I'm feeling fuzzy-headed and nauseated and my hands are shaking. (Though the latter could be from the 3 cans worth of soda and cup of tea I've ingested over the day to try to stay awake.) At least I get to go home in an hour.
brenda m - Sep 07, 2005 12:06:50 pm PDT #5320 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
Yeah. I know they're needed elsewhere. I just feel all shitty and guilty that the people who donated them thought they were giving them to the hurricane survivors, not the Goodwill down the street. I somehow feel like I lied to people.
It would be worth checking some other hurricane-affected locales, too. I'm hoping to do some of that tonight after work.
libkitty - Sep 07, 2005 12:08:59 pm PDT #5321 of 10002
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
JZ, at this point, I would hang on to them for a week or so. They may get through the backlog and need more by then. Or, I had gotten an address for a charity that needed clothing for hurricane refugees in San Antonio. It's at home, but I can post it in Press late tonight or tomorrow.
Aims - Sep 07, 2005 12:14:00 pm PDT #5322 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
G-D Bureaucratic process.
I'm trying to get together a donation drive for a shelter here in LA that's taking a bunch of evacuees.
www.dreamcenter.org
The people don't have UNDERWEAR. Why on earth do we need everyone and their uncle to approve the damn drive????????????
GRRRRRRRR.
DavidS - Sep 07, 2005 12:17:04 pm PDT #5323 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The kid LF who drove home the winning run against the A's last night?
Positive for 'roids.
I call do-overs!
So I skimmed through Time and Newsweek coverage of the hurricane and aftermath. First of all, Time's coverage is much better. Newsweek can barely stand to critique the administration. ("It was bad luck! Mother natrure!" la la la)
BUT the important thing is now I understand why it took so long to get the federal relief moving.
Bush's legal advisors were having a fight about the implications of Federalizing the military to go in there and do aid work. (Something Bush Pere did during the LA Riots.) Basically there were lots of meetings with lots of mealy mouthed protect-your-ass masters. So nobody could figure out the chain of command or who was authorized to do what.
So nobody was in charge. Nobody was coordinating the resources. The military weren't authorized to go in.
It's that stupid.
tommyrot - Sep 07, 2005 12:22:02 pm PDT #5324 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
FEMA for Kids Rap.
No, really.
No, I'm not kidding.
Disaster . . . it can happen anywhere,
But we've got a few tips, so you can be prepared
For floods, tornadoes, or even a 'quake,
You've got to be ready - so your heart don't break.
Disaster prep is your responsibility
And mitigation is important to our agency.
People helping people is what we do
And FEMA is there to help see you through
When disaster strikes, we are at our best
But we're ready all the time, 'cause disasters don't rest.
I'm too afraid to listen to the RealAudio file....
dw - Sep 07, 2005 12:22:57 pm PDT #5325 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
I call do-overs!
Fine. I want do-overs for the Giambi years as well.
So nobody was in charge. Nobody was coordinating the resources. The military weren't authorized to go in.
This is very fixable. Why, 13 years after Rodney King, have they still not fixed this?
Cass - Sep 07, 2005 12:24:42 pm PDT #5326 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Happy Birthday, Lyra!
Also, the 1st and 3rd of the RX7 models (hated the 2nd one - again, too boxy in the wrong way)So the math is me = Cindy, and Cindy = Frank, so Frank = me... Which given the RX7 rightness of the above statement, holds true.
I had an 80 RX7 and the 93+ (It was '93, right? I'm too lazy to Google and I recall seeing it at the racetrack before an Indy race in '92 which would make the debut a year later the '93... ((Googling might have been easier.))) is still possibly my favorite car. It just makes me sigh and feel all wistful.
Cars being stolen are bad. The RX7 was stolen as was my Del Sol VTEC (indeed a sporty as all hell Civic).