'Smile Time'
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.
For future trivia use:
Rosa Parks is not the first African American to lie in state under the US Capitol rotunda. That honor goes to Jacob Chestnut, a Capitol police officer killed in the line of duty in 1998.
Parks is, however, the first woman to lie in state.
First woman of any ethnicity?
O holy crap. I think our Chief Operating Officer just walked.
ETA: And now I'm getting the super seekrit tip-off that our IT guy just gave his notice.
CRAXINESS!!!1! I don't need this on a Friday afternoon, I really don't.
Yup.
What does it mean to "lie in state"?
Yup.
Wow. That took longer than I would've expected, though I'm not sure who I would've expected to be the first, given that we haven't had a woman POTUS, both women in SCOTUS are still alive, etc.
What does it mean to "lie in state"?
Wikipedia really does have everything: [link]
Lying in state is a term used to describe the tradition in which a coffin is placed on view to allow the public at large to pay their respects to the deceased. It traditionally takes place in the principal government building of a country.
Just woke up from a 4 hour nap. I had very strange dreams about a secret society behind everything and having many pine needles stuck in my skin. Also, I was sometimes a man, a psychiatrist and I looked like Julien McMahon.
I note the Zingermans ultimate goodie box doesn't have a price listed -- I assume this is on the theory that if you have to ask, etc..
Guess who was waiting for me when I got home tonight?
Yup, the tortie. She doesn't like being inside though (I brought her into the stairwell for a bit.) But just as friendly, and happy to be in my lap. Sigh. Don't know what I'm going to do...
The local public radio show The Signal is running ghost stories from the area. And later, a reading of The Raven. This is a fun town.