Tracy: 'When you can't run, you crawl... and when you can't crawl, when you can't do that--' Zoe: 'You find someone to carry you.'

'The Message'


Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!  

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.


le nubian - Jan 11, 2006 9:27:22 am PST #9232 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

So, I don't care for Alito at all. I hope he's not confirmed, but I'm pretty certain he will be. This is one reason among many:

As you know, when Judge Samuel Alito applied for his job in the Office of Legal Counsel in the Meese Justice Department in November 1985, he submitted a list of his memberships and other activities to impress Attorney General Meese and Assistant Attorney General Charles Cooper with his enthusiastic "philosophical commitment" to their particular constitutional, legal, and political point of view.

Among the organizations he listed was "Concerned Alumni of Princeton" (CAP), an organization created in 1972, the year Judge Alito graduated. The organization was described in the press at the time and in its own literature as opposed to the increasing number of women, African Americans and Hispanics at the university. The organization also published articles critical of the rights of the disabled.

A letter Ted Kennedy wrote regarding Alito. Link and quote from dailykos.com


beth b - Jan 11, 2006 9:35:07 am PST #9233 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

ignoreing everything but the fact that VM, Lost and Bones will be in conflict. right now I tivo VM and catch the Lost reruns. I think if they keep up with VM easy view I can tivo it then , tivo bones and and catch Lost reruns. But only if they easy view vm


Emily - Jan 11, 2006 10:01:36 am PST #9234 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Why is it that so many people (teachers, even) are so unswervingly convinced that there really is an unabridged version of The Princess Bride? I know his commentary is convincing, but come on, folks -- Florin and Guilder? You could just look them up.


Lee - Jan 11, 2006 10:03:10 am PST #9235 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

That's pretty much what I'm going to have to do, Beth. If they don't easy view it, then Bones loses.

I just gave away good dark chocolate. It was kind of sad.


shrift - Jan 11, 2006 10:03:31 am PST #9236 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Newish coworker guy just asked me: "How can you sit back here like this all day?"

I looked around my empty, large server room, and simply said, "I like it."

I decided it would be best not to mention the misanthropy, and how I'd probably murderize my coworkers if I were forced to sit out in the cubical farm where he's at voluntarily rather than sharing my office.

Plus, I have a window.


Megan E. - Jan 11, 2006 10:10:36 am PST #9237 of 10002

Hivemind request: for Austrialian Buffistas or better Googlers than I

If someone had a 20 year old felony conviction from Australia (drug smuggling), to which government agency would they inquire about applying for a pardon to expunge said conviction from their record?

I've been searching for 2 hours and can't find anything. Maybe such a thing does not exist in Australia?

crossposted...


Sue - Jan 11, 2006 10:14:15 am PST #9238 of 10002
hip deep in pie

Past is catching up with you, eh Megan?


Cashmere - Jan 11, 2006 10:16:52 am PST #9239 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.

Megan, I think billytea has close contacts in the legal field in Australia. He might know someone to ask.


brenda m - Jan 11, 2006 10:19:34 am PST #9240 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

Billytea's dad is a federal judge, IIRC. Bet he can tell you.

xposty as usual


Dana - Jan 11, 2006 10:26:46 am PST #9241 of 10002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

I looked around my empty, large server room, and simply said, "I like it."

God, that sounds nice. At least you have something to compensate for the insane amounts of work.

t eyes her cubicle farm wearily