I went to school in Allentown - not in the city much. The 'burbs can be pretty conventional. But from what I remember the city had more room for the unconventional. ( and the concept of haveing a look is not like it is in LA - neat and presentable counts more than size or glamour )
What is your childhood trauma?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
beth b - Jan 30, 2006 12:21:02 pm PST #3778 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Toddson - Jan 30, 2006 12:21:13 pm PST #3779 of 10002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Philly has its points - but when I was in college it wasn't a good place to be a woman alone. Not danger-wise, but just in creepy guy-wise. Guys yelling inappropriate comments out of car windows and people on the street glaring at you. Guy trailing along behind me trying to get me to talk to him.
But that was many years ago and things may have changed.
flea - Jan 30, 2006 12:24:11 pm PST #3780 of 10002
information libertarian
Now I want a cheesesteak. My friends aways got them FOKET (written like that on the foil wrapper - fried onions, ketchup) but I like just ketchup. There was a local place that delivered to my college.
No non-philly place I have ever had a cheesesteak has gotten the bread right. Most of them get the cheese wrong, too, which, how?
DavidS - Jan 30, 2006 12:31:26 pm PST #3781 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
No non-philly place I have ever had a cheesesteak has gotten the bread right.
We have a cheesesteak place in SF that imports its bread from Philly for just this issue.
Kathy A - Jan 30, 2006 12:33:35 pm PST #3782 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
On Food Network, I saw a Chicago-theme restaurant that Joe Montegna runs in Burbank featured, and he pointed out that all of his hotdogs are Vienna Beef, and the Italian Beef bread is as close to Turano Bakery as he could get in SoCal.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 30, 2006 12:34:47 pm PST #3783 of 10002
What is even happening?
Kat (or anyone else who might know)...
Is the illustrator Christopher Myers (who is also the author of Black Cat) the son of Walter Dean Myers (author of many children's and YA books)? I notice CM has illustrated some of WDM's books.
eta...
Never mind. It looks like he is. I must have used bad search terms at first.
Allyson - Jan 30, 2006 12:58:29 pm PST #3784 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
Resume question:
How do I write that I designed a logo for Tim's production company and proof scripts? Where would that even go? I'm not employed by him, just something nice I do/did for a friend, but it sounds too fancy to leave off, right?
Where does it go? How would i descibe it?
Aims - Jan 30, 2006 12:59:32 pm PST #3785 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I would put it under a special skills or projects heading. You could put various things that were more individual projects/special cases.
Kathy A - Jan 30, 2006 1:07:29 pm PST #3786 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
ThinkProgress has an excellent overview of the flaws in the Health Savings Account healthcare plan that W is going to push in his State of the State address tomorrow. Here's hoping that this "benefit" goes the same way as his Social Security overhaul last year.
Allyson - Jan 30, 2006 1:07:30 pm PST #3787 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
Oh. There's lots I can put under Special Projects!
Nice.