And there were lots of great movies.
Natter .44 Magnum: Do You Feel Chatty, Punk?
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.
The Lost finale is two hours! Dammit. I really wanted to be up to date on something. One of my co-kravvers is threatening to spoil me too.
Kettlebell.
Sleepy.
Sore.
I could spoil you, instead of the krav people!
Earthquake. I think.
or, you know, maybe a big truck.
I didn't feel it.
Hey, Consuela, do you think you might join us on Saturday?
Carter was a good president.
Or at least looks good compared to what follows. Carter is one of the great ex-presidents, and those who came after were far worse -but I could make an arguement that he was the waymaker for a lot of went after. He was the first Democratic President who accepted the "government bad, private good" trope. Even though he made lots of exceptions he helped make the meme respectable for all the really horrible people who used if after him. Also on alternative energy - he was the guy who pushed many times the funds for synfuels as for renewables.
One thing wasn't his fault but helped create what came after. He was elected as a centrist Democrat; he was a centrist Democrat. But as soon as he was elected he was portrayed as an ultra-liberal. And some of the right spectrum " in the Democratic party loved and accepted this, defining Carter as an ultra-liberal made them moderates. And eventually Reagan was able to become president, because if Carter was an ultra-liberal, then Reagan mere conservative - not a right wing nut case. In fact a whole spectrum of opinions that had been considered loony became define as merely conservative; and that process of defining the center rightward has continued to this day - which is part of how we got into this mess.
And that would be why you didn't feel it, Perkins -- it's way out in the East Bay.
As for Saturday, I may have to go for a maybe. I'm still feeling ick. I may see if I can do a lunch on Friday...
Maybe it is, Consuela. I hope you feel better, and not just because I'd like to see you.