Pretty cool except for the part where I was really terrified and now my knees are all dizzy.

Willow ,'Never Leave Me'


Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46  

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.


lisah - Sep 12, 2006 6:02:00 am PDT #7495 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

Maryland is supposed to have those squirrelly, hackable electronic machines but as of last election, my district didn't.

That's what we had this morning at my polling place. And it didn't register my vote against freakin' Schaefer on the first try. I had to page back through and vote again. CONSPIRACY!!!! And two of my friend's co-workers from two different counties weren't able to vote at all this morning because the machines weren't working.


Jesse - Sep 12, 2006 6:02:55 am PDT #7496 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That IE thing is hilarious!


megan walker - Sep 12, 2006 6:03:48 am PDT #7497 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

ION, I had "How To Marry A Millionaire" tivoed because I love Lauren Bacall. Decided to check it out to avoid the Shrub. I couldn't watch more than 10 minutes of it. I know that it was a product of its time, but watching three women sit on a balcony waxing poetic about getting married being "the only thing" just made me shudder. And I was slightly ashamed of Lauren Bacall -- she knew better!
I love that movie. But I love vintage pieces like that and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes , although I can certainly see how it would drive you crazy given the subject matter. My favorite thing about both of them is how the women are supposed to be cute young things and they all seem about 35 to me.


Ginger - Sep 12, 2006 6:08:19 am PDT #7498 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

If you are thinking about voting for Giuliani for President, please remember: The very last thing you want to do is to give this person more power.

Calvin Trillin wrote this about Guiliani:

So Rudy is the person of the year.
We join the world in offering a cheer
To him--a man, some thought, was sent by heaven
To guide us through the shock of 9/11.
At certain times, it now must be conceded,
A paranoid control freak's just what's needed.


sarameg - Sep 12, 2006 6:15:48 am PDT #7499 of 10001

And two of my friend's co-workers from two different counties weren't able to vote at all this morning because the machines weren't working.

Jesus. Well, maybe my voting after work isn't such a bad idea. Maybe the kinks at my district will be worked out by 6 if we have those stupid machines. I really hate the state for caving to this.


sarameg - Sep 12, 2006 6:18:32 am PDT #7500 of 10001

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Oh, this could get ugly.


ChiKat - Sep 12, 2006 6:20:34 am PDT #7501 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

Instead, I look at him and think "You look like a monkey on my tv, and I feel like an actual monkey is insulted by comparison. I think you are a liar and completely selfish, and I think you make decisions based on what will work for you, and not for our country. And I think you invoke religions, and "family" feelings in such a transperantly fake way that I can't understand how you fool anyone into thinking that you have the best interests of our country at heart."

I love you, Sophia. You have summed up why I cannot watch him on tv or listen to his voice. It gives me physical pain.


lisah - Sep 12, 2006 6:21:45 am PDT #7502 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

Oh, this could get ugly.

ugh! Why does it have to be so hard?

I didn't have to wait at all at my polling place & I got there right about 8. And there was a very cute young cop sitting with the poll workers. That was nice.


flea - Sep 12, 2006 6:30:20 am PDT #7503 of 10001
information libertarian

No voting here today. Just received the LLBean Christmas catalog in the mail - it's Sept. 12!!!


Trudy Booth - Sep 12, 2006 6:30:41 am PDT #7504 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

If you are thinking about voting for Giuliani for President, please remember: The very last thing you want to do is to give this person more power. Seriously. Trust us on this one.

Wrod.

Yeah, all the dislike for the first few amendments, disregard for seperation of powers, and megalomania of the current guy but VERY VERY VERY smart.

Just don't to it, America.

****

And, using Audrey Hepburn as your model for skinny pants is not a good idea. For one thing, she was legendarily skinny. If you do not look like Audrey Hepburn (and really, who does?), you will not look like that in skinny pants. It would be like having Barbra Streisand hawking voice lessons. You have to realize that freak-o-nature ingredients, in addition to the liberal application of money, went into that particular success.

And malnourished for a good chunk of her childhood! Not to take a single thing away from her elegance or her grace, but this is not a body you actually want to HAVE, the woman was sickly for years having been half-starved during the war.