Congrats JZ and DavidS!
What's the name?
A little late, but I've been out of town.
I was under the impression that I was your big comfy blanky.
Oz ,'Him'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
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.
Gudanov - Sep 27, 2006 5:22:21 am PDT #515 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
§ ita § - Sep 27, 2006 5:29:06 am PDT #516 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Matilda, Gud.
My bosses at this company before this one let me style my writing myself. This manager likes to preach against the Oxford comma, and won't approve documents until they're tweaked just so. I don't want to be sold on why the serial comma is wrong--just remind me you hate it and lets move on.
Gudanov - Sep 27, 2006 5:31:49 am PDT #517 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Happy Birthday Nicole!
Jesse - Sep 27, 2006 5:33:28 am PDT #518 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Who likes long paragraphs?!
This one person who thought they were more academic or something. Sure, if I had actually been putting together more complex arguments or whatever. But no.
Off to add more dots to a thing I'm working on.
tommyrot - Sep 27, 2006 5:35:28 am PDT #519 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Birthday Happies for Nicole!!
Gudanov - Sep 27, 2006 5:35:55 am PDT #520 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Wow, what a depressing report about Iraq....
In a bleak National Intelligence Estimate, the government's top analysts concluded Iraq has become a "cause celebre" for jihadists, who are growing in number and geographic reach. If the trend continues, the analysts found, the risks to the U.S. interests at home and abroad will grow. (Read the NIE's key judgments -- PDF)"We also assess that the global jihadist movement -- which includes al-Qaeda, affiliated and independent terrorist groups, and emerging networks and cells -- is spreading and adapting to counterterrorism efforts," concluded the estimate, compiled by leading analysts across 16 U.S. spy agencies.
It seems to conclude that the Democrats are right in that the war in Iraq has fueled jihadist and that the Republicans are right that we shouldn't withdraw from Iraq. So basically we screwed up big time in invading Iraq, but now we're stuck there.
brenda m - Sep 27, 2006 5:38:16 am PDT #521 of 10001
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
Ah, but see Gud, President Bush doesn't believe the report, so there's really nothing to worry about.
Theodosia - Sep 27, 2006 5:43:08 am PDT #522 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I feel I should note once again that what Bin Laden et al wanted to accomplish with 9/11 was to provoke an armed response from the West, so as to fuel the rise of jihadism. Seriously, it was like he was waving a big red flag and the Bush Administration was a particularly stupid bull.
tommyrot - Sep 27, 2006 5:44:26 am PDT #523 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah. Apparantly he knows something that every single US intelligence agency does not.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 27, 2006 5:44:35 am PDT #524 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Ah, but see Gud, President Bush doesn't believe the report, so there's really nothing to worry about.
Or, worse, he believes half of it - the part that means we're stuck there.