Sometimes a thing gets broke, can't be fixed.

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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.


Cashmere - Nov 07, 2006 6:03:38 am PST #8073 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

You know, I've never lived in a referendum state, but I can't help but think that Joe Public is really not the person to be answering these questions.

Ohio is just one of five states that is state funded for workers' compensation. Employers pay workers' compensation insurance premiums to the state. I guess that gives voters a more vested interest in how the Bureau and the Industrial Oversight Commission operates in this state.


sumi - Nov 07, 2006 6:06:20 am PST #8074 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Interview with the most recently eliminated competitor from Top Chef.

And one with the most recently eliminated TAR folks.


brenda m - Nov 07, 2006 6:07:28 am PST #8075 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

I wuz robbed! No stickers at my polling place. Is that even legal?

No lines, though, and shrift, they did not ask me for any ID. Which they're really not supposed to do anyway.


Vortex - Nov 07, 2006 6:11:52 am PST #8076 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

There was drama at my polling place today. There's this machine with a dial-y thing. It's kind of like an iPod, actually. Anyway, this woman walked away from the machine, threw her number on the floor (you get a randomly generated number to activate the machine) and walked out yelling "I didn't vote". They tried to ask her what happened, but she just stormed out. I thought that she looked a little craxy, and then I saw her talking to the Republicans.

I think that I'll take some hot chocolate to the volunteers tonight after I get home from work.


tommyrot - Nov 07, 2006 6:11:53 am PST #8077 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.

I wuz robbed! No stickers at my polling place. Is that even legal?

No. The only solution is an armed revolution of the masses.

Many years ago, I got an "I voted" sticker - I stuck it on my roomate's Cylon action figure. For many years the proud Cylon Centurian stood guard over our living room....


beth b - Nov 07, 2006 6:14:28 am PST #8078 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

there are 10 are 12 ballot measures. or maybe 15. the eminent domain one is one of those that looks good , until you realizes the greater implications. and some are so complex that you can only guess what they mean. and some are stupid. over the years my favorite was the one that said that pet horses couldn't be sold to the meat industry.


brenda m - Nov 07, 2006 6:14:42 am PST #8079 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

Oh, I love David and Mary. And I hear that Top Chef interview is really good, but I do wish they had a transcript instead of just audio.

ION, my boss quit. Really happy for her, but no idea what the fuck is going to happen around here now.


Tom Scola - Nov 07, 2006 6:15:31 am PST #8080 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

but no idea what the fuck is going to happen around here now.

Like you did before!?


shrift - Nov 07, 2006 6:17:39 am PST #8081 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

No lines, though, and shrift, they did not ask me for any ID. Which they're really not supposed to do anyway.

Awesomecakes, brenda.

And I just realized that my polling place is, like, around the corner from my apartment. Maybe a five minute walk, tops. Er. Guess I probably could have voted this morning had I actually been capable of thought.


esse - Nov 07, 2006 6:18:02 am PST #8082 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

I'm always out of the country when it comes time to vote. But it's nice to hear ya'll's stories of voting.

I didn't go in to "breakfast" temp today, and instead decided to take the day off. Accomplishments: sleeping until 1:30 in the afternoon; drinking a pot of coffee; making pad thai. Tomorrow I try the breakfast temp thing once more; methinks I'm being put aside for the time being. Frak.

I don't want to get spoiled for the Daily Show, so I'm not going to keep track of who's winning what except for Tennessee.