She didn't even touch her pumpkin. It's a freak with no face.

Willow ,'Help'


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.


billytea - Nov 07, 2006 4:01:32 pm PST #8282 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

He actually secured the Democratic nomination for Senator, but once he got it, he renounced it, just to make sure that no Democrat would run against him. He's a Democrat in every way except in name.

Ok, I find that very entertaining. I like Vermont more and more.

In another 'V' state (startiing with V, not overrun with human-devouring lizard-creatures), I bring the news that when George Washington ran for the Virginia legislature in 1758, over 50% of his recorded expenses were for booze. Oh, and in the early 1900s, X-ray glasses (bogus) were offered for sale, prompting a London clothing shop to offer lead-lined women's undergarments in response.


sarameg - Nov 07, 2006 4:06:11 pm PST #8283 of 10001

Hey, I get the big square states mixed up -- we're even!

That's funny. I was good with the western states. Could tell you what notches identified what absent of other comparisons. But those weird wiggly ones... that took a bit.


Jesse - Nov 07, 2006 4:08:15 pm PST #8284 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I love that about Bernie.

I bring the news that when George Washington ran for the Virginia legislature in 1758, over 50% of his recorded expenses were for booze.

When I lived in Pennsylvania, bars were closed on election day, so the parties couldn't just round up the drunks and buy their votes for the cost of a drink.


Tom Scola - Nov 07, 2006 4:09:02 pm PST #8285 of 10001
hwæt

when George Washington ran for the Virginia legislature in 1758, over 50% of his recorded expenses were for booze.

When he was General of the US Army, he didn't draw a salary. But he did submit an infamous expense account to Congress afterwards.


amych - Nov 07, 2006 4:10:22 pm PST #8286 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

CNN is calling Santorum is out.


Liese S. - Nov 07, 2006 4:10:38 pm PST #8287 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

The guest house we're in has only an ancient little tv (with a dozen or so channel buttons with fixed channel numbers on them!) so I fiddled with the rabbit ears and managed to come up with some NBC coverage. So no TDS for me, bummer.

But I'm happy, 'cause at least I have sporadic broadband. Yay for internets in rural areas.


sarameg - Nov 07, 2006 4:14:20 pm PST #8288 of 10001

Oh, I forgot! When I got to the polls, there was a group of about 10 people waving signs for the Democratic candidates. They shouted "Vote Democrat!" as I walked by. I shouted back "Not a problem." Then I saw this lone guy with an Ehrlich shirt and signs. All by his lonesome. But it made me happy, seeing someone making an effort in such a blue precinct. Someone who gave a damned enough to stand out there, all alone, as wrongheaded as I might think he was. When I left, I walked by him and thanked him for being there. I swear to god, democracy in action makes me a mushy sap. Mr. Smith indoctrinated me well.


Jesse - Nov 07, 2006 4:15:12 pm PST #8289 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Good one, amych. About fucking time.


Sparky1 - Nov 07, 2006 4:19:15 pm PST #8290 of 10001
Librarian Warlord

From CQ Politics [link] :

Democrat John Yarmuth has defeated Republican Rep. Anne M. Northup in Kentucky's 3rd District. This is a big one: Other Democratic pickups tonight have been expected, but we had this race ranked Leans Republican. This is also the first of our bellwether races to be decided.


Pix - Nov 07, 2006 4:19:47 pm PST #8291 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.

I be voted and hopeful.