Huh. There's been no snow in NJ.
Zoe: My man would never fall for that. Wash: Most of my head wishes I had.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
The Crying of Natter 49
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.
Hil R. - Jan 10, 2007 5:55:40 am PST #1653 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Nutty - Jan 10, 2007 5:55:48 am PST #1654 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I was under the impression that one president had indeed been born on foreign soil -- as the child of an ambassador from the US to that foreign country -- but my guess was FDR and it is neither him (Hyde Park, NY) nor Teddy (Manhattan). Shoot.
Still, embassies are technically US soil, right? So if you want your kid to be definitely eligible for president, you could make sure you actually give birth on embassy grounds.
(There's the other question, where children adopted from abroad are now given a new kind of citizenship -- this is recent, right? -- where they don't have long residency requirements and once it's granted it's like the kid was born here. It's meant to avoid the whole "Whaddya mean I'm being deported to China? I don't even speak Chinese!" problem when those kids hit crime-committing age.)
Tom Scola - Jan 10, 2007 5:56:18 am PST #1655 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
There's been no snow in NJ.
You must have blinked or something.
Fred Pete - Jan 10, 2007 6:01:29 am PST #1656 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
It snowed in Fairfax County, VA during rush hour last night. But it was just warm enough that it melted when it hit the surface.
beth b - Jan 10, 2007 6:03:04 am PST #1657 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Jessica - Jan 10, 2007 6:03:22 am PST #1658 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm pretty sure diplobrats are US citizens even if they're not born in an Embassy hospital. (E was born in a YMCA in Lahore. I suppose it may have been the Embassy Consulate Y, though, now that I think about it.)
Jesse - Jan 10, 2007 6:06:14 am PST #1659 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I saw the snow! But by the time I got outside ten minutes later, it was sunny again. Weird.
Zenkitty - Jan 10, 2007 6:08:40 am PST #1660 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I confirm, no snow in New Jersey! (At least not here.) For which I am glad. If I could go a whole winter here without shoveling snow, I would be a happy woman.
I could use a thousand hands to shovel snow. That video was lovely but weird, especially without sound.
beth b - Jan 10, 2007 6:13:06 am PST #1661 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Frankenbuddha - Jan 10, 2007 6:23:58 am PST #1662 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Is a monkey helper the same thing as a helper monkey?
I think a monkey helper is more like Hamburger Helper.
Well, it is if you're Bucky Katt.