but if you want to think it was more than that, please feel free and I'm, you know, flattered and stuff.
I've very good at pretending things like that.
Love isn't brains, children, it's blood, blood screaming inside you to work its will.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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Am-Chau Yarkona - Nov 29, 2002 1:45:32 pm PST #678 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
Burrell - Nov 29, 2002 4:32:34 pm PST #679 of 9843
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
This delurking of SOs has me nervous.
What if Paul actually starts posting? Or, heaven forbid, reading?
My DH already lurks around here.
Min - Nov 30, 2002 1:58:46 am PST #680 of 9843
Is that Narrative Causality or Historical Imperative or just plain weird?
Welcome Penny!
Yes, yes I do. I really really do. In case you're confused, that would be a yes.
Sooo, that's an emphatic "no" from John... (What? None of you hear the opposite when something is said repeatedly and with much emphasis?) To your work address? Oh wait, didn't you move buildings or some such? Also, I finally saw that you and Thuy set the wedding date, congratulations!
Trudy Booth - Nov 30, 2002 2:30:09 am PST #681 of 9843
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
Attention:
If my SO is lurking here I ask him to reveal himself to me because I'm well on my way to dying an old maid.
Thank you.
Angus G - Nov 30, 2002 4:31:43 am PST #682 of 9843
Roguish Laird
What Trudy said!
I'm very excited tonight (despite the NGAtude) because in my state of Victoria, the labor party (the good guys--well, my guys, anyway) have just won a state election by a landslide, and now have a record majority. Nice to know that sometimes the right people win.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Nov 30, 2002 4:42:42 am PST #683 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
it is nice when your lot win an election. It's even nicer, and rarer, if they turn out to be what you thought they were.
Theodosia - Nov 30, 2002 6:10:52 am PST #684 of 9843
'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"
Yay, Angus! Yay Labour Party!
John H - Nov 30, 2002 2:53:34 pm PST #685 of 9843
To your work address? Oh wait, didn't you move buildings or some such?
We moved next door kind of thing. Technically I'm in "Building B", but don't sweat it, same address. The sad thing is that we always used the term "Building B" for the pub next door, which was great, and had a good restaurant and a garden/courtyard out the back, plus, did I mention, right next door?. But now the pub has been knocked down to build flats for yuppie scum, so it's an unfortunate name.
Also, I finally saw that you and Thuy set the wedding date, congratulations!
Eleven days and counting. No chance you'll be in Sydney is there? My sister flies in from England soon, and she's so sweet, she's been researching Vietnamese wedding customs and everything online. She's coming via San Francisco.
the labor party (the good guys--well, my guys, anyway) have just won a state election by a landslide
Yay Labour Party!
I am not normally the kind of guy who punches his fist in the air and says "yes!". But last night I did it twice.
OK but what's weird is that Theo's trying to get the spelling of "Labour" right for unamerican English, but the party itself is spelled the American way. Someone will tell me why.
Theodosia - Nov 30, 2002 3:04:10 pm PST #686 of 9843
'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"
Ooops. Hadn't noticed Angus's spelling. Spelling it the 'American' way does strike me as odd.
Angus G - Dec 01, 2002 4:18:46 am PST #687 of 9843
Roguish Laird
I believe it was a brief historical flirtation with American spelling that also gave us Victor Harbor (in South Australia) and a couple of other examples that I've forgotten.
The other famous example of Australia following America rather than Britain was adopting the dollar (to replace the pound) when we went decimal.
There was also that thing where we took part in the Vietnam War, but we try to forget about that whenever possible.