is a good book about Battan. For a pretty military family, there was never much talk of stuff. I think having British teachers through most of highschool resulted in a fairly non USian focused history, but it was still all western focused.
I have finesse! I have finesse coming out of my bottom!
Anya ,'Showtime'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
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.
msbelle - Sep 24, 2007 5:58:06 pm PDT #2690 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
§ ita § - Sep 24, 2007 5:59:21 pm PDT #2691 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Huh. I guess I am (at least) an octoroon. I shall fill that in the next time I'm asked my race.
I mean, if I'm doing the math right.
Amy - Sep 24, 2007 5:59:59 pm PDT #2692 of 10001
Because books.
I loved the Cherry Ames books. Had my mom's with the red cloth covers. Student Nurse, Private Duty Nurse, Army Nurse, Ranch Nurse...
I am worried that family lines may cross 6-7 generations back when people from my mother's side and we think my father's side were in what became West Virginia at the same time.
My dad's family is from West Virginia.
Kathy A - Sep 24, 2007 6:02:49 pm PDT #2693 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The romance book I mentioned above quotes this little ditty that the troops sang while waiting for the reinforcements that never came:
We are the battling bastards of Bataan,
No mama, no papa, no Uncle Sam;
No aunts, no uncles, no cousins, no nieces;
No pills, no planes, no artillery pieces;
And nobody gives a damn.
Kat - Sep 24, 2007 6:06:44 pm PDT #2694 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Noah doesn't get a cool Batman costume like mac. I almost got him this one [link] but I am cheap and $24 was too much. If Grace were healthy and at home, she'd have gotten this one [link]
As it, I bought a used one of this one [link] but it's prolly still too big for Noah.
tommyrot - Sep 24, 2007 6:07:20 pm PDT #2695 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.
We are the battling bastards of Bataan,
Huh. That's, um... bitter.
Here's a song US Navy Helldiver pilots sang (The Helldiver was not a great plane):
Oh Mother, dear Mother, take down that blue star
Replace it with one that is gold
Your son is a Helldiver pilot
He'll never be thirty years old
The people who work for Curtis
Are frequently seen good and drunk
One day with an awful hangover
They mustered and designed that clunk
Lee - Sep 24, 2007 6:17:06 pm PDT #2696 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
In light of today's discussion, HIMYM just got hilarious.
I just got there, and YEAH IT DID
msbelle - Sep 24, 2007 6:18:15 pm PDT #2697 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
cute baby costumes!
We totally lucked out on the Batman costume on ebay. I think I will still try to find a yellow or gold utility belt, but as it is, it will work and he is beyond himself.
Kat - Sep 24, 2007 6:19:10 pm PDT #2698 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I love that he's so excited, msbelle. What does he think so far of halloween?
Alibelle - Sep 24, 2007 6:21:45 pm PDT #2699 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Huh. I guess I am (at least) an octoroon. I shall fill that in the next time I'm asked my race.
Totally! It's such a funny word. It sounds like a type of cookie.
I kind of want a cookie, actually. Hmm.
Flamingo!!
Seriously, will anyone please do me a favor and vote for Josie and Alec? I'm not expecting him to win, but I really don't want him to go home first again. That would suck. Voting is easy and you can do it online at abc.com. Pretty please? Okay. That's all I'll ask. For tonight. I mean, I only have so much willpower.