I am home. Again. With the phlegm and the coughing and the runny nose.
Fuck.
Oh, wow. This place looks great. Oh, I feel like a witch in a magic shop.
Willow ,'Help'
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.
Allyson - Oct 16, 2007 6:09:39 am PDT #6867 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Trudy Booth - Oct 16, 2007 6:25:15 am PDT #6868 of 10001
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
I was out sick yestertday but now I'm back.
And one side of me is leaking. Just one side, in spite of medication. WTF?
Hayden - Oct 16, 2007 6:29:27 am PDT #6869 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Political drive-by. I just wanted to brag about a post from frequent High Hat contributor Phil Nugent (by which I mean that he regularly writes half the damn issues) in which he shines the clearest light on the Bush Administration that I've ever read: [link] Read it. It's a thing of truth and beauty.
Daisy Jane - Oct 16, 2007 6:40:58 am PDT #6870 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
That was awesome Corwood!
Frankenbuddha - Oct 16, 2007 6:42:34 am PDT #6871 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I want to elect this sentance from that essay to public office:
In the last few years, some people have devoted themselves to trying to find the smoking gun document that would "prove" that Bush was dead set on war with Iraq from at least as early as 9/11 and that the months leading up to the bombs dropping were less about exploring options than product-marketing the inevitable, which is kind of like trying to find the smoking gun evidence that warthogs are ugly.
Hayden - Oct 16, 2007 6:47:10 am PDT #6872 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I love that guy. And I'm in awe of his ability to turn out insightful and touching essays (or mini-essays) on a regular basis.
Gudanov - Oct 16, 2007 7:03:37 am PDT #6873 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Some pictures of the new dog.
I can sort of remember the days when the Iraq invasion was first appearing as an idea in the aftermath of 9/11 and wondering WTF? I think I tried to give them the benefit of the doubt and thought the saber rattling might have been a way to encourage compliance with U.N. directives, but I was schooled by the people who took a more cynical view of the Bush Administration.
-t - Oct 16, 2007 7:09:45 am PDT #6874 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Little girl + beagle = high-powered lethal cuteness bomb
Strega - Oct 16, 2007 7:10:22 am PDT #6875 of 10001
I just don't get why people break speed limits. They're not arbitrary.I support you in theory, but the thing is that a lot of them are arbitrary. The national 55 mph limit was about the oil embargo, not safety, and it took 20 years to get rid of that. Police aren't enforcing posted limits. Hell, they're not obeying posted limits themselves.
Here's a DOT/FHA study about speed limits & safety:
Data collected at the study sites indicated that the majority of speed limits are posed below the average speed of traffic. Lowering speed limits below the 50th percentile does not reduce accidents, but does significantly increase driver violations of the speed limit. Conversely, raising the posted speed limits did not increase speeds or accidents.[link]
Having some cars going 50 while others go 80 is a lot more dangerous than having everyone go 70. When some speed limits have no basis in reality, people get used to ignoring them. Which means they ignore the limits that really are sensible.
megan walker - Oct 16, 2007 7:19:15 am PDT #6876 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Passing on the right is just rude!
One of my biggest pet peeves.
Having some cars going 50 while others go 80 is a lot more dangerous than having everyone go 70.
Very true. Witness the Mass Pike, where, most of time, everybody is just cruising along at 80 with no problems, whereas the NJ Turnpike seems to have an accident anytime I drive on it. And don't even get me started on CA drivers. This place is a nightmare for drivers and pedestrians alike.