I don't recall ever even showing any homework or papers to my parents. My parents were smart, but my mother didn't go to college and my dad majored in ping pong, poker and booze, so I'm not sure how much help they would have been. In retrospect, I should have gotten him to tutor me in poker.
Sir? I'd like you to take the helm, please. I need this man to tear all my clothes off.
Zoe ,'Serenity'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
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.
Ginger - Dec 07, 2007 12:41:15 pm PST #6248 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
tommyrot - Dec 07, 2007 12:42:48 pm PST #6249 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.
my dad majored in ping pong, poker and booze, so I'm not sure how much help they would have been. In retrospect, I should have gotten him to tutor me in poker.
Yeah. And I heard his nights of booze-fueled ping pong were legendary....
Sheryl - Dec 07, 2007 12:43:30 pm PST #6250 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Open sing tonight, and I am not prepared. (Theme is "In Other words" and I have one parody I think might work) I am sooo lame.
Ginger - Dec 07, 2007 12:48:18 pm PST #6251 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
And I heard his nights of booze-fueled ping pong were legendary....
I think there were some.
erikaj - Dec 07, 2007 12:51:31 pm PST #6252 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
My mother thinks I am smarter than she is.Which is mostly a lie, but at least somebody's impressed by my diploma. JZ, ethics aren't supposed to make you life's bitch. Claim your allergy to bureaucracy is acting up. But put the dots in--the commander likes dots.
tommyrot - Dec 07, 2007 12:58:15 pm PST #6253 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.
So who here was reminded by the media that today is Pearl Harbor Day? Who didn't know (and was not reminded by the media)?
It seems to me like Pearl Harbor day is less of a big deal than it used to be. It is kinda' weird to think that 9-11 killed a lot more people than were killed at Pearl Harbor....
flea - Dec 07, 2007 1:01:38 pm PST #6254 of 10001
information libertarian
I was not reminded by the media and hadn't thought of it until you mentioned it.
megan walker - Dec 07, 2007 1:04:34 pm PST #6255 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
So who here was reminded by the media that today is Pearl Harbor Day? Who didn't know (and was i not reminded by the media)?
Well, I was just there a couple of weeks ago so I don't think I count. All in all, it was less moving than I thought it would be. If I hadn't gotten a private tour of the USS Missouri the same day, I think I would have been quite disappointed.
I don't recall ever even showing any homework or papers to my parents.
As I had both my parents as teachers in high school I'm pretty sure I didn't do this.
amych - Dec 07, 2007 1:07:30 pm PST #6256 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I did remember, but was not reminded (at least not during the part of the news I was awake enough to remember, which is always an issue first thing in the morning when I get most of my news).
It seems to me like Pearl Harbor day is less of a big deal than it used to be.
This is the first time I haven't heard anything at all, but for some time now I've been seeing a shift to more cranky/defensive "you kids today don't appreciate what we did for you!" than straight-up coverage -- which of course may be as much a shift in how the story is framed than any change in the observance of those people who are actually observing. It does seem to be how things progress as the people who were there for an event start to die off: we have a TV Special every fifth (then tenth, then fiftieth) year rather than a shared first-person "where were you when" moment.
Hil R. - Dec 07, 2007 1:08:13 pm PST #6257 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Every once in a while, when I was in college, I'd email a paper to my parents and ask for a quick read-through. I think this happened maybe three times in my four years at college. (Usually, my friends and I would proof each others' work, but sometimes, everybody was busy.)