good kids know that penguins are a great gift.
and I love the last photo
You never know if a girl's gonna say 'yes', or if she's gonna laugh in your face and pull out your still-beating heart and crush it into the ground with her heel.
Xander ,'Help'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
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.
beth b - Jan 05, 2008 7:18:53 pm PST #1149 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
§ ita § - Jan 05, 2008 7:58:35 pm PST #1150 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Penguins are quite magic. Cute pics, Allyson.
Thanks for the birthday wishes. I have been having a monster migraine the past few days, and having one on my birthday felt like even more work than normal, so I've been mostly curled up in a ball trying not to think about work. To which I had to go today, so not the best of plans.
Jesse - Jan 06, 2008 4:13:37 am PST #1151 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It happened with Souter.
I knew there was a recent example! It just wouldn't come to me, since I've paid no attention to the national goverment for years.
I actually think there's a good chance the phenomenon is still live, for the same reasons inexperienced political candidates like Obama and Hillary are the front-runners: less history, less to oppose. Someone you know like Alex Kozinski or Posner will never be nominated.
Yeah, I thought you were talking about Alex Kuczynski, who will really never be nominated....
Sheryl - Jan 06, 2008 4:19:20 am PST #1152 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Quiet day here.
Kat - Jan 06, 2008 4:23:09 am PST #1153 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Souter is the example I always hear. While I am NPR-following the presidential elections, the last two have depressed me enough to not want to emotionally engage in this one at all.
Jesse - Jan 06, 2008 4:30:25 am PST #1154 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think Nixon didn't get quite what he was expecting out of Burger, either.
Kat - Jan 06, 2008 4:57:26 am PST #1155 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I wonder if newer folks were vetted more diligently?
Theodosia - Jan 06, 2008 5:03:10 am PST #1156 of 10001
'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"
To that point -- Clarence Thomas. Feh.
JenP - Jan 06, 2008 5:04:36 am PST #1157 of 10001
Happy Birthday+2, ita.
Oh, hey, look at that - original Star Trek on the CW. Awesome.
A gray and rainy, yet not as cold as it has been, day here.
I didn't have the fortitude to watch debates last night. Bad citizen, no biscuit.
Trudy Booth - Jan 06, 2008 5:21:34 am PST #1158 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 think its more than vetting though -- unless you're vetting for "completely lacking any legal philosophy" (which, you certainly could be).
A good judge, even one who disagrees with me on every topic under the sun is going to parse a case to a level of scholarly minutae which, in the course of a lifetime appointment, can certainly lead him/her to a conclusion that the guy who appointed him/her wouldn't like.
I suppose the other thing you could vet for is "will take bribes", because otherwise its hard to influence someone who has reached the top of their field and cannot be fired.
You could get a chimp like that past Congress (and I suppose there are arguments that they have) but you'd have to do it a couple of times to cause permanant damage.