Great. Some people get to fight cheetahs in squash courts; I am destined to be remembered as the "Gore in '04" girl.
I hate to break it to you, oh impotent one, but you're not the big bad anymore, you're not even the kind of naughty.
Xander ,'Showtime'
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.
flea - Jan 31, 2008 6:59:53 am PST #6477 of 10001
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Sophia Brooks - Jan 31, 2008 7:00:52 am PST #6478 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
And "Obama" isn't a black man's name? it's AFRICAN, people!
I just kinda kept thinking about all the black people with the names of slaveowners, etc. Like Washington, Jefferson...
tommyrot - Jan 31, 2008 7:01:10 am PST #6479 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.
And "Obama" isn't a black man's name? it's AFRICAN, people!
Then there are the people who say he's "not really a true African-American because he's not descended from slaves...."
eta: semi-demi x-posty....
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2008 7:04:49 am PST #6480 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
"Obama" isn't a black man's name? it's AFRICAN, people!
Yeah, *now* they distinguish between African American, black, and African black. I didn't think I could lose more respect for people, but just about anything involved with race and this election makes me throw up a little in my mouth.
Not black, not black enough, not African American (oh, sweetie, he's LITERALLY that), has a white mother (which my sister pointed out that not that many black voters had realised that, considering).
Should he win, he's going to have an asterisk by his name for one reason or another.
Cashmere - Jan 31, 2008 7:09:48 am PST #6481 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Cashmere, could you try taping paper over the walls where Owen likes to draw? get a big roll of paper and just run it around at his comfort level?
I've ordered this and this for the playroom and we're going to Michaels for a big roll of paper for drawing.
tommyrot - Jan 31, 2008 7:10:06 am PST #6482 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.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 31, 2008 7:10:25 am PST #6483 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Should he win, he's going to have an asterisk by his name for one reason or another.
Has he been caught videotaping Hilary's speeches or something?
t /football joke
Sophia Brooks - Jan 31, 2008 7:12:34 am PST #6484 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
You know what I don't get... there is a woman in my office who says "I am a Democrat, but I voted for Bush". Um, why?
Tom Scola - Jan 31, 2008 7:13:15 am PST #6485 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
India's pink posse hunts down bad guys
If you're a man in the Banda district of India who beats your wife, demands more dowry, or otherwise mistreats women, you'd better watch out. A posse of vigilante women clad in pink saris may soon come after you, and it's going to be ugly.
The "Gulabi Gang" (Pink Gang) uses sticks (lathis) and cricket bats to "teach erring men a lesson." In one instance, they chased a woman's abusive, alcoholic husband into a sugarcane field and sorely thrashed him. They also go after corrupt government officials. Last year, they stormed a police station after cops refused to register the case of a low-caste man simply because of his social standing.
Cashmere - Jan 31, 2008 7:18:40 am PST #6486 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
That's priceless, Tom.