The lead for the Buckley obit in the NY Times.
Sweet.
Jayne: Anybody remember her comin' at me with a butcher's knife? Wash: Wacky fun.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 57 Varieties
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.
DavidS - Feb 27, 2008 7:40:52 am PST #1875 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
juliana - Feb 27, 2008 7:45:25 am PST #1876 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
The lead for the Buckley obit in the NY Times.
That's pretty much brilliant.
I've arranged my life so I can take pub. trans. to everything if I so choose - which translates into radically higher living expenses, what with the living in SF, but it's nice. I took a cable car 3 times yesterday. Whee!
Allyson - Feb 27, 2008 7:50:22 am PST #1877 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
Garfield Minus Garfield is so much better.
P.M. Marc - Feb 27, 2008 7:51:59 am PST #1878 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Part of why I want to move is that, while my house is directly on a busline, it's directly on a route notorious for gropers and people who light up the crack pipe in the back of the bus.
Plus it's one of those routes that takes freaking forever.
But mostly? It's the groper/crackpipe issue that has me avoiding that route whenever possible. (I do half my commute in the car, and then connect with the bus. It works. And avoids the crackpipes.)
tommyrot - Feb 27, 2008 7:52:13 am PST #1879 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.
In the war of words over Iraq, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) may want this one back.
Speaking about a Democratic proposal to force Iraq troop withdrawal within 120 days, Hutchison said Tuesday that such a proposal would "put a bullet right in the hearts of our troops who are there."
Yeah, because bringing our troops home is the same as shooting them though the heart. As opposed to leaving them in Iraq, which is the same snuggling them with warm puppies.
Trudy Booth - Feb 27, 2008 8:11:31 am PST #1880 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
well the idea is that smaller and more localized grocery stores would open up again if gas went up enough
Sure, but who is going to make a whole lot of money on that plan? Lots of people with clout make a fortune with the highly subsidized gas.
megan walker - Feb 27, 2008 8:19:21 am PST #1881 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I miss public transportation. I paid 120 a month in Boston for my T pass, which was unlimited rides on buses, trains, and the ferry.
It's $45 (less for me, since I get it pre-tax) for a monthly MUNI pass here (good for unlimited rides on the subway, buses, and cable cars), which is amazing.
lisah - Feb 27, 2008 8:21:01 am PST #1882 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I really miss good public transportation.
Although I WILL start riding my bike to work when it warms up a little and stays light a bit later. I just need to figure out a safe (enough) route.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 27, 2008 8:22:23 am PST #1883 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I miss public transportation. I paid 120 a month in Boston for my T pass, which was unlimited rides on buses, trains, and the ferry.
I hear this. Mine has some money paid by work, and some is pre-tax, but it would be a bargain at full price. I'm not sure if mine goes for the ferry, but it goes as far as zone 3 on the commuter rail.
Allyson - Feb 27, 2008 8:25:12 am PST #1884 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
It just depends on where you are, I guess. We have farmer's markets all over the place, here, with locally grown produce (less fuel for shipping). My neighborhood was either designed for walking, or it's pure accident.
It's a theme I'm working on in my book right now, creating communities that are more walking friendly. Almost all my driving is work and back, and extra driving is within a 15 mile radius.
This still true further south/west in poorer neighborhoods. There's a hospital, different groceries, coffee shops, the metro, all in walking distance.
LA desperately needs it.