It's 100 deg, and feels like 101. Somehow, the fact that there's only a very small difference between the two is failing to be comforting.
The King of Cups expects a picnic. But this is not his birthday!
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 59: Dominate Your Face!
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.
amych - Jun 09, 2008 7:58:16 am PDT #1978 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Frankenbuddha - Jun 09, 2008 7:59:18 am PDT #1979 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I didn't realize until today that apparently the term "special needs" is now politically incorrect and has to be replaced by a less offensive term.
What would be the less offensive term? I can't think of anyway to put it that's less offensive. But then I always saw "handicapped" as a pretty accurate description as well, and never quite understood how it became a pejorative (in that respect I always thought "challenged" was worse).
beth b - Jun 09, 2008 8:00:26 am PDT #1980 of 10003
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
some of the towns near where I used to live in CT are not not having school today - they don't have the AC to deal with this heat. CT isn't supposed to get this hot except for a shot time in July and August
Tom Scola - Jun 09, 2008 8:01:28 am PDT #1981 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Isn't it the case that new terms constantly have to be invented, because the old term has been coopted and used as a slur?
Steph L. - Jun 09, 2008 8:03:44 am PDT #1982 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I have an orange savings account for emergencies and such. I'm thinking of opening another savings account to save for fun things, so I can keep the money separate. Question is, do I make more money by keeping it in the same account, or does it not matter with two accounts (assuming that the rate is the same regardless of balance)
By "orange," do you mean ING? I think you can make sub-accounts in ING fairly easily, as an alternative to opening another account totally.
tommyrot - Jun 09, 2008 8:05:39 am PDT #1983 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The term "differently abled" has always bugged me. It sorta' implies that people with disabilities magically get some other ability that non-disabled people don't have.
Heh. The LA Times had this to say in 1985:
"In a valiant effort to find a kinder term than handicapped, the Democratic National Committee has coined differently abled. The committee itself shows signs of being differently abled in the use of English."
Atropa - Jun 09, 2008 8:08:32 am PDT #1984 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
It's 56 and kinda drizzly here in Seattle.
hides from everyone suffering the heat waves
Frankenbuddha - Jun 09, 2008 8:10:27 am PDT #1985 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Isn't it the case that new terms constantly have to be invented, because the old term has been coopted and used as a slur?
I guess, but it gets ridiculous after a while. If you can use "special needs" as a slur, what can you come up with that isn't one?
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 09, 2008 8:11:47 am PDT #1986 of 10003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Isn't it the case that new terms constantly have to be invented, because the old term has been coopted and used as a slur?
I suppose that's the rationale behind it (well, that and touchy parents bristling at any hint that their kids aren't precious angels dropped straight from on high). But "special needs" doesn't seem pejorative, whereas using synonyms for gifted for kids who have physical or developmental disabilities strikes me as people being in complete denial that there are actual difficulties to overcome in their education.
Jesse - Jun 09, 2008 8:12:24 am PDT #1987 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
People use "girl" as a slur all the time, and you don't see us coming up with new words to call female children, do you?
ION, I just got out of going to a boring meeting, but now I feel a little guilty. And out of the loop -- but it's a loop I don't need to be in!